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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

Mr. Hannaford? Mr. Hannaford? Old friends are old... and that's the trauma. We started our...

Mr. Hannaford? Mr. Hannaford? Old friends are old... and that's the trauma. We started our editorial process by digitizing the scenes Orson
had cut himself. Then we strung them together
and sat down and watched it. Picking up from where he left off, I mean, he left us with a mess

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Mr. Hannaford?
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Mr. Hannaford?
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Old friends are old...
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and that's the trauma.
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We started our editorial process
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by digitizing the scenes Orson had cut himself.
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Then we strung them together and sat down and watched it.
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Picking up from where he left off,
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I mean, he left us with a mess.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:20
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.
That is one crazy movie. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
That is one crazy movie.
And like everybody, I was like, "Is there even a movie here?" - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
And like everybody, I was like, "Is there even a movie ...
The whole thing becomes a movie - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
The whole thing becomes a movie
There were no scene numbers, and not only that, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
There were no scene numbers, and not only that,
It's all this kind of, like, transitional scenes - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
It's all this kind of, like, transitional scenes
At the end of the day when I started cutting the movie, I just said, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:07
At the end of the day when I started cutting the movie, I ju...
Everything that Orson had fine cut, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:07
Everything that Orson had fine cut,
And luckily those scenes appear throughout the entire film. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:13
And luckily those scenes appear throughout the entire film.
And then, scenes that were looser assemblies - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:22
And then, scenes that were looser assemblies
Well, it turns out one of our biggest challenges - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:04
Well, it turns out one of our biggest challenges
The first line in the script - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
The first line in the script
Orson intended to narrate the opening. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:08
Orson intended to narrate the opening.
But the information that he wrote for that introduction - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:10
But the information that he wrote for that introduction
So, Peter came up with this great idea. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
So, Peter came up with this great idea.
"That's the car, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:18
"That's the car,
"My name is Brooks Otterlake. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:18
"My name is Brooks Otterlake.
What does "abjure" mean? - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:18
What does "abjure" mean?
Never. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
Never.
Huston wasn't there. - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
Huston wasn't there.
His direction to me was, - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:06
His direction to me was,