Win[36] Best Original Screenplay - Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles Nominations Best Director - Orson Welles Best Actor - Orson Welles Best Film Editing - Robert Wise Best Picture Best Art Direction - Perry Ferguson, A. Roland Fields, Van Nest Polglase, Darrell Silvera Best Cinematography (black and white) - Gregg Toland Best Sound Mixing - John Aalberg Best Music Score - Bernard Herrmann Boos were heard almost every time Citizen Kane was referred to during the Oscars ceremony that year.[37] Most of Hollywood did not want the film to see the light of day considering the threats that William Randolph Hearst had made if it did. In December 2007, Welles' Oscar for best original screenplay came up for auction at Sotheby's in New York, but failed to reach its estimate of $800,000 to $1.2 million.[38] The Oscar which was believed to have been lost by Welles was rediscovered in 1994 and is owned by the Dax Foundation, a Los Angeles based charity.[38] At the same sale Welles' personal copy of the last revised draft of Citizen Kane before the shooting script did sell for $97,000.[38] [edit] Others The National Board of Review gave 1941 "Best Acting" awards to Orson Welles and George Coulouris, and the film itself "Best Picture." That same year, the New York Times named it one of the Ten Best Films of the year, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Picture" also went to Citizen Kane.[39]
