Me and Orson Welles (2009) NYT Critics' Pick

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Christian McKay as Orson Welles in 1937, at the time of his Mercury Theater production of Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar.”
When a Bombastic Young Man Bestrode the Boards of the Mercury Theater
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: November 25, 2009

The action in “Me and Orson Welles” takes place in 1937 during a single hectic week bookended by two moments of relative tranquillity in which a boy (Zac Efron) meets a girl (Zoe Kazan). In the film’s final scene, as they stroll out of the New York Public Library, the girl, an aspiring writer, bubbles with enthusiasm about the world of music, art and literature that seems to be opening up all around them. So much is going on! So much to be part of! More