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Review 2DiscussionA review by Cat Ellington
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Written by Cat Ellington on Wed Feb 15 2017
'We're gonna be star-arrrs.'
— "Fats"
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 profanity-spewing ventriloquist dummy named "Fats", perform their comedy shticks before live audiences and together become a huge success. But the newfound fame - even coming with an offer to star in his own tel...
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
7000000.00
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Keywords
- based on novel or book
- magic
- telepathy
- 1970s
- alter ego
- ventriloquist
- evil doll
- dead body
- madness
- split personality
- high school sweetheart
- ventriloquist's dummy
- ventriloquism
- magician
- psychological horror