- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: N/A
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Zoe Kazan ... see all
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Plot: A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.
User Reviews
Welles lives
Oct 01, 2009
motta80-2 - imdb.com
Oct 01, 2009motta80-2 - imdb.com
Orson Welles is alive and well and residing in the body of British actor Christian McKay! McKay is simply stunning here as Welles - the look, the eye-brow, the mannerisms, the bounce, the voice - never have i seen Welles, as... Full review
A whirlwind week in the life of Richard Samuels (Zac Efron)....
Aug 12, 2009
dave-3905 - imdb.com
Aug 12, 2009dave-3905 - imdb.com
I expected this film to be a slight disappointment, but I was quite wrong about that!! The reason I was worried was Zac Efron. I'm a huge fan of Orson Welles and got very excited when I heard a film about... Full review
Just when you thought Linklater's body of work couldn't get any more erratic...
Jan 14, 2009
chaaa - imdb.com
Jan 14, 2009chaaa - imdb.com
Me and Orson Welles is a wonderful story of a young boy (Efron)whose only acting experience is in high school musicals (ha! See what they did there) who manages to get a small part in Orson Welles' (Adam McKay) 1937 production... Full review
TIFF 08: Quadruple space
Me and Orson Welles
Sep 14, 2008
babubhaut - imdb.com
Sep 14, 2008babubhaut - imdb.com
When I saw that Richard Linklater had a new film at the Toronto International Film Festival and that it took place during Orson Welles' run at the Mercury Theatre, I was very interested. Me and Orson Welles is based off a... Full review
Breezy, nostalgic celebration of film and theater and one of the most dynamic figures to impact them
Sep 05, 2008
pyrocitor - imdb.com
Sep 05, 2008pyrocitor - imdb.com
The career of Richard Linklater has proved one of the most delightfully eclectic in the film industry, veering between works as diverse as teenage subculture films (Dazed and Confused) to philosophical romances (Before Sunrise) to drug-addled paranoid thrillers (A Scanner Darkly)... Full review
Just came back from the TIFF(Toronto International Film Fesitival), and North American Premier....
Sep 05, 2008
Jamesbond1974 - imdb.com
Sep 05, 2008Jamesbond1974 - imdb.com
I just got to say before I write this review, I am not the type of person who is impressed by someone like Zac Efron, I would actually refrain from seeing a movie with an actor like this, but this film... Full review
What Zac Efron a young but Giant Star !
Sep 01, 2009
Stephen - yahoo.com
Sep 01, 2009Stephen - yahoo.com
Very high expectation to see Zac Efron's new flick,out of Disney movies. *Me and Orson Welles* should be a nice one. Zac is young but great on the performance. Really can not wait to see it.... Full review
News
Winter film preview: Courting Oscar, serious films - and some that are serious fun - emerge as winter approaches
nj.com –
2009-11-20
Film Review: Me and Orson Welles
filmjournal.com –
2009-11-19
A Teacher's Dream Gets to the Screen
nytimes.com –
2009-11-15
SUMMIT ROBERT KAPLOW, who teaches English at Summit High School, is the author of a novel, "Me and Orson Welles," that has just been made into a movie starring Claire Danes and Zac Efron . ... Full Article
Red-carpet event launches film fest
chron.com –
2009-11-10
Cinema Arts Festival Houston, the only U.S. festival devoted to films by and about artists of all stripes, kicks off with a red-carpet event at 7 tonight at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet ; 713-639-7300. ... Full Article


Zac at Me and Orson Welles Premiere in TO!
Me and Orson Welles - Zac Efron singing (cantando)
zac efron in me and orson welles [nice song zac. lolz]
Zac Efron in Me and Orson Welles!!!