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77% Me and Orson Welles...and entertaining film ... has a romanticism that we haven't seen very much from Linklater in recent years. Set backstage at Welles' Mercury Theater in 1937, the fictional tussle is hardly fair or surprising, but we're reminded that an... In this article: Orson Welles, Me and Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, High School Musical, Disney, Zac Efron, Mercury Theater, Julius Caesar, Netflix, and Claire Danes |
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Entertainment Weekly | 16 hours ago
Me and Orson Welles
...Orson Welles is an amiable period-piece showbiz comedy set in 1937, when Welles, then 22, first blasted his way into the orbit of fame with his Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar. There's one great reason to see the movie, and that's...
In this article: Me and Orson Welles, Zac Efron, Julius Caesar, Richard Linklater, Woody Allen, and Claire Danes
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Just Jared Jr. | 20 hours ago
Zac Efron is Chelsea Cinemas Charming
...Cinemas in NYC on Monday night (November 23). The 22-year-old actor plays Richard Samuels in the period drama, a teenager who is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Ceasar" directed by a young Orson Welles (Christian McKay) in...
In this article: Zac Efron, Orson Welles, Me & Orson Welles, and Claire Danes
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | 21 hours ago
Interview: Claire Danes, actress
...this fictionalised account of a wide-eyed teen (Zac Efron) who falls for the charisma of Orson Welles (Christian McKay) and his newly founded Mercury Theatre, who are staging Julius Caesar. Danes plays Sonja, Welles' efficient, ambitious girl...
In this article: Orson Welles, Ricky Gervais, Jodie Foster, Richard Linklater, Claire Danes, Stardust, Billy Crudup, Stage Beauty, and Juliet
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The Huffington Post | 1 day ago
Marshall Fine: Movie review: Me and Orson Welles
Read More: Christian McKay, Citizen Kane, Claire Danes, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Me And Orson Welles Movie Review, Mercury Theater, Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, War Of The Worlds, Zac Efron, Entertainment News Richard Linklater's Me...
In this article: Orson Welles, Me and Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Mercury Theater, Julius Caesar, Toronto International Film Festival, and Twitter
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New Yorker: Arts & Culture | 1 day ago
David Denby: Me and Orson Welles and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
"I am Orson Welles!" he thunders, when challenged. "I own the store. " The year is 1937, when the great man is twenty-two. The newly formed Mercury Theatre, under the joint direction of Welles and John Houseman (Eddie Marsan), is mounting...
In this article: Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, Me and Orson Welles, Zac Efron, School of Rock, Julius Caesar, and New York
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Behind the Scenes TV | 1 day ago
Director Richard Linklater discusses Orson Welles
...on actual events, the story takes place during a whirlwind week of preparation for Orson Welles' famed 1937 remix of Julius Caesar at the Mercury Theater in New York City. Seen through the eyes of an ambitious teenager hired for the production...
In this article: Richard Linklater, Diane Lane, Direct TV, Orson Welles, DVD, Me and Orson Welles, Fantastic Fest, 300, Richard Gere, and Zack Snyder
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National Public Radio | 2 days ago
Growing Up With Orson Welles As Her Father
...out of character to assure you that "The War of the Worlds" has no further significance than as the holiday offering it was intended to be. A Mercury Theater's own radio version of dressing up in a sheet and jumping out of a bush and say...
In this article: Orson Welles, Liane Hansen, Public Radio, Hollywood, National Public Radio, All rights reserved, Mercury Theater, and Confabulation
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thestar.com | 2 days ago
Orson Welles on the up - and down
Me and Orson Welles is set in 1937, during rehearsals for the show that would prove to be the stage triumph of his early career: the Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar, set in an unnamed European fascist regime. Placed against...
In this article: Orson Welles, Me and Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, Laurence Olivier, Toronto, Orson's Shadow, Simon Callow, and Kenneth Tynan
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Teen idol Zac Efron stars in Orson Welles tale
...British theatres on December 4, 22-year-old Efron plays a teenaged student who fortuitously stumbles into a minor role in the 1937 Mercury Theater production of "Julius Caesar" directed by the young Welles. During one tumultuous week, he...
In this article: Zac Efron, Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, High School Musical, Me and Orson Welles, School of Rock, Hollywood, London, Mercury Theater, and Julius Caesar
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Just Jared Jr. | 6 days ago
Zac Efron is Heathrow Hot
...Me & Orson Welles. The drama follows teenage student Richard Samuels (Efron) who lucks his way into a minor role in the legendary 1937 Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar, directed by a youthful Orson Welles (Christian McKay).
In this article: Zac Efron, Orson Welles, London, Me & Orson Welles, Julius Caesar, Heathrow Airport, Downtown Los Angeles, and Los Angeles
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The Mercury Theatre was a theatre company founded in New York City by Orson Welles and John Houseman. They had initial success in the theatre, then went to radio in 1938 as The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a series that included one of the most notable and infamous radio broadcasts of all time, The War of the Worlds.
In addition to Welles and Houseman, The Mercury Theatre troupe included Joseph Cotten, Martin Gabel, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Hans Conreid, Paul Stewart, Will Geer, George Coulouris, Olive Stanton, and Everett Sloane. Much of the troupe would later appear in Welles' films at RKO, particularly Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons. Other future stars of the stage, screen, and television, like Betty Garrett, Anne Baxter, Judy Holliday, and Norman Lloyd, also appeared in productions in smaller parts.
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