MAGICIAN: ASTONISHING LIFE & WORK OF ORSON WELLES [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2014
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles' looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary - the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star, a Hollywood director (for some a Hollywood failure), and a crucially important independent filmmaker.; ; Orson Welles's life was magical: a musical prodigy at age 10, a director of Shakespeare at 14, a painter at 16, a star of stage and radio at 20, romances with some of the most beautiful women in the world, including Rita Hayworth. His work was similarly extraordinary, most notably 'Citizen Kane' (considered by many to be the most important movie ever made), created by Orson Welles when he was only 25.; ; In the years following 'Citizen Kane,' Orson Welles career continued to change as he made film after film (some never finished, many dismissed) and acted in other projects, often to earn money in order to keep making his own films.; ; Magician features scenes from almost every exciting Orson Welles films, from 'Hearts of Ages' (which he made in a day when he was on 18 years of age) to rarely-seen clips from his final unfinished works like 'The Other Side of the Dream,' 'The Deep' and 'Don Quixote,' as well as his television and commercial work.
• Cast: Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Christopher Welles, Joanne Hill Styles, Norman Lloyd, Micheál MacLiammóir, Ruth Ford, Julie Taymor, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Norman Corwin, Peter Bogdanovich, James Naremore, William Alland, Reggie Armour, Steven Spielberg, William Randolph Hearst, John Houseman, William Friedkin, Dolores del Rio, Robert Wise, Richard Wilson, Pandro S. Berman, Elvis Mitchell, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Henry Jaglom, Joseph McBride, Suzanne Cloutier, Beatrice Welles, Peter Brook, Charlton Heston, Walter Murch, George Lucas, Eric Sherman, Costa-Gavras, Anthony Perkins, Richard Linklater, Oja Kodar, Buck Henry, Richard Benjamin, Wolfgang Puck, Stefan Drössler, Jeanne Moreau, Peter Viertel, Michael Dawson, Sydney Pollack, Paul Mazursky, Frank Marshall, Dennis Hopper, Glenn Anders, Martin Balsam, Keith Baxter, Richard Bennett, Andrew B. Clark, Ray Collins, Dorothy Comingore, Bobby Cooper, Dolores Costello, Joseph Cotten, George Coulouris, Elmyr de Hory, Joan Fontaine, John Gielgud, Jeffrey Green, Tim Holt, John Huston, Joi Lansing, Mercedes McCambridge, Christian McKay, Patricia Medina, Victor Millan, Mort Mills, Joanna Moore, Agnes Moorehead, Jeanette Nolan, Austin Pendleton, Francisco Reiguera, Edward G. Robinson, Margaret Rutherford, Erskine Sanford, Paul Scofield, Harry Shannon, Everett Sloane, Paul Stewart, Buddy Swan, Akim Tamiroff, Ruth Warrick, Alan Webb, Chuck Workman
• Director: Chuck Workman
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: E1 Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie