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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

I always believed it would happen, I just didn't know when. This was Orson Welles' last...

I always believed it would happen, I just didn't know when. This was Orson Welles' last movie, the guy who made Citizen Kane. Filip was coming at it from one way, I was coming at it from another way, and we decided to pool our resources and go together and that's
when everything started to happen

Full Transcript

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I always believed it would happen,
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I just didn't know when.
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This was Orson Welles' last movie,
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the guy who made Citizen Kane.
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Filip was coming at it from one way,
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I was coming at it from another way,
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and we decided to pool our resources
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and go together and that's when everything started to happen.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:02
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
documentary, short
Production
Royal Road Entertainment,The Kennedy/Marshall Company

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Movie Summary

A glimpse behind the scenes into the complicated process of recovering and completing the final film of legendary director Orson Welles.
However, before we got all three rights' holders - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:13
However, before we got all three rights' holders
We were able to find all of them, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:16
We were able to find all of them,
Until we got into that vault, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:11
Until we got into that vault,
Once we secured all the rights, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:07
Once we secured all the rights,
And then once the materials arrive in Technicolor, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:07
And then once the materials arrive in Technicolor,
Once we got the negative back, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:07
Once we got the negative back,
We had a very old, handwritten inventory from the '70s. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:13
We had a very old, handwritten inventory from the '70s.
We started to unravel and understand - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
We started to unravel and understand
We had to go back to a totally analog way of working. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:40
We had to go back to a totally analog way of working.
This is its own animal. It's different from anything else I've worked on. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:30
This is its own animal. It's different from anything el...
Jaws was the first feature I ever worked on - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:12
Jaws was the first feature I ever worked on
I was really impressed how beautifully kept this film was. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
I was really impressed how beautifully kept this film was.
So, Technicolor asked that we assemble all of these rolls - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:11
So, Technicolor asked that we assemble all of these rolls
So, I'm splicing a roll of negative - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
So, I'm splicing a roll of negative
We lock it down and wait for 30 seconds. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:04
We lock it down and wait for 30 seconds.
So, now the heat has dried the cement, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
So, now the heat has dried the cement,
I have to do my work on these really old-fashioned machines, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:08
I have to do my work on these really old-fashioned machines,
All of the data that we've captured by hand - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:13
All of the data that we've captured by hand
We're kind of the bridge between the film world - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
We're kind of the bridge between the film world
These 85 boxes represent - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:31
These 85 boxes represent