Here is a double feature of movies about ego, acting, and heroic personalities. The recommendation is first from 1982, "My Favorite Year" followed by, from 2008, "Me and Orson Welles." These are for everyone who loved larger than life idols of any kind.
My Favorite Year" stars Mark Linn-Baker as Benjy Stone, a junior writer of a comedy/variety television show, trying to keep a leash on his guest star and childhood silver screen hero Alan Swann, played by Peter O'Toole.
"Me and Orson Welles" stars Zac Efron as Richard Samuels, a novice swept up in the 1937 production of "Julius Caesar" by the Mercury Theatre. Orson Welles is played by Christian McKay and Sonja Jones by Claire Danes as the ingénue who attracts both men.
Each movie views an enormous personality through the rose colored glasses of an admirer and the magnifying glass of the close personal contact that comes from trying to produce entertainment together.
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