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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 12 december 2014 with Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2015)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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Released in USA 12 december 2014
Length 1h35
OriginUSA
Rating68% 3.440143.440143.440143.440143.44014

Magician: The Astonishing Work and Life of Orson Welles is a 2014 American documentary film by Chuck Workman. Produced on the eve of the centenary of Orson Welles's birth, the film is a chronological review of his personal life and achievements in theatre, radio and film. It includes excerpts of nearly all of Welles's films, archival footage and audio, and interviews with colleagues, biographers, critics, friends and contemporary directors who credit his influence. First presented at numerous film festivals, the film was released theatrically on December 10, 2014.

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Orson Welles

(Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage))Peter Bogdanovich

(Self - Filmmaker)Julie Taymor

(Self - Stage and Film Director)Steven Spielberg

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))Martin Scorsese

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))
And :
Elvis Mitchell
Simon Callow
William Friedkin
Norman Lloyd
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