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- The Production Was Cursed by A Real Witch
- Sandra Bullock Made It Because Speed 2 Bombed
- Nicole Kidman Hurt Herself For Her Art
- Barbra Streisand Tried to Buy The Owens Mansion
- The Stars Really Got Tipsy For One Scene
- Real Witches Think It's Great
- How Aidan Quinn Got His Role
- The Composer's Score Was Thrown Out at The Last Minute
- It Wasn't Easy to Build The Mansion
- The Failed TV Spinoffs
The making of Practical Magic got eerie when director Griffin Dunne hired a real witch to serve as a consultant. In return for her services, she was paid a fee and put up in a nice hotel. Dunne told Vulturethat the witch surprised him with a phone call in which she inexplicably demanded a percentage of the film's profits and an additional $250,000 ...
A big hit can change the course of an actor's career. So can a big bomb. In 1997, Sandra Bullock starred in Speed 2: Cruise Control, the sequel to her breakthrough hit from a couple years prior. Co-star Keanu Reeves opted not to return, which was the first strike for the movie. Setting it on a cruise ship instead of a racing bus was the second stri...
Like all the best actors, Nicole Kidman is willing to suffer for her art. If that means risking giving herself a concussion because doing so will provide a scene with some extra punch, so be it. That's just what she did for Practical Magic. Griffin Dunne reflected back on the production to Yahoo! Entertainment, remembering the exorcism scene that s...
Everyone who sees Practical Magic talks about the gorgeous Victorian mansion where the Owens sisters live. It's such a wonderfully atmospheric place that you get one look at it and immediately want to move in. At least, that's how Barbra Streisand felt after seeing the movie. She called the home's designers because she really wanted to buy it. Ther...
When you think of Practical Magic, what's the first scene that comes to mind? For most people, it's probably the light-hearted moment in which Sally, Gillian, and the aunts drink "midnight margaritas" and dance around the kitchen to the sounds of Harry Nilsson's song "Coconut". There wasn't as much acting going on as you might think, though. Griffi...
Film critics weren't terribly impressed by Practical Magic, as evidenced by its 20% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. What about real witches, though? To find out what they thought, Vultureassembled a coven of actual witches and interviewed them about the movie. The women were incredibly enthusiastic, with two of them cheering the fact that the m...
Aidan Quinn plays Gary Hallet, the investigator who shows up to question Sally and Gillian about the disappearance of "Transylvanian cowboy" Jimmy. He ends up falling for Sally in the process. Quinn had already made a name for himself as a leading man, thanks to movies like Benny & Joon and Desperately Seeking Susan. Denise Di Novi, Practical Magic...
There's plenty of drama onscreen in Practical Magic, but there was some off-camera, too. Michael Nyman is an acclaimed composer who has been nominated for three Golden Globes and over a dozen other awards. He was hired by Griffin Dunne to write the film's orchestral score, which he told Soundtrack.netwas "the best score I think I've ever written fo...
San Juan Island, where parts of Practical Magicwere filmed, did not possess a big beautiful mansion of the sort required by the story. That meant a fake one had to be designed and built. Such things happen all the time on movie sets, but a little delicacy was required here. The production crew found a bare piece of land that would be a perfect loca...
Considering Practical Magic's popularity has grown in the twenty years since its release, you might find it odd that there's never been any kind of sequel or reboot. This is not for lack of trying. In 2003, CBS began developing a television spinoff. The show was to be an hour-long drama focusing on the Owens sisters. Sandra Bullock and Denise Di No...
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Language. English. Budget. $7 million. Box office. $23.8 million [1] Magic is a 1978 American psychological horror drama film directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret and Burgess Meredith. The screenplay is by William Goldman, who adapted his novel of the same title. The score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith .
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The second book in the searing STEAM-inspired Plotting the Stars middle grade series perfect for fans of The City of Ember and Divergent.Revolution is watered with sweat and tears. As Myra Hodger begins her second year at the elite Scientific Lunar Academy of Magic, she should be happy. Her days of faking Number Whisperer magic are over, and ...
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Magic In America. The Story of The Society of American Magicians. by David Goodsell. With Theron M. Christensen • Edited by David Charvet. The remarkable 120-year history of the S.A.M. as told by David Goodsell from years of in-depth research. Inside you’ll meet hundreds of magicians, including the famous, infamous, and now forgotten ...
Jan 23, 2020 · The Magic Kids: Three Unlikely Heroes: Directed by Tim Trageser. With Aaron Kissiov, Johanna Schraml, Arsseni Bultmann, Rick Kavanian. Vlad has just moved and joined one of the most famous magical schools in the world, where he meets fairies, witches, trolls and dwarfs.
Apr 5, 2023 · Debopriyaa Dutta April 5, 2023. Magic (1978): There’s something unsettlingly sinister about Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. Despite being a slightly altered version of Thomas Harris’ antagonist in his renowned book series, Hopkins’ Lecter has a way of getting under your skin with his offbeat charm and frightening intelligence.
