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All the books by Robert Kaplow adapted to cinema and television
Robert Kaplow is known for being the author of the book Me and Orson Welles, first published in 2003, which was adapted to cinema by Richard Linklater in 2008.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Me and Orson Welles
Robert Kaplow, 2003
movie vs book
Richard Linklater, 2008
In New York City in the fall of 1937, 17-year-old high-school student Richard Samuels meets Orson Welles, who unexpectedly offers him the role of Lucius in Caesar, the first production of his new Mercury Theatre repertory company. Charmed by Welles, Richard infers that he is having an affair with the leading actress while his wife is pregnant.