Me & Orson Welles (2009)
- Starring:
- Zac Efron, Claire Danes, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Linklater
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Me & Orson Welles
High-school student Richard (Zac Efron) dreams of a life on the stage, so he takes trips into Manhattan and, on one of these occasions -- thanks to his drum- and ukulele-playing skills -- manages to BS his way into the cast of Orson Welles' (Christian McKay) newest production. The impressionable kid immediately gets swept up into this exciting new world. As he learns from his brilliant, mercurial new mentor, Richard attempts to win the affections of Sonja Jones (Claire Danes), an ambitious secretary at the theater who has designs on meeting David O. Selznick. Young Richard also befriends fellow actors Joseph Cotten (James Tupper) and Norman Lloyd (Leo Bill), leading to a wager among the trio of men over who will be the first of the three to seduce the heretofore unattainable Sonja. What Richard doesn't expect is that he will have to compete not with them, but with Welles himself for her attention. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 113 mins
Complete Cast of Me & Orson Welles
- Zac Efron - Richad Samuels (Lucius)
- Christian McKay - Orson Welles (Brutus)
- James Tupper - Joseph Cotten (Publius)
- Eddie Marsan - John Houseman
- Al Weaver - Sam Leve
- Iain McKee - Vakhtangov
- Imogen Poots - Lorelei Lathrop
- Simon Nehan - Joe Holland (Julius Caesar)
- Janie Dee - Mrs. Samuels
- Garick Hagon - Dr. Mewling
- Aaron Brown - Longchamps Kid #1
- Nathan Osgood - Radio Announcer
- Michael Brandon - Les Tremayne
- Mike McEvoy - I.L. Epstein
- Jo McInnes - Jeannie Rosenthal
- Emily Allen - Virginia Welles
- Eddi Reader - Singer
- Steve Parry - Mercury Trumpet Player
- David Garbutt - Mercury French Horn Player
- Claire Danes - Sonja Jones
- Zoe Kazan - Gretta Adler
- Leo Bill - Norman Lloyd (Cinna the Poet)
- Ben Chaplin - George Coulouris (Mark Antony)
- Kelly Reilly - Mureil Brassler (Portia)
- Simon Lee Philips - Walter Ash
- Aidan McArdle - Martin Gabel (Cassius)
- Patrick Kennedy - Grover Burgess (Ligarius)
- Marlene Sidaway - Grandmother Samuels
- Megan Maczko - Evelyn Allen (Calpurnia)
- Travis Oliver - John Hoyt (Decius)
- Robert Wilfort - Radio Director
- Saskia Reeves - Barbara Luddy
- Thomas Arnold - George Duthie (Artemidorus)
- Daniel Tuite - William Mowry (Flavius)
- John Young - Longchamps Kid #2
- Jools Holland - Band Leader
- Jay Irving - Mercury Percussion Player
- Director(s):
- Richard Linklater
- Writer(s):
- Vincent Palmo Jr., Holly Gent Palmo, Vince Palmo
- Producer(s):
- Ann Carli, Richard Linklater, Marc Samuelson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Smoking, Sexual Situations)
- Categories:
- Drama
- 2009 - Austin Film Critics - Breakthrough Artist
- 2009 - National Board of Review - Best Independent Film
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