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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While Creator/OrsonWelles's famous production of ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'' was real, the teenage actor who played Lucius was named Arthur Anderson, not Richard Samuels, and while the film draws inspiration from his memoirs, most of the plot is fiction. (The incident of Arthur/Richard setting off the sprinkler system really did happen, though.) In real life, Arthur Anderson went on to be the original voice of Lucky the Leprechaun in all the Lucky Charms cereal commercials from the 1960s through the early '90s.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Orson can certainly be a JerkAss, but he still cares for his cast and crew. Above all, he's DoingItForTheArt.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Based on the photo of Richard and Orson Welles in real life, Richard is scrawny and average-looking. In the movie, he is portrayed by [[Creator/ZacEfron Zac Efron]], who is muscular and good-looking.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Based on the photo of Richard Arthur Anderson (the real "Richard") and Orson Welles in real life, Richard is Arthur was scrawny and average-looking. In the movie, he Richard is portrayed by [[Creator/ZacEfron Zac Efron]], who is muscular and good-looking.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Based on the photo of Richard and Orson Welles in real life, Richard is scrawny and average-looking. In the movie, he is portrayed by [[Creator/ZacEfron Zac Efron]], who is muscular and good-looking.
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* DirtyCoward: “Orson’s not only a son of a bitch...he’s a coward.”
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* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Gretta Adler, a playwright whom Richard met in a music store in the beginning of the movie, becomes an ImpliedLoveInterest of his and gets a story published in a newspaper]].
* DirtyCoward:“Orson’s "Orson's not only a son of a bitch...he’s he's a coward.”" That's what the crew member who told Richard that [[spoiler: he's fired from the play about Orson Welles]]. He might be right on that part.
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* ThisCannotBe: Richard has this reaction when [[spoiler:he has been told that he is fired from the play. And this while he is celebrating his performance on the successful opening night]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Yes, Richard is fired from the play, and he has probably lost the best chance at being a thriving theatre actor, but he still hooks up with a potential love interest, and is invited as a guest to a grand party]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Yes, Richard is fired from the play, play after opening night, and he has probably lost the best chance at being a thriving theatre actor, but he still hooks up with a potential love interest, and is invited as a guest to a grand party]].
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* RousingSpeech: After [[spoiler:being fired from the play]], Richard makes a speech in class the next day that involves quotes from the Caesar play, which causes his impresses classmates applaud him.
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* RousingSpeech: After [[spoiler:being fired from the play]], Richard makes a speech in class the next day that involves quotes from the Caesar play, which causes his impresses impressed classmates applaud him.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Based on the photo of Richard and Orson Welles in real life that the movie was based on, Richard is shown to be scrawny and average-looking. In the movie, he is portrayed by [[Creator/ZacEfron Zac Efron]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Yes, Richard is fired from the play, and he has probably lost the best chance at being a thriving theatre actor, but he still hooks up with a potential love interest, and is invited as a guest to a grand party]].
* DirtyCoward: “Orson’s not only a son of a bitch...he’s a coward.”
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Orson can certainly be a JerkAss, but he still cares for his cast and crew. Above all, he's DoingItForTheArtDoingItForTheArt.
* OneOfTheBoys: A female performer after the play mentions this trope, how she feels more comfortable working with men, as she doesn’t feel comfortable working with other women.
* RousingSpeech: After [[spoiler:being fired from the play]], Richard makes a speech in class the next day that involves quotes from the Caesar play, which causes his impresses classmates applaud him.
* RousingSpeech: After [[spoiler:being fired from the play]], Richard makes a speech in class the next day that involves quotes from the Caesar play, which causes his impresses classmates applaud him.
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* SidelongGlanceBiopicSidelongGlanceBiopic: It’s a film about Orson Welles in the view of a normal protagonist. Need more?
* StunnedSilence: Richard has this when Sonja breaks up with him. Lampshades by her.
->Sonja: Richard, we’ve only been dating for a couple weeks. Is this silence really necessary?
* TelepathicSprinklers: Because Richard used a lit lighter to inspect a ceiling right next to a sprinkler, it causes it to go off, igniting the other sprinklers in the theater. This leaves Welles furious and rehearsal that day to be canceled to have the theater dry out.
* ThisCannotBe: Richard has this reaction when [[spoiler:he has been told that he is fired from the play. And this while he is celebrating his performance on the successful opening night]].
* StunnedSilence: Richard has this when Sonja breaks up with him. Lampshades by her.
->Sonja: Richard, we’ve only been dating for a couple weeks. Is this silence really necessary?
* TelepathicSprinklers: Because Richard used a lit lighter to inspect a ceiling right next to a sprinkler, it causes it to go off, igniting the other sprinklers in the theater. This leaves Welles furious and rehearsal that day to be canceled to have the theater dry out.
* ThisCannotBe: Richard has this reaction when [[spoiler:he has been told that he is fired from the play. And this while he is celebrating his performance on the successful opening night]].
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* TheThirties: The movie is set in the late 1930s.
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* TheThirties: The movie is set in the late 1930s.
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Arthur Anderson was fifteen when he played Lucius. Zac Efron's character is seventeen.
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* AgeLift: The character played by Creator/ZacEfron is 16. In RealLife, the actor who played his role in Welles' production was around 12.
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* BillingDisplacement: Creator/ZacEfron, who only plays ''the main character'', gets second billing below Christian [=McKay=] on the British posters and Claire Danes on the American ones.
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* DawsonCasting: Christian [=McKay=] was 35 portraying the 21-year-old Welles, but it is somewhat justified in that Welles really did read much older than he was. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z294SHkqmQ&feature=related This is him at 24]].
* FakeAmerican: British Christiain [=McKay=] as the American OrsonWelles.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HighSchoolMusical Troy]] is hitting on [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet]].
** Alternately, [[{{Hairspray}} Link]] is hitting on [[Film/LesMiserables1998 Cosette]].
** Additionally, [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lestrade]] is the manager of the Mercury Theatre, [[Film/SherlockHolmes Mary Morstan]] is playing Portia, and [[Film/AliceInWonderland Hamish]] plays Cinna.
** And with the characters as much as the actors themselves. Hey, it's Joseph Cotten!
* FakeAmerican: British Christiain [=McKay=] as the American OrsonWelles.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HighSchoolMusical Troy]] is hitting on [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet]].
** Alternately, [[{{Hairspray}} Link]] is hitting on [[Film/LesMiserables1998 Cosette]].
** Additionally, [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lestrade]] is the manager of the Mercury Theatre, [[Film/SherlockHolmes Mary Morstan]] is playing Portia, and [[Film/AliceInWonderland Hamish]] plays Cinna.
** And with the characters as much as the actors themselves. Hey, it's Joseph Cotten!
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The movie premiered to terrific reviews at the Toronto Film Festival, but was unable to secure any US distribution. It ended up sitting on the shelf for more than a year before it was finally given a piss-poor release in November 2009. Some people think the terrible release situation was what robbed Christian [=McKay=] of an Oscar nomination.
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''Me and Orson Welles'' is a 2009 American film directed by Creator/RichardLinklater about the life of a high school student, Richard, who gets a part in Creator/OrsonWelles' production of Theatre/JuliusCaesar at the Mercury Theatre. While working on the production, he falls in love with Sonja Jones, the production assistant. Drama ensues. It is based on a novel with the same name.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AgeLift: The character played by Creator/ZacEfron is 16. In RealLife, the actor who played his role in Welles' production was around 12.
* AintNoRule: Invoked by Welles, who hires ambulances to take him from radio show to radio show and back to the theatre, claiming if there is a law saying you have to be sick to ride in an ambulance, he hasn't heard of it.
* BerserkButton: ''Never'' criticize Creator/OrsonWelles. Also, never bring up his pregnant wife [[spoiler: after he just spent the night with the production assistant]].
* BillingDisplacement: Creator/ZacEfron, who only plays ''the main character'', gets second billing below Christian [=McKay=] on the British posters and Claire Danes on the American ones.
* TheCasanova: Welles again. He tries to seduce just about every female in the movie. Joe Cotten, too.
* DawsonCasting: Christian [=McKay=] was 35 portraying the 21-year-old Welles, but it is somewhat justified in that Welles really did read much older than he was. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z294SHkqmQ&feature=related This is him at 24]].
* FakeAmerican: British Christiain [=McKay=] as the American OrsonWelles.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HighSchoolMusical Troy]] is hitting on [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet]].
** Alternately, [[{{Hairspray}} Link]] is hitting on [[Film/LesMiserables1998 Cosette]].
** Additionally, [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lestrade]] is the manager of the Mercury Theatre, [[Film/SherlockHolmes Mary Morstan]] is playing Portia, and [[Film/AliceInWonderland Hamish]] plays Cinna.
** And with the characters as much as the actors themselves. Hey, it's Joseph Cotten!
* HistoricalInJoke: "How the hell can I top this?" Right, Orson. How could you ''possibly'' [[Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds top]] [[Film/CitizenKane that]]?
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Who in the world would think of staging Shakespeare in ''modern dress''?
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Orson can certainly be a JerkAss, but he still cares for his cast and crew. Above all, he's DoingItForTheArt
* ManipulativeBastard: Orson. Most obvious at the end of the movie, when he [[spoiler: convinces Richard to come back for opening night, then fires him anyway.]]
* SettingUpdate: Welles's production of Theatre/JuliusCaesar had the setting updated to what was then modern-day facist Italy, drawing blatant parallels to Mussolini.
* SexyDiscretionShot: Both employed (when the image fades to black ofter Sonja invites Richard into the bedroom) and, in its literary form, [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]:
--> '''Joseph Cotten:''' Welcome to "quadruple space", kid.
--> '''[[ZacEfron Richard]]:''' What's "quadruple space"?
--> '''Joseph Cotten:''' You know, in a novel, when the main characters are finally about to schtup. They can't describe it, otherwise they can't print the book. They just go, you know, "he hugged her hard, they fell on to the bed", Period, ''Quadruple space''.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The movie premiered to terrific reviews at the Toronto Film Festival, but was unable to secure any US distribution. It ended up sitting on the shelf for more than a year before it was finally given a piss-poor release in November 2009. Some people think the terrible release situation was what robbed Christian [=McKay=] of an Oscar nomination.
* ShoutOut: Joseph Cotten is shown [[Film/TheThirdMan hiding in a darkened doorway]] while Richard talks with Sonja.
* SidelongGlanceBiopic
* ThrowItIn: An in-universe example. Orson Welles is shown improvising a line paraphrased from ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' while recording a part for a radio soap opera. Based on the reaction from the director and the rest of the cast, this could even be called [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny Orson Does Something Brilliant]].
* TheThirties: The movie is set in the late 1930s.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AgeLift: The character played by Creator/ZacEfron is 16. In RealLife, the actor who played his role in Welles' production was around 12.
* AintNoRule: Invoked by Welles, who hires ambulances to take him from radio show to radio show and back to the theatre, claiming if there is a law saying you have to be sick to ride in an ambulance, he hasn't heard of it.
* BerserkButton: ''Never'' criticize Creator/OrsonWelles. Also, never bring up his pregnant wife [[spoiler: after he just spent the night with the production assistant]].
* BillingDisplacement: Creator/ZacEfron, who only plays ''the main character'', gets second billing below Christian [=McKay=] on the British posters and Claire Danes on the American ones.
* TheCasanova: Welles again. He tries to seduce just about every female in the movie. Joe Cotten, too.
* DawsonCasting: Christian [=McKay=] was 35 portraying the 21-year-old Welles, but it is somewhat justified in that Welles really did read much older than he was. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z294SHkqmQ&feature=related This is him at 24]].
* FakeAmerican: British Christiain [=McKay=] as the American OrsonWelles.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[HighSchoolMusical Troy]] is hitting on [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Juliet]].
** Alternately, [[{{Hairspray}} Link]] is hitting on [[Film/LesMiserables1998 Cosette]].
** Additionally, [[Film/SherlockHolmes Lestrade]] is the manager of the Mercury Theatre, [[Film/SherlockHolmes Mary Morstan]] is playing Portia, and [[Film/AliceInWonderland Hamish]] plays Cinna.
** And with the characters as much as the actors themselves. Hey, it's Joseph Cotten!
* HistoricalInJoke: "How the hell can I top this?" Right, Orson. How could you ''possibly'' [[Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds top]] [[Film/CitizenKane that]]?
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Who in the world would think of staging Shakespeare in ''modern dress''?
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Orson can certainly be a JerkAss, but he still cares for his cast and crew. Above all, he's DoingItForTheArt
* ManipulativeBastard: Orson. Most obvious at the end of the movie, when he [[spoiler: convinces Richard to come back for opening night, then fires him anyway.]]
* SettingUpdate: Welles's production of Theatre/JuliusCaesar had the setting updated to what was then modern-day facist Italy, drawing blatant parallels to Mussolini.
* SexyDiscretionShot: Both employed (when the image fades to black ofter Sonja invites Richard into the bedroom) and, in its literary form, [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]:
--> '''Joseph Cotten:''' Welcome to "quadruple space", kid.
--> '''[[ZacEfron Richard]]:''' What's "quadruple space"?
--> '''Joseph Cotten:''' You know, in a novel, when the main characters are finally about to schtup. They can't describe it, otherwise they can't print the book. They just go, you know, "he hugged her hard, they fell on to the bed", Period, ''Quadruple space''.
* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The movie premiered to terrific reviews at the Toronto Film Festival, but was unable to secure any US distribution. It ended up sitting on the shelf for more than a year before it was finally given a piss-poor release in November 2009. Some people think the terrible release situation was what robbed Christian [=McKay=] of an Oscar nomination.
* ShoutOut: Joseph Cotten is shown [[Film/TheThirdMan hiding in a darkened doorway]] while Richard talks with Sonja.
* SidelongGlanceBiopic
* ThrowItIn: An in-universe example. Orson Welles is shown improvising a line paraphrased from ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' while recording a part for a radio soap opera. Based on the reaction from the director and the rest of the cast, this could even be called [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny Orson Does Something Brilliant]].
* TheThirties: The movie is set in the late 1930s.
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