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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

Jaws was the first featureI ever worked on and it was at Universal, and, according to my...

Jaws was the first feature
I ever worked on and it was at Universal, and, according to my dad, at the time they thought it was gonna
be a huge bomb so they let me practice on it

Full Transcript

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Jaws was the first feature I ever worked on
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and it was at Universal,
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and, according to my dad, at the time
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they thought it was gonna be a huge bomb
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so they let me practice on it.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:53
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.
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
So, the workprint here has taken an interesting journey. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:09
So, the workprint here has taken an interesting journey.
And then from Rome came to L.A., - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:18
And then from Rome came to L.A.,
Orson once told me that the movie was going to be like a painting - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:14
Orson once told me that the movie was going to be like a pai...
And then the frame around the picture - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
And then the frame around the picture
And the party would then be shot by all these different cameras and formats, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:14
And the party would then be shot by all these different came...
Orson said, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:10
Orson said,
Orson had, himself, edited - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
Orson had, himself, edited
How much harm can you do to the third biggest grosser - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:04
How much harm can you do to the third biggest grosser
So, we had an idea from what he'd cut - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:09
So, we had an idea from what he'd cut
The editing was so unique. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:09
The editing was so unique.
When Peter and I sat down with Bob, we knew - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:09
When Peter and I sat down with Bob, we knew