- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: 114 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Zoe Kazan ... see all
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Plot: A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.
User Reviews
Welles lives
Oct 01, 2009
motta80-2 - imdb.com
Oct 01, 2009motta80-2 - imdb.com
Orson Welles is alive and well and residing in the body of British actor Christian McKay! McKay is simply stunning here as Welles - the look, the eye-brow, the mannerisms, the bounce, the voice - never have i seen Welles, as... Full review
What Zac Efron a young but Giant Star !
Sep 01, 2009
Stephen - yahoo.com
Sep 01, 2009Stephen - yahoo.com
Very high expectation to see Zac Efron's new flick,out of Disney movies. *Me and Orson Welles* should be a nice one. Zac is young but great on the performance. Really can not wait to see it.... Full review
TIFF 08: Quadruple space
Me and Orson Welles
Sep 14, 2008
babubhaut - imdb.com
Sep 14, 2008babubhaut - imdb.com
When I saw that Richard Linklater had a new film at the Toronto International Film Festival and that it took place during Orson Welles' run at the Mercury Theatre, I was very interested. Me and Orson Welles is based off a... Full review
Breezy, nostalgic celebration of film and theater and one of the most dynamic figures to impact them
Sep 05, 2008
pyrocitor - imdb.com
Sep 05, 2008pyrocitor - imdb.com
The career of Richard Linklater has proved one of the most delightfully eclectic in the film industry, veering between works as diverse as teenage subculture films (Dazed and Confused) to philosophical romances (Before Sunrise) to drug-addled paranoid thrillers (A Scanner Darkly)... Full review
Just came back from the TIFF(Toronto International Film Fesitival), and North American Premier....
Sep 05, 2008
Jamesbond1974 - imdb.com
Sep 05, 2008Jamesbond1974 - imdb.com
I just got to say before I write this review, I am not the type of person who is impressed by someone like Zac Efron, I would actually refrain from seeing a movie with an actor like this, but this film... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Sep 11, 2008Tiscali UK
He has nailed every vocal nuance that contributed to Welles' acting performances and larger-than-life personality.
Through Richard's eyes we watch the show take shape in its last week, moving from near catastrophe to artistic victory while its director and star (Welles played Brutus) throws off brilliant though often contradictory ideas, sneaks off to trysts with willing actresses and assistants, continues the radio show that pays the bills and never apologizes for his raging ego.
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| Sep 11, 2008Cinematical
another actor may have been better....because Me and Orson Welles is actually a nicely-made, warmly-shaped story of life upon the wicked stage....Welles is a brilliant artist, a top-notch bastard and a world-class skirt-chaser;.... ... Full Review
| Sep 07, 2008Hollywood Reporter, US
The film does analyze his artistic process and his perhaps already damaged psyche with a degree of hindsight, giving him a speech of self-assessment the real Orson would have been incapable of in 1937.
He's nailed every vocal nuance that contributed to Welles' acting performances and larger-than-life personality.
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| Sep 06, 2008Screen International
Christian McKay rightly dominates the film....A robust specialist release should allow Linklater to reach an older, well-heeled demographic who have little knowledge of his slacker movie past.....They have found such an actor in Christian McKay who gives a superlative performance.....It is an experience that shows him the best and worst of an actor's life.... ... Full Review
| Feb 28, 2008Just Jared
I really like Zac's look with his hair off his forehead although he looks great either way.
So glad Zac and Vanessa are åble to branch out and add different roles to their careers.
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News
VIDEO: New 'Me And Orson Welles' Trailer
celebuzz.com –
2009-10-08
I have never been ashamed of the fact that I'm somewhat in love with Zac Efron, and maybe with the help of Richard Linklater, I'll never need to be. ... Full Article
By Gregg Kilday LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles," which premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, will be released theatrically in the U.S. on November 25. ... Full Article
Me And Orson Welles Trailer
cinemablend.com –
2009-08-11
You'd think a film by Richard Linklater would be a slam dunk to get distribution, but for some reason his latest Me and Orson Welles has been stuck on a shelf somewhere going nowhere. ... Full Article

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