Movie
Me and Orson Welles
Overview
New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-09-05
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- CinemaNX, Isle of Man Film, Framestore, Hart-Lunsford Pictures, Detour Filmproduction
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America, Ireland
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Zac Efron as Richard Samuels
- Christian McKay as Orson Welles
- Claire Danes as Sonja Jones
- Ben Chaplin as George Coulouris
- Zoe Kazan as Gretta Alder
- Eddie Marsan as John Houseman
- Kelly Reilly as Muriel Brassler
- James Tupper as Joseph Cotten
- Leo Bill as Norman Lloyd
- Patrick Kennedy as Grover Burgess
- Aidan McArdle as Martin Gabel
- Al Weaver as Sam Leve
Crew
- Richard Linklater - Director
- Holly Gent - Screenplay
- Vincent Palmo Jr. - Screenplay
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