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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

Orson liked to fire me, because he usually hadto have somebody to blame when something...

Orson liked to fire me, because he usually had
to have somebody to blame when something didn't go right

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Orson liked to fire me,
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because he usually had to have somebody to blame
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when something didn't go right.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:54
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 knew that if I just went back to the hotel - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:23
I knew that if I just went back to the hotel
Why do you say a thing like that? Nothing's gonna happen to you." - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:04
Why do you say a thing like that? Nothing's gonna happe...
I want you to promise me you'll finish the picture." - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:08
I want you to promise me you'll finish the picture.&quo...
I just felt I owed Orson - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:10
I just felt I owed Orson
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