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The Transformers: The Movie the art direction, insisting the Transformers themselves be given several layers of shading and shadows to give them a more dynamic, detailed appearance. "The Transformers: The Movie" was the final film to which Orson Welles contributed. Welles was in declining health during production. Shortly before he died, he told his biographer, Barbara Leaming, "You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy." He elaborated, "I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen." According to director Nelson