Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

(2014)

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Synopsis

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.

Rating

IMDB 6.9

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

1h 32min

Age rating

Unrated

Production country

United States

Director

Chuck Workman

Cast

Simon Callow
Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Christopher Welles
Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter
Norman Lloyd
Self - Actor
Julie Taymor
Self - Stage and Film Director
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Self - G. Eastman House Curator
Peter Bogdanovich
Self - Filmmaker
Elvis Mitchell
Self - Film Critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Self - Film Critic
Henry Jaglom
Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend
Joseph McBride
Self - Welles' Biographer
Peter Brook
Self - Filmmaker
Walter Murch
Self - Film and Sound Editor
Eric Sherman
Self - Filmmaker
Costa-Gavras
Self - Filmmaker
Oja Kodar
Self - Actress and Orson's Companion
Buck Henry
Self - Actor
Richard Benjamin
Self - Filmmaker
Wolfgang Puck
Self - Chef
Stefan Drößler
Self - Film Restorer
Paul Mazursky
Self - Filmmaker
Frank Marshall
Self - Filmmaker
Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Ruth Ford
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Norman Corwin
Self - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage)
William Alland
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
William Randolph Hearst
Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage)
John Houseman
Self - Actor (archive footage)
William Friedkin
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Robert Wise
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Richard Wilson
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Pandro S. Berman
Self - Producer (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Suzanne Cloutier
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Beatrice Welles
Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Self - Actor (archive footage)
George Lucas
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Anthony Perkins
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Richard Linklater
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Peter Viertel
Self - Writer and Orson's Friend (archive footage)
Sydney Pollack
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Huston
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
François Mitterrand
Self - Politician (archive footage)