Me and Orson Welles (2009)

Cast and Crew

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Director

Richard Linklater

Producer

Anne Carli, Marc Samuelson, Richard Linklater

Screenwriter

Holly Gent Palmo, Vincent Palmo Jr.

Starring

• Zac Efron as Richard Samuels
• Claire Danes as Sonja Jones
• Christian McKay as Orson Welles (Brutus)
• Ben Chaplin
• Kelly Reilly as Muriel Brassler (Portia)
• Imogen Poots as Lorelei Lathrop
• Eddie Marsan as John Houseman
• Leo Bill
• Aidan McArdle

Story

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Based in real theatrical history, "Me and Orson Welles" is a romantic 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.

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