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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles positive reviews with 73% on Rotten Tomatoes and 67 on Metacritic "The Observer" called the film "an excellent primer on the maestro’s career". Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Magician: The Astonishing Work and Life of Orson Welles is a 2014 American documentary film by Chuck Workman. Produced on the eve of the centenary of Orson Welles's birth, the film is a chronological review of his personal life and achievements in theatre, radio and film. It includes excerpts of nearly all of Welles's films, archival footage and audio, and interviews with colleagues, biographers, critics, friends and contemporary