Linklater returns to "Me and Orson Welles" mode for a small but razor-sharp biopic about Richard Rodgers' pre-"Oklahoma!" collaborator Lorenz Hart.

Hawke stars as the late Broadway icon, the lyricist behind such favorites as "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady Is a Tramp," and more.

Hawke is unrecognizable as the 5-foot balding Broadway genius in Richard Linklater's new film. "It was demolishing to my vanity," he says from Berlin.