Official Plot Synopsis
Based in real theatrical history, Me and Orson Wells is a romantic, coming-of-age story about a teenage actor who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it’s being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles at his newly-founded Mercury Theater in NYC, 1937.
The rollercoaster week leading up to opening night has the charismatic-but-sometimes-cruel Welles (impressive newcomer Christian McKay) staking his career on this risky production while Richard (Zac Efron) mixes with everyone from starlets to stagehands in behind-the-scenes adventures bound to change him.
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Details
Rated: PG-13
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Release Date: 2009-11-25
Starring: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Zoe Kazan,
Eddie Marsan, Christian McKay, Kelly Reilly,
James Tupper, Thomas Arnold
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Produced by: Ann Carli, Richard Linklater, Marc Samuelson
Written by: Holly Gent Palmo, Vincent Palmo Jr.
