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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014, documentary

92 minutes

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...

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Cast

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer

Christopher Welles

Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter

Joanne Hill Styles

Self - Orson's Classmate

Norman Lloyd

Norman Lloyd

Self - Actor

Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor

Self - Stage and Film Director

Paolo Cherchi Usai

Self - G. Eastman House Curator

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

Self - Filmmaker

James Naremore

Self - Writer and Film Scholar

Elvis Mitchell

Self - Film Critic

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Self - Film Critic

Henry Jaglom

Henry Jaglom

Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend

Joseph McBride

Joseph McBride

Self - Welles' Biographer

Peter Brook

Peter Brook

Self - Filmmaker

Walter Murch

Walter Murch

Self - Film and Sound Editor

Eric Sherman

Self - Filmmaker

Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras

Self - Filmmaker

Oja Kodar

Oja Kodar

Self - Actress and Orson's Companion

Buck Henry

Buck Henry

Self - Actor

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

Self - Filmmaker

Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck

Self - Chef

Stefan Drössler

Self - Film Restorer

Michael Dawson

Self - Film Restorer

Paul Mazursky

Paul Mazursky

Self - Filmmaker

Frank Marshall

Frank Marshall

Self - Filmmaker

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

Micheál MacLiammóir

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

Steven Spielberg

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

William Randolph Hearst

Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage)

John Houseman

John Houseman

Self - Actor (archive footage)

William Friedkin

William Friedkin

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Robert Wise

Robert Wise

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Richard Wilson

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Pandro S. Berman

Pandro S. Berman

Self - Producer (archive footage)

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Suzanne Cloutier

Suzanne Cloutier

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Beatrice Welles

Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Self - Actor (archive footage)

George Lucas

George Lucas

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Richard Linklater

Richard Linklater

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Peter Viertel

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

Sydney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

John Huston

John Huston

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Crew

Camera

Costume and make-up

Judie Tallman

Makeup artist

Alice Murrell

Makeup artist

Directing

Chuck Workman

Director

Editing

Chuck Workman

Editor

Production

Alice Henty

Co-producer

Charles S. Cohen

Producer

Sound

Writing

Chuck Workman

Writer

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