Orson Welles

Orson Welles news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Orson Welles performances. According to Wikipedia: George Orson Welles was an American theater and film producer and director, and a theater, radio and film actor. Welles first gained notoriety for his October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Adapted to sound like a contemporary news broadcast, it panicked a large number of listeners. Welles and his biographers subsequently claimed he was exposing the gullibility of American audiences in the tense preamble to the Second World War. In the mid-Thirties his New York theater adaptations of a voodoo Macbeth and a contemporary Julius Caesar became legendary. Welles was also a practiced magician, starring in troop variety spectacles in the war years. During this period he became a serious political activist and commentator through journalism, radio and public appearances closely associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1941, he co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Citizen Kane, most often chosen in polls of film critics as one of the greatest films ever made.

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Director Richard Linklater discusses Orson Welles

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Richard Linklater will thankfully never be pigeonholed as a genre director. His body of work ranges from indie films such as the counterculture defining Slacker , to studio projects like School of Rock , to the socially conscious and unapologetic Fast Food Nation . His latest project, Me and Orson Welles , veers in an utterly new direction. Adapted from an historical novel based 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 ... Read Full Story

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Claire Danes and Zac Effron hit London for “Me and Orson Welles” Premiere

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They are calling it Zac Mania as the High School Musical star along with Claire Danes hit London for the premiere of “Me and Orson Welles” and as predicted Leicester Square was jammed packed with screaming fans reaching fever fan level. Nov 18 2009. Claire Danes arriving at the UK Premiere of Me and Orson Welles, [...] Article by FJ from: FJ Girls Female Celebrity News Claire Danes and Zac Effron hit London for “Me and Orson Welles” Premiere Read Full Story

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Claire Danes Flashes Crowd at ‘Me and Orson Welles’ Premiere

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Claire Danes is pretty much a non-entity to me. She was hot during The Mod Squad days, but I was 12 then, I thought everyone was hot. Anyway, here she is at the “Me and Orson Wells” premiere flashing her nips and nips only. The woman has absolutely no breasts, but nipples are nipples. Read Full Story

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More on Orson Welles

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In this post's comments -- last week's video interview with Orson Welles -- Scott Smith, who hosts a fine blog called Screenwriting From Iowa , provided a link with some interesting biographical background re Welles: Orson Wells was born May 6, 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. His mother died when he was nine and his father when he was 15 and I’ve always wondered if there was a part of Welles that resonated with the young boy in Citizen Kane who is separated from his parents. Shortly after his mother died Welles began attending the Todd Seminary for Boys in Woodstock Illinois. When he graduated ... Read Full Story

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Video interview: Orson Welles

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A blast from the past: Something I originally posted in June 2008. The Internet never ceases to amaze me. Below is an excerpt from an interview with Orson Welles . I've never seen it before today, never even knew of its existence until I started bumping around the web. Two things about the interview. First, Welles reveals that the idea of 'home' is very important to him because as a child, his family moved multiple times, so he never really had what he would call a home. Second, he confesses that his least favorite thing about Citizen Kane was Rosebud -- he calls it ... Read Full Story

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Marshall Fine: Movie review: Me and Orson Welles

Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles is pure delight, a backstage story set in a romantic period built around a magically charismatic character. It's also...

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Exclusive Interview: Zac Efron and Richard Linklater on ME AND ORSON WELLES...

Opening this Wednesday, in limited release, is director Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles. Based in real theatrical history, the film is a coming-of-age story about a teenage actor (Zac Efron) who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it’s being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles (Christian McKay) at [...]

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