War of the Worlds – The True Story War of the Worlds – The True Story War of the Worlds – The True Story is a 2012 remake of "H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds" based on English writer H. G. Wells's Epic Science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds". A documentary-style drama directed by Timothy Hines, which revisits Wells' novel, portraying the events of the book as historical, through the documented recollections of a survivor of the Martian war. The film bases its documentary approach on the 1938 Orson Welles CBS radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds", by presenting itself as a true
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