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

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.

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