Me and Orson Welles
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| Directed by | Richard Linklater |
| Produced by | Ann Carli Richard Linklater Marc Samuelson |
| Screenplay by | Holly Gent Palmo Vincent Palmo, Jr. |
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Me and Orson Welles by Robert Kaplow |
| Starring |
Zac Efron Christian McKay Claire Danes Ben Chaplin |
| Music by | Michael J McEvoy |
| Cinematography | Dick Pope |
| Edited by | Sandra Adair |
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Freestyle Releasing Warner Bros. |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $2,336,172 |
Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 British-American period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes. Based on Robert Kaplow's novel of the same name, the story, set in 1937 New York, tells of a teenager hired to perform in Orson Welles's groundbreaking stage adaptation of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. He becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.
The film was shot in London and New York and on the Isle of Man in February, March and April 2008, and was released in the United States on November 25, 2009, and the United Kingdom on December 4, 2009.
McKay's portrayal of Welles was recognized with a multitude of accolades, and Me and Orson Welles was named one of the top ten independent films of the year by the National Board of Review.
In New York City in the fall of 1937, 17-year-old high-school student Richard Samuels meets Orson Welles, who unexpectedly offers him the role of Lucius in Caesar, the first production of his new Mercury Theatre repertory company. The company is immersed in rehearsals at its Broadway theater. Charmed by Welles, Richard infers that he is having an affair with the leading actress while his wife is pregnant. Richard finds ambitious production assistant Sonja Jones is attracted to him.
Welles tells Richard a few days before the premiere that he is worried, because he has recently had nothing but good luck; he fears that he will finally have bad luck with the premiere, and that the play will be a flop. During rehearsals Richard accidentally sets off the sprinkler system, soaking the entire theatre. When accused by Welles he denies having anything to do with the deluge, and suggests that the catastrophe was the bad luck that Welles needed to get out of the way.
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