It's All True (1993)

A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.

Directors:

Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel,

Writers:

Bill Krohn, Richard Wilson,

Stars:

Manuel 'Jacare' Olimpio Meira, Jeronimo André De Souza, Raimundo 'Tata' Correia Lima

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Manuel 'Jacare' Olimpio Meira	...	Himself
Jeronimo André De Souza	...	Himself
Raimundo 'Tata' Correia Lima	...	Himself
Manuel 'Preto' Pereira Da Silva	...	Himself
Jose Sobrinho	...	Himself
Francisca Moreira Da Silva	...	Herself
Miguel Ferrer	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carmen Miranda	...	Herself (voice) (archive footage)
Edmar Morel	...	Himself - Interviewee
Grande Otelo	...	Himself
Orson Welles	...	Himself - Interview (archive footage)

Storyline

A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.

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Plot Keywords:

based on unfinished work | film making | carnival | raft | rio de janeiro brazil | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

France USA

Language:

Portuguese English

Release Date:

October 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Dreamers

Filming Locations:

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Films Balenciaga, Les, French Ministry of Education and Culture

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Though the filmed footage was edited and released, as of today there is reportedly a very large amount of footage not used still in the UCLA archives that is slowly becoming damaged for lack of preservation. A story segment that Welles originally planned involved a profile of Louis Armstrong to be filmed in New Orleans. It was the only segment of the four parts that Welles never filmed any footage of.

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Connections

References The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

User Reviews

orson's thoughts

From "This Is Orson Welles" by Bogdanovich

On the film:

"I've never seen any of what we shot, not a foot. Nobody ever saw the rushes."

On filming in South America:

"I didn't even like it particularly. I liked samba, but I didn't want to go down and live in South America--it's my least favorite part of the world."

On filming:

"I had this enormous crew sent down--I didn't want them, but they gave me two camera crews. So I'd sent a crew out there and said, 'Shoot 'em marching up and down.' I had to keep them busy; they were always saying, 'We want to get home--we're trapped here.'...So there must have been an awful lot of junk shot, because I wasn't even there."