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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

Once we got the negative back, we were off to the races. We just didn't knowwhat we were...

Once we got the negative back, we were off to the races. We just didn't know
what we were getting into

Full Transcript

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Once we got the negative back,
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we were off to the races.
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We just didn't know what we were getting into.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:56
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.
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
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,