Me and Orson Welles

Cast: Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Eddie Marsan, Leo Bill, Imogen Poots, James Tupper

Director: Richard Linklater

Rating: NR

Release date: 2010

Synopsis:

Set in 1937, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who, while strolling the streets of New York, happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles. The man lands a bit part in "Julius Caesar," the production that catapulted Welles to the top, and spends the next week learning about life and love.

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