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Orson Welles

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WaterlooWaterloo (1970) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Bondarchuk
Feat. Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles
Napoleonic epic from the Russian director of WAR AND PEACE is dramatically woolly, but includes superb, sprawling battle–scenes. Rod Steiger…
Get to Know Your RabbitGet to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Astin, Tom Smothers, Allen Garfield
Quirky Brian de Palma comedy about an exec who wants to become a tapdancing magician.
Treasure IslandTreasure Island (1972)
Dir. John Hough
Feat. Orson Welles, Walter Slezak, Lionel Stander
Well–shot, though fairly hammy version of Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate classic, with Welles playing the peg–legged Long John Silver.
F for FakeF for Fake (1974) Recommended
Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles
Ostensibly a documentary, on unrepentant art–forger Elmyr de Hory and 'fake biographer' Clifford Irving, this material is cunningly subverted…
History of the World, Pt.1History of the World, Pt.1 (1981)
Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn
A series of hilariously crass historical sketches from Mel Brooks.
Man Who Saw TomorrowMan Who Saw Tomorrow (1981)
Dir. Robert Guenette
Feat. Orson Welles
Orson Welles narrates and appears in this dramatisation of the prophecies of Nostradamus, many of which have proved to be alarmingly accurate.
Someone to Love (1987)
Dir. Henry Jaglom
Feat. Orson Welles
Typically loose and naturalistic drama from independent stalwart Henry Jaglom, who pretty much plays himself – a jaded divorcee filmmaker in search…
Jodorowsky's DuneJodorowsky's Dune (2014) Aro Favourite
Dir. Frank Pavich
Feat. Orson Welles, Salvador Dali, Mick Jagger
Billed as the greatest sci–fi movie never made, Alejandro Jodorowsky's attempt to adapt Frank Herbert's groundbreaking novel DUNE makes for a…

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