Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Documentary
Release Date
December 12, 2014
Duration
92 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Simon Callow
Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter
Christopher Welles
Self - Orson's Classmate
Joanne Hill Styles
Self - Actor
Norman Lloyd
Self - Stage and Film Director
Julie Taymor
Self - G. Eastman House Curator
Paolo Cherchi Usai
Self - Filmmaker
Peter Bogdanovich
Self - Writer and Film Scholar
James Naremore
Self - Film Critic
Elvis Mitchell
Self - Film Critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend
Henry Jaglom
Self - Welles' Biographer
Joseph McBride
Self - Filmmaker
Peter Brook
Self - Film and Sound Editor
Walter Murch
Self - Filmmaker
Eric Sherman
Self - Filmmaker
Costa-Gavras
Self - Actress and Orson's Companion
Oja Kodar
Self - Actor
Buck Henry
Self - Filmmaker
Richard Benjamin
Self - Chef
Wolfgang Puck
Self - Film Restorer
Stefan Drößler
Self - Film Restorer
Michael Dawson
Self - Filmmaker
Paul Mazursky
Self - Filmmaker
Frank Marshall
Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
Orson Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Ruth Ford
Self - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage)
Norman Corwin
Self - Actor (archive footage)
William Alland
Self - RKO Executive (archive footage)
Reggie Armour
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg
Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage)
William Randolph Hearst
Self - Actor (archive footage)
John Houseman
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
William Friedkin
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Robert Wise
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Richard Wilson
Self - Producer (archive footage)
Pandro S. Berman
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Suzanne Cloutier
Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)
Beatrice Welles
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
George Lucas
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Anthony Perkins
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Richard Linklater
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau
Self - Writer and Orson's Friend (archive footage)
Peter Viertel
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sydney Pollack
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Huston
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper
Self - Politician (archive footage)
François Mitterrand
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