About Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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.
Full Cast of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Simon Callow
plays Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer
Christopher Welles
plays Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter
Joanne Hill Styles
plays Self - Orson's Classmate
Norman Lloyd
plays Self - Actor
Julie Taymor
plays Self - Stage and Film Director
Paolo Cherchi Usai
plays Self - G. Eastman House Curator
Peter Bogdanovich
plays Self - Filmmaker
James Naremore
plays Self - Writer and Film Scholar
Elvis Mitchell
plays Self - Film Critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum
plays Self - Film Critic
Henry Jaglom
plays Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend
Joseph McBride
plays Self - Welles' Biographer
Peter Brook
plays Self - Filmmaker
Walter Murch
plays Self - Film and Sound Editor
Eric Sherman
plays Self - Filmmaker
Costa-Gavras
plays Self - Filmmaker
Oja Kodar
plays Self - Actress and Orson's Companion
Buck Henry
plays Self - Actor
Richard Benjamin
plays Self - Filmmaker
Wolfgang Puck
plays Self - Chef
Stefan Drößler
plays Self - Film Restorer
Michael Dawson
plays Self - Film Restorer
Paul Mazursky
plays Self - Filmmaker
Frank Marshall
plays Self - Filmmaker
Orson Welles
plays Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage)
Micheál Mac Liammóir
plays Self - Actor (archive footage)
Ruth Ford
plays Self - Actress (archive footage)
Norman Corwin
plays Self - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage)
William Alland
plays Self - Actor (archive footage)
Reggie Armour
plays Self - RKO Executive (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
William Randolph Hearst
plays Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage)
John Houseman
plays Self - Actor (archive footage)
William Friedkin
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Robert Wise
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Richard Wilson
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Pandro S. Berman
plays Self - Producer (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Suzanne Cloutier
plays Self - Actress (archive footage)
Beatrice Welles
plays Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
plays Self - Actor (archive footage)
George Lucas
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Anthony Perkins
plays Self - Actor (archive footage)
Richard Linklater
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jeanne Moreau
plays Self - Actress (archive footage)
Peter Viertel
plays Self - Writer and Orson's Friend (archive footage)
Sydney Pollack
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
John Huston
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper
plays Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
François Mitterrand
plays Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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