Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Name: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-12-12
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Cast: Simon Callow, Christopher Welles, Joanne Hill Styles, Norman Lloyd, Julie Taymor

2014 · 1h 32m · Documentary

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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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
Henry Jaglom as Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend
Joseph McBride as Self - Welles' Biographer

Details

Director: Chuck Workman
Released: December 12, 2014
Runtime: 1h 32m
Genres: Documentary
Studio: Cohen Welles Project
Status: Released
TMDB score: 6.5 / 10 from 37 votes

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