Search results for "Orson Welles"
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)

Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)

Jim Henson Idea Man (2024)
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“Jim Henson: Idea Man” takes us into the mind of this singular creative visionary, from his early years puppeteering on local television to the worldwide success of “Sesame Street,” “The…

Genre: Documentary
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018)

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018)

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018)
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As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side…

Genre: Documentary
The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)

The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)

The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
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Orson Welles trained as an artist before he become an actor and director, and continued to draw and paint throughout his career – character sketches, storyboards, set designs, pictures of…

Genre: Documentary
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
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Combining extensive filmmaker interviews and rare archival footage, Chuck Workman’s documentary takes us through the life of one of cinema’s greatest masters: Orson Welles.

Genre: Documentary
Too Much Johnson (2013)

Too Much Johnson (2013)

Too Much Johnson (2013)
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This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles’ Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette’s 1894 comedy about a New…

Genre: Comedy
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
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Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary..

La classe américaine (1993)

La classe américaine (1993)

La classe américaine (1993)
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George Abitbol, “the Most Classy Man on Earth”, dies sputtering his famous last words: “Crappy world!” What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe…

Genre: Comedy
It’s All True (1993)

It’s All True (1993)

It’s All True (1993)
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A documentary about Orson Welles’s unfinished three-part film about South America.

Genre: Documentary
Don Quixote (1992)

Don Quixote (1992)

Don Quixote (1992)
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After reading too many novels about knights and heroic stories, Don Quijote and his servant Sancho Panza decide to wander the roads of Spain to protect the weak and to…

Genre: Drama
Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)

Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1990)
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Genre: Documentary
Someone to Love (1988)

Someone to Love (1988)

Someone to Love (1988)
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During a party at movie director Danny’s home, a group of friends and actors people are reunited to converse about love and relationship. Orson Welles is the “judge” of these…

Genre: Comedy
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
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The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the…

Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)

Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)

Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
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A rich, beautiful couple give birth to deformed alien twins who, when their heads are together, are the smartest kids on the planet.

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Butterfly (1982)

Butterfly (1982)

Butterfly (1982)
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Orson Welles, as Judge Rauch, holds a lengthy trial against Jess Tyler, a caretaker deserted by his wife ten years before, who’s accused of improper relations with his daughter Kady….

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Enchanted Journey (1981)

The Enchanted Journey (1981)

The Enchanted Journey (1981)
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Enthralled with tales of the Great North Forest conveyed to him by friendly carrier pigeon Pippo, young chipmunk Glikko leaves the safety of his comfortable cage to explore the world….

Genre: Animation
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
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Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus…

Filming Othello (1978)

Filming Othello (1978)

Filming Othello (1978)
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Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello. The film, which was produced for West German…

Genre: Documentary
It Happened One Christmas (1977)

It Happened One Christmas (1977)

It Happened One Christmas (1977)
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It’s Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an…

Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Voyage of the Damned (1976)
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A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler’s Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

Genre: Drama, War
Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975)

Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975)

Bugs Bunny: Superstar (1975)
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Animator Robert Clampett presents a history of “Termite Terrace,” the little shack on the Warner Brothers studio lot which in the 1930’s and 1940’s housed the animation unit which gave…

Genre: Animation
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)
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Rikki is a young mongoose who is adopted by a human family after nearly drowning in the river. He returns the favour by protecting them from two murderous cobra.

Genre: Animation, Family
Treasure Island (1972)

Treasure Island (1972)

Treasure Island (1972)
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Young Jim Hawkins finds himself serving with pirate captain Long John Silver in search of a buccaneer’s treasure, in this short adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale.

Genre: Adventure, Family
Necromancy (1972)

Necromancy (1972)

Necromancy (1972)
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Orson Welles plays the head of a witches’ coven in the town of Lilith, where he needs the powers of Pamela Franklin to raise his son from the dead.

Genre: Horror
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
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A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be…

Genre: Comedy
Directed by John Ford (1971)

Directed by John Ford (1971)

Directed by John Ford (1971)
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A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.

Genre: Documentary
A Safe Place (1971)

A Safe Place (1971)

A Safe Place (1971)
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A young woman named Noah lives alone in New York. She is a disturbed flower child, who retreats into her past, yearning for lost innocence. She recalls her childhood, searching…

Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Waterloo (1970)

Waterloo (1970)

Waterloo (1970)
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After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from…

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
The Kremlin Letter (1970)

The Kremlin Letter (1970)

The Kremlin Letter (1970)
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A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter…

Compulsion (1959)

Compulsion (1959)

Compulsion (1959)
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Two close friends’ plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.

Genre: Crime, Drama