Me and Orson Welles (2009)

Genres: Art/Foreign, Drama, Romance, Adaptation and Teen
Running Time: 1 hr. 49 min.
Release Date: November 25th, 2009 (limited)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual references and smoking.
Distributors:
Freestyle Releasing, LLC


Cast and Credits

Starring: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Kelly Reilly
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Produced by: Steve Christian, John Sloss, Steve Norris


Me and Orson Welles (2009)

In a whirlwind week in 1937 in New York City, a young aspiring actor named Richard is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles historic staging of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. During this week he will find romance with a worldly older woman, becomes immersed in a creative experience few are afforded and learn the downside of crossing the imperious, brilliant Welles. Richard is about to grow up fast.