Me and Orson Welles [Movie]

Me and Orson Welles is a 2009 period-drama film directed by Richard Linklaterand starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes. Based on Robert Kaplow's novel of the same name, the story, set in 1937 New York, tells of a teenager hired to perform in Orson Welles' stage production of Julius Caesar, where he becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.

The film was shot in the Isle of Man, London, and New York in February, March, and April 2008, and was released in the United States on November 25, 2009 and the United Kingdom on December 4, 2009.

Synopsis :

In New York in 1937, 17-year-old Richard Samuels (Efron) meets theatre director Orson Welles (McKay), who unexpectedly offers him the role of Lucius in Julius Caesar, Broadway's first Shakespearean production, at the Mercury Theatre. Welles is having an extramarital affair with the leading actress while his wife is pregnant. Richard finds ambitious production assistant Sonja Jones (Danes) is attracted to him.

Welles tells Richard a few days before the premiere that he is worried, because he has recently had no bad luck. He argues that this could mean that the premiere will be the bad luck, i.e., the play will be a flop. During rehearsals, Richard accidentally sets off the sprinkler system, but persuades Welles he was not responsible, and that anyway, this was the bad luck that he needed.

Welles decides the entire production crew would benefit from a coupling game, and Richard cheats to ensure he is paired with Sonja. Richard spends the night with Sonja, but becomes jealous when she spends the next night with Welles. He confronts Welles, mentions his pregnant wife, and is fired. An apparent reconciliation follows, and Richard performs on the first night. The anti-fascist adaptation of Caesar is a huge success, but Richard is told he is really fired.

The broken-hearted but wiser Richard finds a new girlfriend, a young aspiring playwright whom he met in a music store at the film's beginning.

source : wikipedia

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It's really good for you when you feel lonely and need something which is fresh.

I recommend you to watch

"Me and Orson Welles"