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Me and Orson Welles (2008) 6.8
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6.8/10 from 6,335 users
Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 64 user | 149 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937. Director:Richard Linklater |
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George Duthie
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Martin Gabel
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In November 1937, high school student and aspiring thespian Richard Samuels takes a day trip into New York City. There, he meets and begins a casual friendship with Gretta Adler, their friendship based on a shared love and goal of a profession in the creative arts. But also on this trip, Richard stumbles across the Mercury Theatre and meets Orson Welles, who, based on an impromptu audition, offers Richard an acting job as Lucius in his modern retelling of Julius Caesar, which includes such stalwart Mercury Theatre players as Joseph Cotten and George Coulouris. Despite others with official roles as producer John Houseman, this production belongs to Welles, the unofficial/official dictator. In other words, whatever Welles wants, the cast and crew better deliver. These requests include everything, even those of a sexual nature. Welles does not believe in conventions and will do whatever he wants, which includes not having a fixed opening date, although the unofficial opening date is in ... Written by Huggo
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All's fair in love and theaterGenres:
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Rated PG-13 for sexual references and smoking | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 December 2009 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£166,389 (UK) (4 December 2009)Gross:
$1,186,957 (USA) (19 February 2010)Company Credits
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Dr. Mewling: By the year of 1592, Shakespeare was already an actor, and a playwright. Records of how his stage career began have not survived. We do know that in 1594 he joined a theater troupe. Called... anyone remember? Not everyone at once now. The Lord Chamberlain's Men.
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Lindsay Lohan was the top choice to play Muriel Brassler. She screen tested for the role and was close to signing a deal shortly before filming began. However, the producers found her to be impossible to insure due to her ongoing legal troubles at the time of production. They decided to replace her with Kelly Reilly. See more »Goofs
When Orson finds Richard on the park bench, Orson's collar is up in the wide shot, but only half-up in the following close-up shots. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Dr. Mewling: By the year of 1592, Shakespeare was already an actor, and a playwright. Records of how his stage career began have not survived. We do know that in 1594 he joined a theater troupe. Called... anyone remember? Not everyone at once now. The Lord Chamberlain's Men.
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I expected this film to be a slight disappointment, but I was quite wrong about that!! The reason I was worried was Zac Efron. I'm a huge fan of Orson Welles and got very excited when I heard a film about the Caesar production was being made, but I thought this was too big a step for Efron. However he proved himself more than capable, and gives a very strong performance as Richard Samuels - a teenager who finds romance everywhere in life and yearns to act in bigger productions than school plays... who chances on Orson Welles and manages to talk/sing his way into Caesar.
Christain Mckay's performance as Orson Welles is equally impressive, as is Clare Danes as the ambitious yet charming Sonya Jones, and what's more the period (1930s New York) is captured brilliantly in the film, with great attention paid to language, location and costume.
In short: very, VERY entertaining and should appeal to a wide demographic - including Zac fans and doubters alike!!