Me and Orson Welles

Director: Richard Linklater
Writer: Holly Gent Palmo, Vincent Palmo Jr.
Cast: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron
Theatrical Release Date: November 25, 2009 8:01 AM
Criticwire: B-
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Synopsis: A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Ceasar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937. [Synopsis courtesy of IMDb]

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REVIEW | Life on the Stage: Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles"

Like so many of Richard Linklater's films, his latest, "Me and Orson Welles," follows an ad hoc group working together towards an unlikely, and very impending, goal. In his winning "School of Rock" a bunch of children (and one mental child) aimed to play a great rock show. His pint-sized Bad News Be...
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Breaking with Tradition, Partners Bringing Linklater's Latest to Theaters

Nearly one year after its debut at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, director Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles," starring Zac Efron and Claire Danes will hit select U.S. theaters beginning November 25 in a deal that teams the U.K.'s Cinemanx (NX) with Warner Bros. Home Video, fil...
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Box Office 2.0: The Curious Case of "Orson Welles"

Amidst a busy Thanksgiving box office frame that saw such flashy specialty success stories as "Broken Embraces"'s mammoth per-theater-average and "Precious"'s continued success in semi-wide release, another indie success story was potentially being set in motion. The do-it-yourself release of Richa...
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