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1h 25min
DIRECTOR(S)
Orson Welles
PRODUCER(S)
Dominique Antoine
WRITER(S)
Orson Welles
Oja Kodar
CAST
Orson Welles
Joseph Cotten
Oja Kodar
Elmyr de Hory
Richard Wilson
François Reichenbach
Laurence Harvey
Richard Wilson
Andrés Vicente Gómez
Andre Gomez
Four people stand at the center of this documentary: Elmyr de Hory, who some believe forged more than a thousand masterpieces, many of which hang in some of the world's most famous museums; Clifford Irving, who is not only out to prove what a fake Elmyr is but also wrote a fake biography of Howard Hughes; Oja Kodar, who claims that Pablo Picasso painted 22 canvases of her that no one has ever seen; and Welles himself, who harks back to his days creating the havoc-causing "The War of the Worlds" for radio. But the true star of the film is the editing; from absurd stock footage to shots of Welles smirking into the camera from different locations to scenes with a monkey scurrying about, the film is vastly entertaining to watch.