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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014 | 92m | English

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Director: Chuck Workman
Writer: Chuck Workman
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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.
Release Date: Dec 12, 2014
Director: Chuck Workman
Writer: Chuck Workman
Genres: Documentary
Keywords movie business, biography, cinema on cinema, cinema history, portrait of an artist, hollywood history, portrait of a filmmaker
Production Companies Cohen Welles Project
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $813,505
Updates Updated: Feb 01, 2025
Entered: Apr 20, 2024
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Name Character
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)
Name Job
Tom Hurwitz Director of Photography
Michael Lisnet Director of Photography
John Sharaf Director of Photography
Patrick Katz Assistant Editor
Alice Murrell Makeup Artist
Judie Tallman Makeup Artist
Patrick Cicero Sound Editor
Chuck Workman Writer, Director, Editor
Name Title
Charles S. Cohen Producer
Alice Henty Co-Producer
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