They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)

In the final fifteen years of the life of legendary director Orson Welles he pins his Hollywood comeback hopes on a film, The Other Side of the Wind, in itself a film about an aging film director trying to finish his last great movie.

Director:

Morgan Neville

Stars:

Alan Cumming, Peter Bogdanovich, Oja Kodar

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alan Cumming	...	Self - Narrator
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Self
Oja Kodar	...	Self
Orson Welles	...	Self (archive footage)
Steve Ecclesine	...	Self
R. Michael Stringer	...	Self
Peter Jason	...	Self
Larry Jackson	...	Self
Neil Canton	...	Self
Joseph McBride	...	Self
Simon Callow	...	Self
George Stevens Jr.	...	Self
Michael Ferris	...	Self
Jonathon Braun	...	Self (as Jonathan Braun A.C.E.)
Henry Jaglom	...	Self

Storyline

Orson Welles's final movie, The Other Side of the Wind, started filming in 1970 but by the time of his death in 1985 had not been released. It was finally released by Netflix in 2018. This documentary details the making of the movie and the problems Welles had in completing and releasing it.

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Plot Keywords:

making of | behind the scenes | 1970s | film history | filmmaking | 

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Taglines:

The True Story of the Last Film From Orson Welles

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Goofs

A clip from "It's All True" labels the film as "Unreleased." In fact, it was completed and distributed by Paramount in 1993.

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Quotes

Peter Jason: Orson said to me once that, "Los Angeles is the only city where every roads leads to the airport. If you're here, Hollywood can't wait to get you out of here''.

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Connections

Features F for Fake (1973)

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Soundtracks

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Overture
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Klaus-Peter Hahn
Courtesy of Naxos of America

User Reviews

Just Wow.

No matter how brilliant a perosn can be, they will never be like Orson Welles. This movie makes you understand the real genius of Orson, a person born to be a revolutionary. This work is extremely entertaining and qualitative. I LOVED IT.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 November 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Me amarán cuando esté muerto

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tremolo Productions, Royal Road Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color