Nearly 47 years after Orson Welles began filming The Other Side of the Wind, his one-time line producer called it a wrap.

Frank Marshall, who worked with Welles on the 1970s shoot and is producing its long-awaited completion, announced that sound mixing was done in a posting on Twitter tonight.

“That’s a wrap!,” Marshall tweeted. “An historic moment as we finish the sound mix for THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, almost 50 years after Orson Welles began shooting his final picture.”

For decades, the negative sat in a film laboratory outside Paris as rights issues were argued. With an agreement and funding in hand, it was flown to Los Angeles on Match 13, 2017.

A 4K scan of the negative and digitizing of sound materials soon commenced with Bob Murawski (The Hurt Locker) editing and Scott Millan (Braveheart, Apollo 13) handling the sound mix. Last month, producer Filip Jan Rymsza revealed they had a “locked picture” and Michel Legrand (F For Fake) recorded his score in Europe.

The film was set to debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May, but a squabble between the distributor and Netflix prompted the streaming giant to pull the film.

It has not yet been revealed when, or where, The Other Side of the Wind will have its much-anticipated debut.

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 (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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