"The true story of the last film from Orson Welles"

2018

1h 38m

7.1(141 votes)

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Overview

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.

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47 members

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Alan Cumming

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Peter Bogdanovich

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Oja Kodar

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Orson Welles

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Steve Ecclesine

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R. Michael Stringer

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Peter Jason

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Larry Jackson

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Neil Canton

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Cybill Shepherd

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Henry Jaglom

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Rich Little

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Joseph McBride

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John Huston

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Dennis Hopper

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Norman Foster

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Simon Callow

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Joseph Cotten

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George Stevens Jr.

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Mike Ferris

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Jonathon Braun

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Richard Waltzer

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Glenn Jacobson

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Eric Sherman

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Gary Graver

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Jeanne Moreau

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Mary Ann Newfield

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Dominique Antoine

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Louis Race

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Yves Deschamps

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Josh Karp

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Robert Random

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Michael Fitzgerald

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Danny Huston

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Pat McMahon

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Frank Marshall

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Beatrice Welles

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Andrés Vicente Gómez

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Celeste Huston

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Connie Barzaghi

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Sean Graver

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Cathy Rucker

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Keith Baxter

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Howard Grossman

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Bob Kensinger

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Freddie Gillette

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Cameron Mitchell

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