Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Documentary

Storyline: 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: 2014-12-12

Original Language: en

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

Status: Released

Runtime: 92 minutes

TagLine:

Rating: (34 votes)

Budget: $813,505

Revenue: $0

Production Companies: Cohen Welles Project

Spoken Languages: English

View On: TMDb | IMDb

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Cast Members

Simon Callow

Simon Callow (Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer)

36.29%

Christopher Welles

Christopher Welles (Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter)

7.45%

Joanne Hill Styles

Joanne Hill Styles (Self - Orson's Classmate)

7.25%

Norman Lloyd

Norman Lloyd (Self - Actor)

29.41%

Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor (Self - Stage and Film Director)

18.15%

Paolo Cherchi Usai

Paolo Cherchi Usai (Self - G. Eastman House Curator)

7.45%

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich (Self - Filmmaker)

27.89%

James Naremore

James Naremore (Self - Writer and Film Scholar)

6.59%

Elvis Mitchell

Elvis Mitchell (Self - Film Critic)

13.25%

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum (Self - Film Critic)

2.91%

Henry Jaglom

Henry Jaglom (Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend)

18.41%

Joseph McBride

Joseph McBride (Self - Welles' Biographer)

11.45%

Peter Brook

Peter Brook (Self - Filmmaker)

12.78%

Walter Murch

Walter Murch (Self - Film and Sound Editor)

20.71%

Eric Sherman

Eric Sherman (Self - Filmmaker)

2.95%

Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras (Self - Filmmaker)

27.39%

Oja Kodar

Oja Kodar (Self - Actress and Orson's Companion)

16.35%

Buck Henry

Buck Henry (Self - Actor)

28.06%

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin (Self - Filmmaker)

38.67%

Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck (Self - Chef)

20.31%

Stefan Drößler

Stefan Drößler (Self - Film Restorer)

3.48%

Michael Dawson

Michael Dawson (Self - Film Restorer)

1.00%

Paul Mazursky

Paul Mazursky (Self - Filmmaker)

23.87%

Frank Marshall

Frank Marshall (Self - Filmmaker)

25.75%

Orson Welles

Orson Welles (Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage))

45.82%

Micheál Mac Liammóir

Micheál Mac Liammóir (Self - Actor (archive footage))

10.63%

Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford (Self - Actress (archive footage))

16.63%

Norman Corwin

Norman Corwin (Self - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage))

15.73%

William Alland

William Alland (Self - Actor (archive footage))

12.35%

Reggie Armour

Reggie Armour (Self - RKO Executive (archive footage))

1.00%

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

92.74%

William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst (Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage))

4.21%

John Houseman

John Houseman (Self - Actor (archive footage))

28.62%

William Friedkin

William Friedkin (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

30.79%

Robert Wise

Robert Wise (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

36.43%

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

11.72%

Pandro S. Berman

Pandro S. Berman (Self - Producer (archive footage))

18.87%

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

87.23%

Suzanne Cloutier

Suzanne Cloutier (Self - Actress (archive footage))

8.33%

Beatrice Welles

Beatrice Welles (Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage))

11.21%

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston (Self - Actor (archive footage))

40.71%

George Lucas

George Lucas (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

54.58%

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins (Self - Actor (archive footage))

44.87%

Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

20.06%

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau (Self - Actress (archive footage))

9.83%

Peter Viertel

Peter Viertel (Self - Writer and Orson's Friend (archive footage))

16.03%

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

54.96%

John Huston

John Huston (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

31.99%

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper (Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

50.79%

François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand (Self - Politician (archive footage))

13.05%

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