Set in New York circa 1937, Me and Orson Welles is the latest offering from Oscar-nominated director, Richard Linklater (School of Rock, Fast Food Nation).
The film follows high school student, Richard Samuels (Zac Efron, High School Musical), who during a day out in New York City, meets Orson Welles (Christian McKay), the director of the Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar. After an impromptu audition, Welles offers Samuels a minor role in the play. At rehearsals, Samuels meets Sonja (Claire Danes, Romeo and Juliet), an ambitious production assistant whom he falls swiftly in love with.
In a whirlwind week, Samuels faces some of the biggest challenges in his life, from his debut on Broadway to falling in with an older woman, to the consequences of crossing the dark but brilliant, Orson Welles.
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Me & Orson Welles is released nationally in Australia on the 29th July
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin
