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The Magnificent Ambersons by Orson Welles: A Reconstruction for the Stage

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Opened on June 1, 2008
Closed on June 12, 2008

Location:
The Brick
575 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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Synopsis:
In 1942, Orson Welles' second feature film, and probable masterpiece, was mutilated by RKO Radio Pictures. 43 minutes were cut, and several scenes were reshot in an attempt to make Welles' dark, Chekhovian adaptation of Booth Tarkington's story of a family and town swallowed up in the Industrial Revolution a happier and more commercial experience. It didn't work. The film was buried by the studio, both in the marketplace and physically - all unused footage from the film was destroyed - and Welles' version is gone forever, one of the great mythologized films of Hollywood.

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Location:
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575 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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