Directed by:
Richard LinklaterCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Michael J. McEvoyCast:
Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Patrick Kennedy, Megan Maczko, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots, James Tupper, Michael Brandon (more)VOD (1)
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Set in 1937, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who, while strolling the streets of New York, happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles. The man lands a bit part in "Julius Caesar," the production that catapulted Welles to the top, and spends the next week learning about life and love. (official distributor synopsis)
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When Welles, portrayed like all of the other characters by an actor without an ounce of charisma, exits the scene (intentionally? The theatricality of the directing is stultifying), the bit of potential for anything interesting contained in the subject matter leaves with him. It would be more entertaining to listen to Welles reading the newspaper. A lot more interesting. 50%
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