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)Plots(1)
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)
(more)Cast
![Zac Efron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/725/163725911_2706e9.jpg)
Zac Efron
USA
Best movies:
The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Iron Claw (2023)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
![Claire Danes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/379/162379263_01b8b3.jpg)
Claire Danes
USA
Best movies:
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV movie)
Stardust (2007)
The Rainmaker (1997)
![Christian McKay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/084/161084239_eee4c3.jpg)
Christian McKay
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Ben Chaplin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777839_0ccb8a.jpg)
Ben Chaplin
UK
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Little Boy (2015)
![Zoe Kazan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337624_e88ab0.jpg)
Zoe Kazan
USA
Best movies:
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Fracture (2007)
What If (2013)
![Patrick Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359188_d3e58f.jpg)
Patrick Kennedy
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Munich (2005)
A Good Year (2006)
Megan Maczko
Best movies:
Conviction (2010)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
A Hologram for the King (2016)
![Eddie Marsan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/409/162409833_ed5fcf.jpg)
Eddie Marsan
UK
Best movies:
The Gentlemen (2019)
21 Grams (2003)
The Best of Men (2012) (TV movie)
![Imogen Poots](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/415/166415534_dc64fb.jpg)
Imogen Poots
UK
Best movies:
The Father (2020)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Jane Eyre (2011)
![James Tupper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/777/162777678_40a3e6.png)
James Tupper
Canada
Best movies:
The Last Word (2017)
Girl Fight (2011) (TV movie)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
![Michael Brandon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272501_a56c1c.jpg)
Michael Brandon
USA
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Hawking (2004) (TV movie)
Try This One for Size (1989)
![Kelly Reilly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/904/161904581_ad0968.jpg)
Kelly Reilly
UK
Best movies:
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Marlene Sidaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/500/158500435_4f2871.gif)
Marlene Sidaway
UK
Best movies:
Anna Karenina (2000) (series)
Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV movie)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
![Leo Bill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/774/163774114_874d6d.jpg)
Leo Bill
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Vera Drake (2004)
The Fall (2006)
Nathan Osgood
Best movies:
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Lexie Lambert
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Harry Macqueen
UK
Best movies:
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Alessandro Giuggioli
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
The Young Montalbano (2012) (series)
Me and Orson Welles (2008)
Greg Bennett
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Michael J. McEvoy
USA
Best movies:
Me and Orson Welles (2008)