The "me" in "Me and Orson Welles" is Richard (Zac Efron) a high school student who gets himself a part in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar at the Mercury Theatre. He's the kind of kid that loves everything creative in the world, is romantic, and is confident and sure of himself.

Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 British-American period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes.

Me and Orson Welles boasts a breakout performance by Christian McKay and an infectious love of the backstage drama that overcomes its sometimes fluffy tone. 85% TOMATOMETER

I had wished to see the film, "Me & Orson Welles," directed by Richard Linklater, when it was new, but only saw it tonight, via DVD. It is based on a novel regarding the circumstances surrounding Welles's 1937 production of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" for the Mercury Theatre, and stars Christian McKay, Claire Danes, and Zac Efron.

The story of a whirlwind week in 1937 NYC when a young aspiring actor (Zac Efron) is thrown into the middle of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Company on the eve of the opening of Welles' historic staging of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

I had wished to see the film, "Me & Orson Welles," directed by Richard Linklater, when it was new, but only saw it tonight, via DVD. It is based on a novel regarding the circumstances surrounding Welles's 1937 production of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" for the Mercury Theatre, and stars Christian McKay, Claire Danes, and Zac Efron.

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Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles" is one of the best movies about the theater I've ever seen, and one of the few to relish the resentment so many of Welles' collaborators felt for the Great Man.