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Me and Orson Welles is a drama movie directed by Richard Linklater, stars: Zac Efron, Christian McKay and Claire Danes. Based on Robert Kaplow's novel of the same name. The film is set to be released on November 25, 2009 by Freestyle Releasing. Set in New York in 1937, seventeen-year-old Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) meets theatre director Orson Welles (Christian McKay), whom he convinces to give him the role of Lucillus in Julius Caesar, Broadway's first Shakespearean production. Welles, who is having an extramarital affair with the leading actress while his wife is pregnant, couples Richard with production assistant Sonja Jones (Claire Danes) to rehearse. Welles decides the entire production crew would benefit from a coupling game, and Richard cheats to ensure he is paired with Sonja.

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