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Orson Welles’ Magic Show (1985) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1985 · 27 mins · English
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- Starring
- Orson Welles, Angie Dickinson, Shawn Stevens, Gary Graver, Roger Hill, Allen Bracken
From a boyhood tutelage under Harry Houdini in the 1920s, Welles maintained a lifelong fascination with magic. In the unfinished television special he filmed over nearly a decade (1976‑1985), he presents a series of tricks directly to the camera, repeatedly emphasizing that no trick photography is employed, offering a rare glimpse of the legendary filmmaker as a performer.
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