Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

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


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2014-12-12
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 34 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Cohen Welles Project
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Chuck Workman
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Summary

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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  • Simon Callow

    as Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer

  • Christopher Welles

    as Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter

  • Joanne Hill Styles

    as Self - Orson's Classmate

  • Norman Lloyd

    as Self - Actor

  • Julie Taymor

    as Self - Stage and Film Director

  • Paolo Cherchi Usai

    as Self - G. Eastman House Curator

  • Peter Bogdanovich

    as Self - Filmmaker

  • James Naremore

    as Self - Writer and Film Scholar

  • Elvis Mitchell

    as Self - Film Critic

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum

    as Self - Film Critic

  • Henry Jaglom

    as Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend

  • Joseph McBride

    as Self - Welles' Biographer

  • Peter Brook

    as Self - Filmmaker

  • Walter Murch

    as Self - Film and Sound Editor

  • Eric Sherman

    as Self - Filmmaker

  • Costa-Gavras

    as Self - Filmmaker

  • Oja Kodar

    as Self - Actress and Orson's Companion

  • Buck Henry

    as Self - Actor

  • Richard Benjamin

    as Self - Filmmaker

  • Wolfgang Puck

    as Self - Chef

  • Stefan Drößler

    as Self - Film Restorer

  • Michael Dawson

    as Self - Film Restorer

  • Paul Mazursky

    as Self - Filmmaker

  • Frank Marshall

    as Self - Filmmaker

  • Orson Welles

    as Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

  • Micheál Mac Liammóir

    as Self - Actor (archive footage)

  • Ruth Ford

    as Self - Actress (archive footage)

  • Norman Corwin

    as Self - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage)

  • William Alland

    as Self - Actor (archive footage)

  • Reggie Armour

    as Self - RKO Executive (archive footage)

  • Steven Spielberg

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • William Randolph Hearst

    as Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage)

  • John Houseman

    as Self - Actor (archive footage)

  • William Friedkin

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Robert Wise

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Richard Wilson

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Pandro S. Berman

    as Self - Producer (archive footage)

  • Martin Scorsese

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Suzanne Cloutier

    as Self - Actress (archive footage)

  • Beatrice Welles

    as Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)

  • Charlton Heston

    as Self - Actor (archive footage)

  • George Lucas

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Anthony Perkins

    as Self - Actor (archive footage)

  • Richard Linklater

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Jeanne Moreau

    as Self - Actress (archive footage)

  • Peter Viertel

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

  • Sydney Pollack

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • John Huston

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • Dennis Hopper

    as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  • François Mitterrand

    as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Production Charles S. Cohen Producer
Directing Chuck Workman Director
Camera Michael Lisnet Director of Photography
Writing Chuck Workman Writer
Camera Tom Hurwitz Director of Photography
Editing Chuck Workman Editor
Production Alice Henty Co-Producer
Camera John Sharaf Director of Photography
Editing Patrick Katz Assistant Editor
Costume & Make-Up Alice Murrell Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Judie Tallman Makeup Artist
Sound Patrick Cicero Sound Editor

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