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Magic was also well received by critics, with Gene Siskel placing the film at number 9 on his list of Top 10 Films of 1978 (alongside Halloween and Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata). Despite its modest success, Magic failed to spark a trend toward more nuanced depictions of the ventriloquist profession across all genres.
It had been two weeks after seeing Phantasm that my family's weekly "Movie Date Night" continued on with the next film treat on our list: Magic, the Richard Attenborough directed psychological horror, in which the now legendary Anthony Hopkins stars as Charles "Corky" Withers, an aspiring magician and Ventriloquist, whom, "in partnership" with ...
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart. 944 IMDb 6.8 1 h 47 min 1978. X-Ray R. Drama · Horror · Cerebral · Frightening. Freevee (with ads) More purchase. options.
Apr 25, 2006 · Director Richard Attenborough Star Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter Year of Release: 1978. Product details Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
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Magic is a 1978 Psychological Horror film directed by Richard Attenborough and written by William Goldman, who adapted his own 1976 novel of the same name.. Failed stage magician Corky Withers (Anthony Hopkins) manages to rejuvenate his career with the addition of ventriloquism to his act; unfortunately, he also begins to manifest a split personality via his dummy, Fats, and just as he's about ...
