Me and Orson Welles Movie Overview

Me and Orson Welles - Overview

Genre: Drama, Romance

Opened: Nov 25, 2009 Run Time: 1hr 54min

Cast: Zac Efron Christian McKay Ben Chaplin Claire Danes

Director: Richard Linklater

Producer: Anne Carli Marc Samuelson Richard Linklater

Executive Producer: Steve Christian John Sloss Steve Norris

Synopsis

Me and Orson Welles: In a whirlwind week in 1937 in New York City, a young aspiring actor named Richard is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles historic staging of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. During this week he will find romance with a worldly older woman, become immersed in a creative experience few are afforded and learn the downside of crossing the imperious, brilliant Welles. Richard is about to grow... Read More

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Box Office Data
# Weeks	7

# Total Gross	$1.2M

Additional Content for Me and Orson Welles

Trailers & Video Clips (1)

Trailer for this period comedy from Richard Linklater

Photos (5)

Me and Orson Welles

Domestic Theatrical Distributor:

Freestyle Releasing, LLC

Production Company:

Fuzzy Bunny Productions

Production Company:

CinemaNX

Production Company:

Detour Filmproduction

Cast & Crew (12)

Zac Efron

Christian McKay

Ben Chaplin

Reviews (29)

sirpant, Flixster

Me and Orson Welles is a great example of one person's performance making the film. I really enjoyed the film, it looked ok - although I think Richard Linklater...

fb791..., Flixster

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. A lot of this comes from Christian McKay's spot-on role as Orson Welles, with all the self-constructed grandeu...

Me and Orson Welles - Overview