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[[Image:OrsonWellesWineCommercial2.jpg |right|300px|thumb|"What follows is a terrifying journey into the world of probate, beneficiaries and '''goblins'''!"]] | [[Image:OrsonWellesWineCommercial2.jpg |right|300px|thumb|"What follows is a terrifying journey into the world of probate, beneficiaries and '''goblins'''!"]] | ||
'''George Orson Welles''' (May 6, 1915–October 10, 1985) was the voice of [[Unicron]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. He was born in 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin and in 1938 he convinced a bunch of hillbillies that Martians were invading the Earth with his ''War of the Worlds'' radio show. He also made some movie called ''Citizen Kane''. | |||
It wasn't until 1985 that Mr. Welles finally | It wasn't until 1985 that Mr. Welles finally fulfilled his true destiny by playing the planet-gobbling world [[Unicron]], although, sadly, Mr. Welles died before the movie was released in 1986. | ||
{{quote|I spent the day playing a toy [in a movie about toys who] do horrible things to each other.|Orson Welles<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20070622/ca_pr_on_en/film_transformers_welles]</ref>}} | |||
{{quote|I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed.|Orson Welles<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2169619/pagenum/2/]</ref>}} | |||
{{quote|The irony of [Welles] playing a planet-sized eating machine wasn't lost on anyone.|[[Michael McConnohie]]<ref>[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/michael_mcconnohie_3.html]</ref>}} | |||
==References== | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 21:18, 2 January 2008
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915–October 10, 1985) was the voice of Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie. He was born in 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin and in 1938 he convinced a bunch of hillbillies that Martians were invading the Earth with his War of the Worlds radio show. He also made some movie called Citizen Kane.
It wasn't until 1985 that Mr. Welles finally fulfilled his true destiny by playing the planet-gobbling world Unicron, although, sadly, Mr. Welles died before the movie was released in 1986.
I spent the day playing a toy [in a movie about toys who] do horrible things to each other.Orson Welles[1]
I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed.Orson Welles[2]
The irony of [Welles] playing a planet-sized eating machine wasn't lost on anyone.Michael McConnohie[3]
