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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

Nobody had seen the negative in Paris. Nobody knew whether it was dust or it was usable...

Nobody had seen the negative in Paris. Nobody knew whether it was dust or it was usable or, you know, what was there

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Nobody had seen the negative in Paris.
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Nobody knew whether it was dust or it was usable or, you know, what was there.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:23
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.
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.
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,