Updated on May 30: A source confirmed to IndieWire that The Other Side of the Wind will have numerous cinema showings, but details for the rollout are still being planned.
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Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind will have a theatrical release, in addition to streaming on Netflix, according to one of its producers.
In a series of Memorial Day weekend tweets, producer Frank Marshall noted that “the film that will bookend Orson’s amazing body of work, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, photographed by Gary Graver, will be coming soon!”
Asked if there would be a theatrical release, Marshall tweeted enthusiastically, “YES!!!”
(He was asked, and ignored, a query as to whether “soon” meant before the Telluride Film Festival in September.)
While Netflix has not announced any plans for a theatrical release, producer Filip Jan Rymsza told Wellesnet more than a year ago that the agreement he and Marshall reached with the streaming giant called for producers to deliver, among other elements, a 35mm print of the completed film, which seemingly left the door open to a theatrical release.
Netflix has not yet been revealed when, or where, The Other Side of the Wind will have its much-anticipated debut.
It was to have debuted earlier this month at the Cannes Film Festival, but that was scrubbed after a squabble between festival organisers and Netflix.
Post-production sound work was completed in April on the reportedly 117-minute film, which Welles shot between 1970 and 1976.
The Other Side of the Wind takes place at the 70th birthday party of maverick director Jake Hannaford (John Huston), who is struggling to complete his comeback film during the rise of New Hollywood. Attending the party are successful young directors, like Brooks Otterlake (Peter Bogdanovich), hangers-on and critics. Hannaford dies at the conclusion of the party. Welles’ movie recounts Hannaford’s final hours using a mix of 16mm and 35mm color and black-and-white film shot at the party, along with scenes from his unfinished movie.
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