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A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist.A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist.A look at the life and work of the great theatre, radio and film artist.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
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Orson Welles
- Self
- (archive footage)
Christopher Welles
- Self
- (as Christopher Welles Feder)
Micheál MacLiammóir
- Self
- (archive footage)
Norman Corwin
- Self
- (archive footage)
William Alland
- Self
- (archive footage)
Reggie Armour
- Self
- (archive footage)
William Randolph Hearst
- Self
- (archive footage)
John Houseman
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsWhen the paternity of Welles's alleged son is mentioned, one of the photographs which is shown and purported to be of Welles is actually a photograph of Vincent D'Onofrio, who played Welles in Ed Wood (1994).
- ConnectionsFeatures The Hearts of Age (1934)
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Fine retelling of the Tale of Orson Welles.
This is a fine documentary. I liked it. Guess you can't please everybody.
I wanted to tell a story here. A friend of mine was a cab driver in LA from 84 through 90 or so and swears this story is true.
As a present for my friend's birthday, another driver let him pick up a regular, weekly round trip: Orson Welles to and from some Italian restaurant in LA. Welles gets in the cab, and my friend tried to engage him in conversation. "I'm a big fan, Mr. Welles," etc. And... nothing. Stony silence. "Cause you know, Third Man is one of the best movies ever..." etc. Nothing. Not word one. Now, my friend tries to to get him to say something. "Boy, they really cheated you on Magnificent Ambersons." Silence. My friend finally gets down to saying, "Cause, you know, Citizen Kane really wasn't that good."
Welles also said nothing on the way home.
I wanted to tell a story here. A friend of mine was a cab driver in LA from 84 through 90 or so and swears this story is true.
As a present for my friend's birthday, another driver let him pick up a regular, weekly round trip: Orson Welles to and from some Italian restaurant in LA. Welles gets in the cab, and my friend tried to engage him in conversation. "I'm a big fan, Mr. Welles," etc. And... nothing. Stony silence. "Cause you know, Third Man is one of the best movies ever..." etc. Nothing. Not word one. Now, my friend tries to to get him to say something. "Boy, they really cheated you on Magnificent Ambersons." Silence. My friend finally gets down to saying, "Cause, you know, Citizen Kane really wasn't that good."
Welles also said nothing on the way home.
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- powellkevin
- Aug 8, 2015
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Mago: La impresionante vida y obra de Orson Welles
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $813,505 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $16,400
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,130
- Dec 14, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $16,400
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
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By what name was Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) officially released in Canada in English?
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