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Name: Me and Orson Welles
Released: 2009-11-25
Cast: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Zoe Kazan, Eddie Marsan

Me and Orson Welles

PG-13
1h 54m
2009

86%

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High-schooler Richard Samuels lucks into a role in a daring Broadway production of Julius Caesar. Cues, staging, rehearsals, romance, rivalries: he has a lot to learn. And the first thing to learn is never upstage Mercury Theatre's genius director, 22-year-old Orson Welles. Zac Efron wins hearts and applause as Richard, the Me of this celebratory curtain call for when dreams – and the theater – were big. Christian McKay offers an uncanny Welles, the imposing, impetuous center of Richard's exciting new universe. Claire Danes is the enterprising stage assistant drawn into both men's lives. And Richard Linklater (Before Sunset, The School of Rock) directs with the vibrant spirit of those for whom all the world is a stage. Bravo!

Director:

Richard Linklater

Producer:

Richard Linklater, Marc Samuelson, Anne Carli

Writer:

Holly Gent Palmo, Vince Palmo

Cast:

Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Zoe Kazan, Eddie Marsan, Christian McKay, Kelly Reilly, James Tupper

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Critics Consensus: Me and Orson Welles boasts a breakout performance by Christian McKay and an infectious love of the backstage drama that overcomes its sometimes fluffy tone.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

This film is content with losing its purpose behind the great performance of Christian McKay, a little-known British actor who embodies Orson Welles completely.

Christian McKay... captures that distinctive timbre that made him the voice artist of choice for every radio show in New York City, the puckish smile he would flash like an indulgent adult looking down at his children...

Zac Efron displays mojo as a plucky newbie with just a hint of the young Tyrone Power.

June 18, 2020

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Bowling Green Daily News

Micheal Compton

McKay's performance captures all the traits that made the director so dynamic, but this is more than just an impersonation. This is a complete performance, full of life and depth.