The top mistakes in Citizen Kane http://www.moviemistakes.com/film271 en Sat, 10 May 2008 05:55:02 +0000 11210 In the scene with the lovely dancing ladies, Cotten blows cigar smoke just before a cut to him from the opposite angle. From this angle there is no smoke. This takes place just before Wells throws his jacket to Cotten. 93497 When Kane is talking to Leland, after the campaign is over, there is a low angle shot looking up at Leland from Kane's feet. The shadow of the camera can be seen on Kane's right leg until he moves. 96334 When Kane and Susan are speaking in their mansion, Susan is busying herself with jigsaw puzzles. The wide shot shows the jigsaw puzzle almost completed, but Susan's close-up shows the jigsaw puzzle in pieces. 1651 To save money during the beach picnic scene, Welles used is stock footage from "King Kong" for the jungle background. You can quite clearly see pterodactyls flying in the background (confirmed on DVD commentary). 97634 When they are driving to the Everglades for a picnic, the sea is at their left. As Xanadu and the Everglades are on the Gulf coast, the sea should be at their right.