Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.

Documentary

Simon Callow

(Self - Actor and Welles' Biographer)

Christopher Welles

(Self - Orson's Oldest Daughter)

Joanne Hill Styles

(Self - Orson's Classmate)

Norman Lloyd

(Self - Actor)

Julie Taymor

(Self - Stage and Film Director)

Paolo Cherchi Usai

(Self - G. Eastman House Curator)

Peter Bogdanovich

(Self - Filmmaker)

James Naremore

(Self - Writer and Film Scholar)

Elvis Mitchell

(Self - Film Critic)

Jonathan Rosenbaum

(Self - Film Critic)

Henry Jaglom

(Self - Filmmaker and Orson's Friend)

Joseph McBride

(Self - Welles' Biographer)

Peter Brook

(Self - Filmmaker)

Walter Murch

(Self - Film and Sound Editor)

Eric Sherman

(Self - Filmmaker)

Costa-Gavras

(Self - Filmmaker)

Oja Kodar

(Self - Actress and Orson's Companion)

Buck Henry

(Self - Actor)

Richard Benjamin

(Self - Filmmaker)

Wolfgang Puck

(Self - Chef)

Stefan Drößler

(Self - Film Restorer)

Michael Dawson

(Self - Film Restorer)

Paul Mazursky

(Self - Filmmaker)

Frank Marshall

(Self - Filmmaker)

Orson Welles

(Self - Filmmaker / Various Roles (archive footage))

Micheál Mac Liammóir

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Ruth Ford

(Self - Actress (archive footage))

Norman Corwin

(Self - Pioneer Radio Producer (archive footage))

William Alland

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Reggie Armour

(Self - RKO Executive (archive footage))

Steven Spielberg

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

William Randolph Hearst

(Self - Press Tycoon (archive footage))

John Houseman

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

William Friedkin

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

Robert Wise

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

Richard Wilson

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

Pandro S. Berman

(Self - Producer (archive footage))

Martin Scorsese

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

Suzanne Cloutier

(Self - Actress (archive footage))

Beatrice Welles

(Self - Orson's Youngest Daughter (archive footage))

Charlton Heston

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

George Lucas

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

Anthony Perkins

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

Richard Linklater

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

Jeanne Moreau

(Self - Actress (archive footage))

Peter Viertel

(Self - Writer and Orson's Friend (archive footage))

Sydney Pollack

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

John Huston

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

Dennis Hopper

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

François Mitterrand

(Self - Politician (archive footage))