The Austin Film Society is excited to announce the Austin Premiere of ME AND ORSON WELLES with Zac Efron, Christian McKay and Richard Linklater in attendance.
Based in real theatrical history, ME AND ORSON WELLES is a romantic, coming-of-age story about a teenage actor who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it’s being re-imagined by a brilliant, impetuous young director named Orson Welles at his newly-founded Mercury Theater in NYC, 1937.
The rollercoaster week leading up to opening night has the charismatic-but-sometimes-cruel Welles (impressive newcomer Christian McKay) staking his career on this risky production while Richard (Zac Efron) mixes with everyone from starlets to stagehands in behind-the-scenes adventures bound to change him. Oscar®-nominated director Richard Linklater is at the helm of the CinemaNX and Detour Filmproduction, opening nationally in select cities November 25, 2009, and in Austin on December 4, 2009.
This screening is a benefit for the Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund, which was started in 1996 by Richard Linklater to assist emerging Texas filmmakers and has awarded over $1 million.
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