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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

Directed by Chuck Workman

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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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 92 minutes

Actors

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 MacLiammóir | 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