
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.

Made in US
6.5/10
2014
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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

Peter Brook
As Self - Filmmaker

Walter Murch
As Self - Film and Sound Editor
Eric Sherman
As Self - Filmmaker

Costa-Gavras
As Self - Filmmaker
Oja Kodar
As Self - Actress and Orson's Companion

Buck Henry
As Self - Actor

Richard Benjamin
As Self - Filmmaker

Wolfgang Puck
As Self - Chef
Stefan Drößler
As Self - Film Restorer
Michael Dawson
As Self - Film Restorer

Paul Mazursky
As Self - Filmmaker

Frank Marshall
As Self - Filmmaker

Orson Welles
As Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

Micheál Mac Liammóir
As Self - Actor (archive footage)

Ruth Ford
As Self - Actress (archive footage)
Norman Corwin
As Self - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage)

William Alland
As Self - Actor (archive footage)
Reggie Armour
As Self - RKO Executive (archive footage)

Steven Spielberg
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
William Randolph Hearst
As Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage)

John Houseman
As Self - Actor (archive footage)

William Friedkin
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Robert Wise
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Richard Wilson
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Pandro S. Berman
As Self - Producer (archive footage)

Martin Scorsese
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Suzanne Cloutier
As Self - Actress (archive footage)

Beatrice Welles
As Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)

Charlton Heston
As Self - Actor (archive footage)

George Lucas
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Anthony Perkins
As Self - Actor (archive footage)

Richard Linklater
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau
As Self - Actress (archive footage)

Peter Viertel
As Self - Writer and Orson's Friend (archive footage)

Sydney Pollack
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

John Huston
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Dennis Hopper
As Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

François Mitterrand
As Self - Politician (archive footage)
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