Me and Orson Welles 2009 Movie

In 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles. More details

Directors

Richard Linklater

Cast

Christian McKay Zac Efron Zoe Kazan Megan Maczko

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comedy drama inspired by true events based on real person theatre new york city 1930s based on novel orson welles character joseph cotten character reference to lynn fontanne reference to konstantin stanislavski norman lloyd character george coulouris character john houseman character auteur mercury theatre opening night school high school student handheld mirror catching food in one's mouth shakespeare play bad luck peanut non forgiveness reference to shakespeare's henry viii poster reference to ohio reference to london england west 41st street manhattan new york city class reference to harold ross standing on a fire hydrant fire hydrant gaiety music shop manhattan new york city reference to henrietta kaye radio director stage door stabbing fake blood assassination applause radio sound effects tossing a ball radio orchestra reference to franklin d. roosevelt party cast party argument reference to the march of time the radio show photograph reference to yevgeny vakhtangov reference to june hart reference to joe ainley wager bet reference to elsie fogerty costume reference to the central school of speech and drama lateness self centeredness reference to john keats reference to john gassner ballerina restaurant cafe radio show piano songwriter playwright cymbal reference to gene krupa drum roll drummer drum reference to the shadow the radio show reference to max reinhardt actress flower reference to john barrymore ambulance siren superstition trapdoor falling through a trapdoor reference to shakespeare's antony and cleopatra wheaties reference to shakespeare's julius caesar improvisation apology luck snow reference to ode on a greeian urn the poem grecian urn urn museum security guard museum obscene finger gesture radio news listening to a radio wine plaza hotel manhattan new york city drinking drink dancer jazz music song dancing in the street scotch whiskey play within a film flash camera camera cigar smoking cuban cigar husband wife relationship boyfriend girlfriend relationship taxi male virgin loss of virginity coming of age sabotage dressing room fired from the job behind the scenes backstage grand central station manhattan new york city times square manhattan new york city flashlight kiss teenage boy 17 year old singing reference to charlie chaplin reference to laurence olivier telephone phone booth pay phone telephone call actors' equity association reference to time magazine reference to new yorker magazine reference to alfred lunt book reading broadway manhattan new york city reference to les miserables the novel reference to booth tarkington reference to shakespeare's hamlet male female relationship reference to john gielgud reference to jed harris reference to brooks atkinson federal theatre project mentor protege relationship year 1937 reference to john mason brown teen angst photographer dancing orchestra band nightclub microphone live radio script newspaper clipping standing ovation ego stage fright marquee radio network theatre audience fire sprinkler radio studio ambition magic trick ambulance stage play rehearsal pregnancy reference to david o. selznick reference to tallulah bankhead singer radio musician writer reference to richard rodgers pianist actor reference to george gershwin sheet music street vendor reference to william shakespeare teacher manhattan new york city mother son relationship kitchen sprinkler system limousine theater director cigarette smoking nazi uniform ukulele park bench central park manhattan new york city theater troupe aspiring actor theater people new yorker music store classroom train character name in title

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