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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

I just felt I owed Orson to make good on the promise. I didn't think we wouldn't do it, I...

I just felt I owed Orson to make good on the promise. I didn't think we wouldn't do it, I just thought,
"When are we gonna get it done?"

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I just felt I owed Orson
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to make good on the promise.
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I didn't think we wouldn't do it,
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I just thought, "When are we gonna get it done?"
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:56
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.
For several years after Orson passed away in 1985, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:17
For several years after Orson passed away in 1985,
Most of them were scared by the chain of title. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:17
Most of them were scared by the chain of title.
I first became aware of The Other Side of the Wind - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:10
I first became aware of The Other Side of the Wind
After Orson died, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:15
After Orson died,
Nobody had seen the negative in Paris. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
Nobody had seen the negative in Paris.
The French court ruled - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:18
The French court ruled
You had these three units that all had to come together to approve things, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:09
You had these three units that all had to come together to a...
I always believed it would happen, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:21
I always believed it would happen,
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.