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Magician : The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Release Date: December 12, 2014
| Year | : | 2014 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Documentary |
| Production Companies | : | Cohen Welles Project |
| Director | : | Chuck Workman |
| Producers | : | Alice Henty, Charles S. Cohen |
| Writers | : | Chuck Workman |
| RunTime | : | 92 mins. |
| Budget | : | 813505 |
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-1985), 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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Main Actors
Simon Callow
Character : Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Christopher Welles
Character : Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter
Joanne Hill Styles
Character : Self - Orson's Classmate
Norman Lloyd
Character : Self - Actor
Julie Taymor
Character : Self - Stage and Film Director
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Character : Self - G. Eastman House Curator
Peter Bogdanovich
Character : Self - Filmmaker
James Naremore
Character : Self - Writer and Film Scholar
Elvis Mitchell
Character : Self - Film Critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Character : Self - Film Critic
Henry Jaglom
Character : Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend
Joseph McBride
Character : Self - Welles' Biographer
Peter Brook
Character : Self - Filmmaker
Walter Murch
Character : Self - Film and Sound Editor
Eric Sherman
Character : Self - Filmmaker
Costa-Gavras
Character : Self - Filmmaker
Oja Kodar
Character : Self - Actress and Orson's Companion
Buck Henry
Character : Self - Actor
Richard Benjamin
Character : Self - Filmmaker
Wolfgang Puck
Character : Self - Chef
Stefan Drößler
Character : Self - Film Restorer
Michael Dawson
Character : Self - Film Restorer
Paul Mazursky
Character : Self - Filmmaker
Frank Marshall
Character : Self - Filmmaker
Orson Welles
Character : Self / Various Roles (archive footage)
Micheál MacLiammóir
Character : Self - Actor (archive footage)
Ruth Ford
Character : Self - Actress (archive footage)
Norman Corwin
Character : Self - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage)
William Alland
Character : Self - Actor (archive footage)
Reggie Armour
Character : Self - RKO Executive (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
William Randolph Hearst
Character : Self - Tycoon (archive footage)
John Houseman
Character : Self - Actor (archive footage)
William Friedkin
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Robert Wise
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Richard Wilson
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Pandro S. Berman
Character : Self - Producer (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Suzanne Cloutier
Character : Self - Actress (archive footage)
Beatrice Welles
Character : Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Character : Self - Actor (archive footage)
George Lucas
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Anthony Perkins
Character : Self - Actor (archive footage)
Richard Linklater
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau
Character : Self - Actress (archive footage)
Peter Viertel
Character : Self - Writer and Orson's Friend (archive footage)
Sydney Pollack
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Huston
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper
Character : Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
François Mitterrand
Character : Self - Politician (archive footage)
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