In an era where the Snyder Cut exists, the possibilities are endless that some of the best lost works in filmdom could see the light of day. If all goes well, the next one on the docket could be the most tantalizing one of all: Orson Welles’ original version of “The Magnificent Ambersons.”
Welles’ feature, released in 1942, saw the temperamental director film a 131-minute cut only to have home studio Rko add new scenes (including a completely new ending) and excise 43 minutes. Welles said about the finished production, “They destroyed ‘Ambersons’ and it destroyed me.”
Allegedly, the missing 43 minutes was melted down so the nitrate could be utilized for the war effort. But filmmaker Joshua Grossberg, with the help of Turner Classic Movies, are on the hunt to find footage that might have been saved so a restoration of Welles’ original vision can take place. TCM will sponsor Grossberg’s...
Welles’ feature, released in 1942, saw the temperamental director film a 131-minute cut only to have home studio Rko add new scenes (including a completely new ending) and excise 43 minutes. Welles said about the finished production, “They destroyed ‘Ambersons’ and it destroyed me.”
Allegedly, the missing 43 minutes was melted down so the nitrate could be utilized for the war effort. But filmmaker Joshua Grossberg, with the help of Turner Classic Movies, are on the hunt to find footage that might have been saved so a restoration of Welles’ original vision can take place. TCM will sponsor Grossberg’s...
- 4/13/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
One of the biggest lost treasures of cinema history is the missing, destroyed footage of Orson Welles’ follow-up to “Citizen Kane,” “The Magnificent Ambersons.” And Turner Classic Movies is now working on a documentary about the search for that lost footage.
TCM is teaming with filmmaker Joshua Grossberg, who is leading a search to Brazil to locate the missing reels of the 1942 film “The Magnificent Ambersons” in the hopes of restoring the film for the big screen. TCM will sponsor the latest leg of Grossberg’s search and produce a documentary titled “The Search for the Lost Print: The making of Orson Welles’ ‘The Magnificent Ambersons” about the 25-year process Grossberg has already endured to attempt to find it.
Film historians know the story well, but after disastrous test screenings of “The Magnificent Ambersons,” the film studio Rko cut 43 minutes from Welles’ second feature and tacked on a new, more optimistic ending.
TCM is teaming with filmmaker Joshua Grossberg, who is leading a search to Brazil to locate the missing reels of the 1942 film “The Magnificent Ambersons” in the hopes of restoring the film for the big screen. TCM will sponsor the latest leg of Grossberg’s search and produce a documentary titled “The Search for the Lost Print: The making of Orson Welles’ ‘The Magnificent Ambersons” about the 25-year process Grossberg has already endured to attempt to find it.
Film historians know the story well, but after disastrous test screenings of “The Magnificent Ambersons,” the film studio Rko cut 43 minutes from Welles’ second feature and tacked on a new, more optimistic ending.
- 4/13/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: It has only been about a quarter of a century since he started it, but filmmaker Joshua Grossberg’s Quixotic documented quest to find the original print of Orson Welles’ 1942 classic The Magnificent Ambersons has enlisted a powerful media partner to help in his long journey to solving one of cinema’s great mysteries.
Turner Classic Movies is teaming with Grossberg to finish his documentary on the search for what many film historians consider the “Holy Grail”: Welles’ original preview workprint of the film, his follow-up to the iconic 1941 Citizen Kane that got him fired by Rko Studios after reportedly disastrous test screenings. The studio then took control, cut 43 minutes and shot new scenes including a new ending, all without the approval or input of its director. The original excised footage was melted down for its nitrate for use in World War II.
The resulting film, even in its truncated form,...
Turner Classic Movies is teaming with Grossberg to finish his documentary on the search for what many film historians consider the “Holy Grail”: Welles’ original preview workprint of the film, his follow-up to the iconic 1941 Citizen Kane that got him fired by Rko Studios after reportedly disastrous test screenings. The studio then took control, cut 43 minutes and shot new scenes including a new ending, all without the approval or input of its director. The original excised footage was melted down for its nitrate for use in World War II.
The resulting film, even in its truncated form,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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- Upcoming-Movies.com
We are pleased to present the trailer for IFC Films' "The Pleasure of Being Robbed" starring Eleonore Hendricks, Batman, Lowell the Dog, Dawn Glickman, Sam Lisenco, Gary Greenblatt, Alex Greenblatt and Wayne Chin. Although the film has been released on October 3rd, we figured the Red Bucket Films production's trailer is definitely worth a visit. Joshua Safdie makes his feature-length directorial debut on the comedy and writes the story and screenplay with Eleonore Hendricks, Andy Spade and Anthony Sperduti. The story of a young woman whose compulsive curiosity leads to bold, elaborate acts of theft...
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