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)
Directing Chuck Workman Director
Production Charles S. Cohen Producer
Writing Chuck Workman Writer
Production Alice Henty Co-Producer
Camera Tom Hurwitz Director of Photography
Camera Michael Lisnet Director of Photography
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
Editing Chuck Workman Editor

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