Me and Orson Welles Page #6

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
259 Views


There is no

I have made the scenes ...

Apart from my sketches! Everything about

this show is my honor, Sam.

That is my concept.

It existed long before you arrived.

You have done a fine job

and your great help as a carpenter ...

Carpentry? Now you insult me

Mr Orson Welles!

Sam, we'll get it corrected.

- There is nothing to correct.

Fine, so I take my hammer

and ruin the scene remaining boards!

Your damned pig!

- Sam!

We'll fix it. I give you

my word on it. As a gentleman.

You are a gentleman!

He is an arrogant ...

I thought Orson Welles!

Each and every one of you

is my assistant!

If you want a career

in my setups -

you must remember one simple rule:

It's my store!

Crashing ye not concerning it, go.

Find someone else

who can make you stars.

We have premiere tomorrow.

I am proud of everyone in this company.

I have done all you brilliant.

You are a great company on a par with

all theater companies around the world.

After tomorrow, all cultured

people in town know who we are.

They will stand in line to see our work.

Let's run it through again!

Come on!

Sam. I know what you've done

for this setup. We do this all.

Even Orson about it.

But he is young, so bear with

him. I promise to do whatever I can.

Thank you.

Orson will be here until early morning.

I will stay here longer.

You should get some sleep. There are premieres

tomorrow and it's almost today.

The others can sleep all morning.

- I can indeed.

The school feels like another universe.

An insignificant universe.

And I invite you to breakfast

before anyone else. So you must not refuse.

We put a sign there. "Sold out".

We shall know the hall is filled.

I would go home and rest me.

- I envy you.

One can exert himself too much.

- A review of.

Will it make any difference now?

- Well then! This is when the magic begins.

We have heard the song bells play

at midnight, Mr Bullfinch.

Good night, Orson.

- Good night, Jack.

Thank you.

I know the young blood

the urge to rest.

I have slept, my lord.

- Good. You will soon be allowed to sleep more.

But I have it so good.

- Lucius, I love you so much.

You're the only one in the whole company,

there need to practice more.

You are what I call

"An actor created by God."

When you're on stage, you express yourself.

I look at you. Do you know what I see?

Splendid Pictures. See you tomorrow.

- See you.

Sonja, be sweet to come up with action.

- Yes, for a moment.

Marvell?

Orson will be together

with me at night.

Together with you? "

- I can not refuse.

What do you think?

- I must look after myself.

I take care of you.

- It can not.

Yes, I can.

- Get some sleep now.

Sonja ...

You do not win this time.

Richard?

Sorry that I listened to.

Want some advice from someone

there are old farms in?

Yes.

Fight for her.

That is what she wants.

I do not really

it is how I am.

And so, as you are,

is this how you want to be?

Good night, kid.

Listen:

"Slow pace incapable forward

Edited and. Anthonius and Cleopatra ".

Anthonius with H.

Atkinson can not even spell!

"Anthonius and Cleopatra is a great

against the audience's patience. "

It's unspeakably funny.

Lucius, my good friend!

What brings you in these parts?

It will be a magical evening.

Can you feel it?

Get a taxi to us.

Sonja, let me see "The Post".

How are you doing here?

I did not

you would stay with him.

I had told you.

I do not regret anything.

You've only known me for a week. Is your

silence is not a little melodramatic?

Sometimes you will remember

one week for life.

So let us be thankful for

we had one week together.

Should I fight for you?

Is that what you want?

As I will do it.

Huge for me? Orson will

introduce me to Selznick.

Does he do it morally just?

- Moral fair?

I would never treat you like that.

- Are you really so self-righteous?

Come on, Junior! We are in a hurry.

We have interviews ...

My name is not "junior".

- What?

Or "Jack" or "Lucius".

My name is Richard.

I will be called.

- Put yourself.

This also concerns me.

- Sit so in!

What's your problem junior?

Do not make me angry today.

Sonja is my mistress.

- Your mistress?

She is my girlfriend.

- And you're mad at me?

Does not virgin Quickly

a part of the blame?

I ask you to withdraw them.

Your wife is pregnant! What ...?

To mention my wife again

I suggest you, you talentless sh*t.

Will you keep premiere without Lucius?

- I can write you out of the play.

Just do it.

You need not worry about

to speak up, because you're fired on the spot.

Remove your things immediately.

I hope you enjoyed your career

on Broadway, because now is the end.

Put it back.

Do not know Orson?

How he does before each performance.

He wants you to suck up to him.

Once he fired me

just before a premiere, -

because I was in bed with Henrietta

Kaye before him. It now only excuse.

You can not resign.

We still owe you five dollars.

We do not pay,

before we know the details.

Richard, himself sorry for him.

- He called me a talent sh*t.

It is not so bad. It's better

than an unemployed talent sh*t.

Shut up.

- This is how it hangs together.

Welles is the director.

Say everything he wants to hear.

Whether you believe it or not.

I beg you. Do it for my sake.

And because you love the show.

CAESAR:

Richard, my good friend. Joe said

I probably could find you here.

What can I say?

That I regret?

That we need you? The word is

poor and insufficient to ...

Simply skip all the fuss about.

- As you like.

I would be treated with respect.

- It was also my intention, junior.

They will not call me "Junior"!

- It was kindly meant.

But it demeans me.

- So let me be.

You are really an actor created

of God. It was not just platitudes.

I could recognize his eyes.

Gaze?

The deep understanding that your life is

so utterly meaningless.

Just to survive

you need to play acting.

Because if people do not know

who you are -

they can not look bad on you.

If I can be Brutus in 90 minutes

tonight, that is really him -

from the inside out, -

so I get a wonderful break

90 minutes away from being myself.

It is what you see in the

every great actor's gaze.

Cigar?

Cuban.

Yes.

Possibly like you is not about me,

Richard and I am actually indifferent.

Our common task is

to create the best art.

It is the only

that matters.

However, I pray thee

play tonight.

Then you can do as you please.

I need you.

You must not think about it. Say yes.

Say yes, right now.

Will you call my mom and say

I have a big role -

so I must be absent from school?

Of course.

Am I invited to the party tonight?

- Naturally.

Will Sam Living on reputation

he deserves?

What speculators. Will you also have

a post in Roosevelt's Ministers?

Do we have an agreement?

- Yes.

Orson

Two crosses are a fanfare.

For God's sake, can you not write

word "fanfare" in the manuscript?

Muriel, my own.

New Yorker-scene lighting.

Portia does not jewelry.

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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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