Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
6.5 (37)
1 hr 32 min
English
$813,505
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Cohen Welles Project
Keywords
- cinema on cinema
- movie business
- biography
- cinema history
- portrait of an artist
- hollywood history
- portrait of a filmmaker
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Top Cast
Simon Callow as Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Christopher Welles as Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter
Joanne Hill Styles as Self - Orson's Classmate
Norman Lloyd as Self - Actor
Julie Taymor as Self - Stage and Film Director
Paolo Cherchi Usai as Self - G. Eastman House Curator
Peter Bogdanovich as Self - Filmmaker
James Naremore as Self - Writer and Film Scholar
Top Crew
Chuck Workman · Director, Writer
Tom Hurwitz · Cinematographer
John Sharaf · Cinematographer
Charles S. Cohen · Producer
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