Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

December. 12,2014 PG-13

Rating：

6.9

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Biography Movie Business Cinema On Cinema

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Simon Callow as Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer

Norman Lloyd as Self - Actor

Julie Taymor as Self - Stage and Film Director

Peter Bogdanovich as Self - Filmmaker

Elvis Mitchell 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

Costa-Gavras as Self - Filmmaker

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