Me and Orson Welles
Based in real theatrical history, Me and Orson Welles is a comedic coming-of-age story about a teenage actor who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it’s being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles at his newly-founded Mercury Theater in NYC, 1937.
The rollercoaster week leading up to opening night has the charismatic-but-sometimes-cruel Welles (impressive newcomer Christian McKay) staking his career on this risky production while Richard (Zac Efron) mixes with everyone from starlets to stagehands in behind-the-scenes adventures bound to change him.
Claire Danes co-stars as Sonja Jones, the unapologetically ambitious assistant to Welles whom Richard tries to woo. Ben Chaplin plays Mercury Theater regular George Coulouris. Zoe Kazan, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly and James Tupper are among the talented ensemble cast. The fast-moving screenplay by Holly Gent Palmo and Vince Palmo is based on Robert Kaplow’s meticulously researched novel of the same name.
Rated PG-13
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Cast & Crew
Director: Richard Linklater
Producer: Richard Linklater, Ann Carli, Marc Samuelson
Editor: Sandra Adair
Screenwriter: Holly Gent Palmo, Vince Palmo, based on the novel by Robert Kaplow
Cinematographer: Richard Pope
Principal Cast: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Zoe Kazan, Christian McKay
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