'' Citizen Kane '' received nine nominations at the 1941 Academy Awards : It was widely believed the film would win most of its Oscar nominations , but it received only the award for Best Writing ( Original Screenplay ) , shared by Welles and Mankiewicz . '' Variety '' reported that block voting by screen extras deprived '' Citizen Kane '' of Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ( Welles ) , and similar prejudices were likely to have been responsible for the film receiving no technical awards
1941 Academy Awards
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Citizen Kane