Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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•- Runtime
- 92 mins
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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.
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
- Christopher Welles
- Joanne Hill Styles
- Norman Lloyd
- Julie Taymor
- Paolo Cherchi Usai
- Peter Bogdanovich
- James Naremore
- Elvis Mitchell
- Jonathan Rosenbaum
- Henry Jaglom
- Joseph McBride
- Peter Brook
- Walter Murch
- Eric Sherman
- Costa-Gavras
- Oja Kodar
- Buck Henry
- Richard Benjamin
- Wolfgang Puck
- Stefan Drößler
- Michael Dawson
- Paul Mazursky
- Frank Marshall
- Orson Welles
- Micheál Mac Liammóir
- Ruth Ford
- Norman Corwin
- William Alland
- Reggie Armour
- Steven Spielberg
- William Randolph Hearst
- John Houseman
- William Friedkin
- Robert Wise
- Richard Wilson
- Pandro S. Berman
- Martin Scorsese
- Suzanne Cloutier
- Beatrice Welles
- Charlton Heston
- George Lucas
- Anthony Perkins
- Richard Linklater
- Jeanne Moreau
- Peter Viertel
- Sydney Pollack
- John Huston
- Dennis Hopper
- François Mitterrand
Director
- Chuck Workman
Producers
- Charles S. Cohen
