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Synopsis: In November 1937, high school student and aspiring thespian Richard Samuels takes a day trip into New York City. There, he meets and begins a casual friendship with Gretta Adler, their friendship based on a shared love and goal of a profession in the creative arts. But also on this trip, Richard stumbles across the Mercury Theatre and meets Orson Welles, who, based on an impromptu audition, offers Richard an acting job as Lucius in his modern retelling of Julius Caesar, which includes such stalwart Mercury Theatre players as Joseph Cotten and George Coulouris. Despite others with official roles as producer John Houseman, this production belongs to Welles, the unofficial/official dictator. In other words, whatever Welles wants, the cast and crew better deliver. These requests include everything, even those of a sexual nature. Welles does not believe in conventions and will do whatever he wants, which includes not having a fixed opening date, although the unofficial opening date is in on
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Richard Linklater
Production: Freestyle Releasing
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 5 wins & 26 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
PG-13
Year:
2008
114 min
$1,070,524
Website
244 Views


I did not know existed Ohio.

- I wish we did not have to practice tonight.

Barbirolli must orientate

"Pathtique".

Do you love not just Tchaikovsky?

- I adore him.

A guy working for Jed Harris,

has begged me to take there.

Instead I sit here

and write small 11-metals ...

with none other than

a ukulele player.

"Mr. Welles, you will find it hard ..."

And how did you end up so

on Mercury, -

Miss "with Sonja J

but pronounced with a Y ".

By being completely honest?

According to John Houseman founded Mercury

on nonsense, and every day -

I am more agree with that. You can

probably not even spell 'ukulele'.

Y O U C A ...

- Funny, McGee.

Why is someone who will play

the ukulele in Julius Caesar?

It is disguised as a lyre.

Lucius, who are you -

sings a lullaby for Brutus.

Should I sing on stage?

- Yes.

Who plays Brutus?

- Orson.

Who played Lucius before me?

A boy whose personality did not go

under tension with Orson.

What does it mean?

- That he had personality.

Orson is a competitive person.

He is very selfish -

and very clever.

He has read everything. He knows everything.

The rule is that no

criticizes Orson. Never ever.

So, hoping to work for him again

Mon forgives every behavior.

Do you work for free?

- It is not about money.

I want to achieve something greater.

My girlfriend works for Harold Ross

on the almighty The New Yorker.

While there, you must fetch coffee and

laugh stupid, vulgar jokes.

If Mercury closes on Thursday,

and it may well be the case -

I know a dozen people

who could get me a job.

Do you know who John

will introduce me to?

David O. Selznick.

It is not just a time nonsense.

David O. Selznick.

Him to be to incorporate

"Gone with the Wind."

Does this mean

that you will not marry me?

I do not know. Late, I believe.

Mom, the librarian comes.

I must run.

Save a little spaghetti to me.

I love you too. Goodbye.

Well, you're in two real scenes.

Both are short.

Brutus, Orson, speaks with Portia,

played by Muriel Brassler.

A b*tch, but nobody can say anything

because Orson has an affair with her.

Orson married.

Yes, definitely.

Little Virginia.

She is now much sex.

She is very pregnant.

They have a small apartment

in Greenwich Village, but ...

he has sent her to the

the other side of river.

And if someone shouts "Anna Stafford"

it is a code word for Virginia.

So she is there and Orson must save

Ballerina he is about to seduce.

Mercury sounds interesting.

If people ask,

are you a member of the associated -

and get 25 dollars a week.

Fine.

- No.

You are not 25 dollars a week.

You get nothing more than -

possibility of being swamped

with Orson saliva.

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Robert Kaplow

Robert Kaplow (born c. 1954) is an American novelist and teacher whose coming-of-age novel was made into a film titled Me and Orson Welles. The story is about "youthful creative ambition" and has received positive reviews from The New York Times which described it as "nimble, likable and smart." Kaplow has written nine books and used to teach English language and film studies at Summit High School in New Jersey. more…

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