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James Tupper to be Joseph Cotton for Linklater and Orson Welles!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I kind of love that Orson Welles is having a life as a fictional character in films. There's one film I saw a year or two ago at AFM with Danny Huston playing Welles... it was called FADE TO BLACK and had Christopher Walken in it as well... don't know if that ever came out on video or anything, but then you have movies about the making of CITZEN KANE like RKO 281 with Liev Schrieber as Welles and Vincent D'Onofrio playing Welles in both ED WOOD and in a short film he directed called FIVE MINUTES, MR. WELLES.
And I'm sure there are many other versions I'm forgetting... not to mention Welles living through Peter Bogdanovich's awesome stories.
Now Richard Linklater is doing a film called ME AND ORSON WELLES. Already in the cast is Zac Effron (don't worry, he's not playing Welles, but a teen that Welles casts in a play pre-CITIZEN KANE) and Claire Danes. Now they've Joseph Cotton in the form of James Tupper, best known for his role in TV series MEN IN TREES. I'm not familiar with Mr. Tupper's work, so I don't know if he's a good actor, but getting a look at him via his imdb page he does bear a resemblance to Cotton. I loved Cotton's work with Welles, especially in THE THIRD MAN. Can't wait to see what Linklater has up his sleeve with this one. You?
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He does a funny Jimmy Stewart impersonation.
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FIX IT!!!!!
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Angus Macfadyen did a pretty interesting Welles. I heard that Tim Robbins was gonna do it, but ended up being too busy directing.
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...................................................................................................................zilch!!!!!
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You can count me right out of this one.
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No remakes can do those justice.
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The bassist from the Stereophonics. Seriously, he's the absolute spit. He's not an actor mind you so it's hardly relevant, but you should have a look.
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...wasn't be dubbed by Maurice "The Brain" LaMarche in that?
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It wants Zac Effron to get out.
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I don't have much to add, except when I saw the headline for this article I got angry because I thought this was going to be about a remake of the greatest film of all time!! But it isn't, so I'm excited and on board. Watch out Hollywood, if you do remake THE THIRD MAN, I'm going all Jay & Silent Bob on yer ass!!
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...but start singing Me & Orson Welles in my head, to the tune of Me & Mrs. Jones.... it's a little creepy, actually.
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You know him as William Riker from Star Trek: Next Generation. Perfect choice!!! No one better!
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Classic clip:
Pinky and the Brain mashup with the real Welles tape.
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Liev Schreiber and John Malkovich made the movie great. When I hear this title "Me and Orson" it sounds too much like the Michael Moore documentary "Roger and Me". Maybe this will be like "Melvin and Howard"?
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This is based on a book, and in the book Efron's character is SUPPOSED to be annoying and stupid. Perfect casting in my opinion.
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know what you mean kimble those are some good stuff. what balls to be there shitfaced, just increases my admiration of Mr. Welles. this man RULES!!!!! its on the tube http://tinyurl.com/23as57
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Absolutely better than all these made-for-TV Welles impersonations is an incredible play written by Austin Pendleton (The Muppet Movie, OZ) called "Orson's Shadow" about the tense relationship between Welles and Laurence Olivier. Welles had more talent, but contemporaries handed that distinction to Olivier, but Sir Laurence knew the truth.
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I hear they're remaking The Third Man, I will find out who's making it and get in on the production just to trash it. Sometimes producers need a turkey slap from God!
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