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A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making

We had a very old,handwritten inventory from the '70s. There were, I believe, 1083 film...

We had a very old,
handwritten inventory from the '70s. There were, I believe, 1083 film elements. Step number one was to find everything, collect it, and then
to properly inventory it

Full Transcript

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We had a very old, handwritten inventory from the '70s.
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There were, I believe, 1083 film elements.
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Step number one was to find everything,
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collect it, and then to properly inventory it.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:13
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 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,
Orson had, himself, edited - A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making 00:05
Orson had, himself, edited