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