Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

1h 32m

Documentary

6.5

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.

Cast

Simon Callow

Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer

Christopher Welles

Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter

Joanne Hill Styles

Self - Orson's Classmate

Norman Lloyd

Self - Actor

Julie Taymor

Self - Stage and Film Director

Paolo Cherchi Usai

Self - G. Eastman House Curator

Peter Bogdanovich

Self - Filmmaker

James Naremore

Self - Writer and Film Scholar

Elvis Mitchell

Self - Film Critic

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Self - Film Critic

Henry Jaglom

Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend

Joseph McBride

Self - Welles' Biographer

Peter Brook

Self - Filmmaker

Walter Murch

Self - Film and Sound Editor

Eric Sherman

Self - Filmmaker

Costa-Gavras

Self - Filmmaker

Oja Kodar

Self - Actress and Orson's Companion

Buck Henry

Self - Actor

Richard Benjamin

Self - Filmmaker

Wolfgang Puck

Self - Chef

Stefan Drößler

Self - Film Restorer

Michael Dawson

Self - Film Restorer

Paul Mazursky

Self - Filmmaker

Frank Marshall

Self - Filmmaker

Orson Welles

Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)

Micheál Mac Liammóir

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

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

William Randolph Hearst

Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage)

John Houseman

Self - Actor (archive footage)

William Friedkin

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Robert Wise

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Richard Wilson

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Pandro S. Berman

Self - Producer (archive footage)

Martin Scorsese

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Suzanne Cloutier

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Beatrice Welles

Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

Self - Actor (archive footage)

George Lucas

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Anthony Perkins

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Richard Linklater

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Peter Viertel

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

Sydney Pollack

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

John Huston

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Dennis Hopper

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

François Mitterrand

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Crew

Chuck Workman

Director, Writer, Editor

Patrick Katz

Assistant Editor

John Sharaf

Director of Photography

Tom Hurwitz

Director of Photography

Michael Lisnet

Director of Photography

Charles S. Cohen

Producer

Alice Henty

Co-Producer

Judie Tallman

Makeup Artist

Alice Murrell

Makeup Artist

Patrick Cicero

Sound Editor