Orson Welles Drunk Outtakes for Paul Masson Wine Commercial

Here's outtakes of Orson Welles, director of Citizen Kane, drunk as he films a commercial for Paul Masson Wine. Get the full story at http://pursuitist.com

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[katsugott]

0:55 maaahaah, the french..

[Jason Karp]

This is everything I ever expected an aging, declining, gluttonous Orson Welles to be, and more. I'm too young to have known the master in his prime years (or any of his years), but this clip confirms what I've been told. It's like finding out Santa Clause is real. And is endlessly, hopelessly drunk.

[ThePequiste]

Timeless classic - a great upload, thank you.

Connoisseurs and Bon Vivants alike must see Orson's version of "Maahaa the Japanese."

Check for "Nikka whiskey" commercial -- another brilliant (albeit sober) Orson Welles performance (cue fog horn.)

[irish89055]

hilarious...

[brainburrito]

The couple on the left wins the keeping-a-straight-face award of the century.

[Mitrovah]

They should have rolled with it, it's brilliant, the wine is so good you will want to get drunk on it

[chapaev36]

I want to know what those people in the background are talking about.

[OFFICIALARTMUSIC]

"I started at the top and have been working my way down ever since" - Orson Welles about his career.

[Robin Taylor Wright]

This video rewards the repeated views. Watch the woman on the left. She looks like she's having a very hard time not cracking up, especially after the "MWUAHAAA" part. Signs of a true actor!

[Shane Von Russell]

Orson Welles is love,

[Tokopol]

I don't really understand why anybody would pity him or think he declined. For starters, he never needed the money from these commercials to get by. He simply did them to finance his own fimmaking because he never got along with Hollywood producers. Second, Paul Masson was junk. The fact that Orson Welles, in the end, humiliated Paul Masson, made off with millions from the endorsement deal, and continued filmmaking is a victory for him in my view.

[dusterdude238]

would have been funny if he kept flubbing his lines and finally said " aw hell with it !" and upended the wine bottle into his mouth. he does a damn good Foster Brookes impression tho. LOL