All's fair in love and theater
A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.
Genre(s): Drama
Rating: 6.9/10 (503 votes)
Release Date: 5 September 2008
Country: UK, USA
Languages: English
Company: CinemaNX
Sound: Dolby Digital
Director(s): Richard Linklater
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Producer(s):
Ann Carli - producer
Steve Christian - executive producer
Holly Gent Palmo - co-producer
Richard Hewitt - line producer
Sara Johnson - associate producer (as Sara Greene)
Richard Linklater - producer
Steve Norris - executive producer
Vincent Palmo Jr. - co-producer
Jessica Parker - associate producer
Marc Samuelson - producer
John Sloss - executive producer
Writer(s):
Holly Gent Palmo - screenplay
Robert Kaplow - novel
Vincent Palmo Jr. - screenplay
Cast:
Zac Efron - Richard Samuels (Lucius)
Claire Danes - Sonja Jones
Christian McKay - Orson Welles (Brutus)
Ben Chaplin - George Coulouris (Mark Antony)
Zoe Kazan - Gretta Adler
Eddie Marsan - John Houseman
Kelly Reilly - Muriel Brassler (Portia)
James Tupper - Joseph Cotten (Publius)
Leo Bill - Norman Lloyd (Cinna the Poet)
Al Weaver - Sam Leve
Music: Michael J. McEvoy
Ann Carli - producer
Steve Christian - executive producer
Holly Gent Palmo - co-producer
Richard Hewitt - line producer
Sara Johnson - associate producer (as Sara Greene)
Richard Linklater - producer
Steve Norris - executive producer
Vincent Palmo Jr. - co-producer
Jessica Parker - associate producer
Marc Samuelson - producer
John Sloss - executive producer
Writer(s):
Holly Gent Palmo - screenplay
Robert Kaplow - novel
Vincent Palmo Jr. - screenplay
Cast:
Zac Efron - Richard Samuels (Lucius)
Claire Danes - Sonja Jones
Christian McKay - Orson Welles (Brutus)
Ben Chaplin - George Coulouris (Mark Antony)
Zoe Kazan - Gretta Adler
Eddie Marsan - John Houseman
Kelly Reilly - Muriel Brassler (Portia)
James Tupper - Joseph Cotten (Publius)
Leo Bill - Norman Lloyd (Cinna the Poet)
Al Weaver - Sam Leve
Music: Michael J. McEvoy
Posted on: November 23, 2009
Posted in: Drama
December 1st, 2009
Orson Welles is alive and well and residing in the body of Britishactor Christian McKay! McKay is simply stunning here as Welles – thelook, the eye-brow, the mannerisms, the bounce, the voice – never havei seen Welles, as a character, better done. Many have tried few havesucceeded (although i have a soft spot for Vincent D’Onofrio’sWelles-cameo in Ed Wood.
The same can be said in general for Richard Linklater’s film in termsof featuring Welles and using the whole “putting on a show” theatricaldevice. I didn’t like Oliver Parker’s Fade To Black with Danny Hustonhamming Welles. RKO 281 was solid and Tim Robbins’ Cradle Will Rock wasa noble, if unsatisfyingly drear effort. Aided by McKay’s toweringachievement, a (mostly) superb supporting cast and a deft lightnessLinklater has delivered his best film in years.
Ultimately though if you want to see it because you’re an Efron fan,well go see it because your guy’s in it and because you’ll get to seesomething a bit different from what you’re used it. And maybe you’lllike it. If you’re not an Efron fan, never fear, you can all but forgethe’s there and just enjoy Linklater at his breezy best and the bestperformance of Welles on screen since the great man departed this earth(and took possession of McKay!)