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Me and Orson Welles

Trailer Transcript

TEXT: CINEMA NX DISTRIBUTION

(MUSIC STARTS)

TEXT: THE DREAM JOB

ORSON WELLES: John, this kids gonna play Lucius.

TEXT: THE PERFECT GIRL

SONJA JONES: Lucius sings Brutus a lullaby right before the final battle.

RICHARD SAMUELS: I’m singing on stage!

TEXT: THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME…

RICHARD SAMUELS: Just think of this as an investment mom, in my future as some kind of artist.

TEXT: TO WITNESS

(DRUMROLL)

TEXT: GENIUS

SAM LEVE: He is an arrogant, selfish…

ORSON WELLES: >interrupts< I am Orson Welles! And every single one of you stands here as an adjunct to my vision. You don’t like the way I work here? There’s the door!

TEXT: FROM RICHARD LINKLATER

ORSON WELLES: This stage is where history is being written

SONJA JONES: So tell me who you are? What are you offering?

Richard: Well, travel, fame, I can take you to movies that have all that.

TEXT: DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF ROCK, BEFORE SUNSET AND DAZED AND CONFUSED

JOHN HOUSEMAN: The whole show is in shambles. The entire vessel is keeling over, there is water breaching the deck.

ORSON WELLES: Sabotage!

UNKNOWN VOICE: Quiet please!

UNKNOWN VOICE: This is the essential Orson Welles’ moment.

SONJA JONES: Orson wants to stay with me tonight.

TEXT: "A CLASS ACT FROM START TO FINISH" **** CHRIS ROBERTS, UNCUT

SONJA JONES: I have to watch out for myself.

TEXT: "THE FEEL-GOOD FILM OF THE YEAR 10/10" ALAN FRANK, DAILY STAR

ORSON WELLES: Gonna be one of those magic nights tonight, can you feel it?

SONJA JONES: You’ve only known me for a week!

Richard: You know sometimes you remember a week for the rest of your life.

ORSON WELLES: Showtime!

TEXT: ZAC EFRON

TEXT: CLAIRE DANES

AND INTRODUCING CHRISTIAN MCKAY AS ORSON WELLES

RICHARD SAMUELS: You’ll call my mother, you’ll tell her I’m an important part of the show and that it’s necessary that I miss some school.

ORSON WELLES: Of course.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUSE)

TEXT: ME & ORSON WELLES

TEXT: CREDITS

TEXT: COMING SOON