1942 1h 28m Orson Welles

The Magnificent Ambersons

Name: The Magnificent Ambersons
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1942
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt

★ 7.6 IMDb

Drama Romance

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

Writer Orson Welles

Cast Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt

DP Orson Welles

Production Designer Albert S. D'Agostino

Music Bernard Herrmann

Essays and Criticism

On this film

A new version of The Magnificent Ambersons restores Welles’ vision by Louis Spong, Little White Lies

On Orson Welles

The Magic World of Orson Welles, by James Naremore by Shannon Scott, Alphaville Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture by Blair Davis & Paul Heyer, Screening the Past Orson Welles – Painter by Michael C. Riedlinger, Senses of Cinema

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Nominated Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Nominated Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White

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