Movie: Searching for Orson

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Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich

Narrator

Oja Kodar
Oja Kodar

Self

Henry Jaglom
Henry Jaglom

Self

Paul Mazursky
Paul Mazursky

Self

Frank Marshall
Frank Marshall

Self

Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg

Self

James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones

Self

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    Narrated by Peter Bogdanovich, this biography of Orson Welles includes the emotional memoirs of actress Oja Kodar and interviews with Steven Spielberg, James Earl Jones, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Frank Marshall, Paul Mazursky, Henry Jaglom, Gary Graver, and Merv Griffin; it's re-release is even more profound since Welles' unfinished film, The Other Side of the Wind, was completed and released.

  • Release Date

    2006-11-02

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    5.5

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    English

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