Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Release date: 2014-12-12 Genres: Documentary Actors: Simon Callow, Elvis Mitchell, Charlton Heston, Anthony Perkins, Ruth Ford, Wolfgang Puck, Richard Benjamin, Oja Kodar, Dennis Hopper, Suzanne Cloutier, Christopher Welles, John Houseman, François Mitterrand, Norman Lloyd, Jeanne Moreau, Joseph McBride, Buck Henry, Micheál Mac Liammóir, James Naremore, Beatrice Welles, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Joanne Hill Styles, Stefan Drößler, Michael Dawson, Reggie Armour Direction: Peter Bogdanovich, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Henry Jaglom, John Huston, George Lucas, Julie Taymor, Sydney Pollack, William Friedkin, Costa-Gavras, Orson Welles, Richard Wilson, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Richard Linklater, Robert Wise, Peter Brook, Paul Mazursky, Eric Sherman Production: Frank Marshall, William Randolph Hearst, Pandro S. Berman, William Alland Budget: $813,505Runtime: 1 h. 32 min. Score: 6.7/10 Votes: 34 Countries: United States of America Companies: Cohen Welles Project Available* : Overview: 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.