The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh

Name: The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh
Genre: Short
Duration: 3 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Orson Welles

1984
3m

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6.2/10

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The film was intended as a private video letter from Welles to his friend and accountant Bill Cronshaw, who was ill. In the film, Welles sits behind a typewriter at his desk and quotes the j... Read allThe film was intended as a private video letter from Welles to his friend and accountant Bill Cronshaw, who was ill. In the film, Welles sits behind a typewriter at his desk and quotes the journal of aviator Charles Lindbergh.The film was intended as a private video letter from Welles to his friend and accountant Bill Cronshaw, who was ill. In the film, Welles sits behind a typewriter at his desk and quotes the journal of aviator Charles Lindbergh.

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Last film project completed by Orson Welles in his lifetime. Welles was in visibly poor health when the film was made, and he did not intend for it to be seen by the public.

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The opening titles marks the word Spririt instead of Spirit.

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[repeated line]
Orson Welles: To you, Bill.

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Touching Short from Welles

The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)

*** (out of 4)

Orson Welles wrote, produced, directed and stars in this three-minute short film, which was probably never meant to be publicly viewed but after his death a lot of his material started to be released. In this three-minute short, Welles sits in his chair behind his typewriter where he sends a message out to his dying friend Bill Cronshaw. In the short, Welles reads a passage from the journal of Charles Lindbergh.

If you're a fan of Welles then you're certainly going to want to check this short out. Yes, there's nothing technically brilliant here and there's certainly nothing ground-breaking but this is a pretty entertaining film. Welles always looked terrific on the screen and just his eyes could draw you into whatever it was that he was doing. Here, he simply reads but you can just feel the energy and passion in that great voice of his. The film is short but certainly touching.