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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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Title: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Release Date: 12 Dec 2014

Runtime: 1h 32m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Cohen Welles Project

Production Companies: Cohen Welles Project

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.

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Average Vote: 6.7 (34 votes)

Cast

  • 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
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