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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
Directed by Chuck Workman
Documentary · 1h 32m
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.
Cast
Simon Callow
Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
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Christopher Welles
Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter
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Joanne Hill Styles
Self - Orson's Classmate
Norman Lloyd
Self - Actor
Julie Taymor
Self - Stage and Film Director
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Self - G. Eastman House Curator
Peter Bogdanovich
Self - Filmmaker
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James Naremore
Self - Writer and Film Scholar
Elvis Mitchell
Self - Film Critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Self - Film Critic
Henry Jaglom
Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend
Joseph McBride
Self - Welles' Biographer
Crew
- Director
- Chuck Workman
- Writer
- Chuck Workman
- Director of Photography
- John Sharaf, Tom Hurwitz, Michael Lisnet
- Editor
- Chuck Workman
- Producer
- Charles S. Cohen
Details
- Release date
- 2014-12-12
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Cohen Welles Project
- Budget
- $813,505