Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles(2014)

🎬92 min
📅2014-12-12
🎭Documentary
6.7/10

Overview

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.

Production

Cohen Welles Project

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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
Elvis Mitchell
as Self - Film Critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum
as Self - Film Critic