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Movie Reviews of Magic
Movie Review: "make fats shut up for 5 minutes"
Summary: 5 Stars
everyone should see this movie. it has a great cast and is somewhat like an old twilight zone episode, only better. the commercials for this film used to scare the heck out of me when I was a kid. the musical score is enough to give anyone the creeps. most people who have never seen this film will say that by today's standards, it moves too slowly...pity. not everyone will like 'Magic', as it is too often compared with other films with similar themes, but I would argue that it's definitely worth seeing the cast in this independent, low-budget psychological thriller. anyone reading this should look up the lyrics to a song called "Sad, But True" which was greatly inspired by this film. I only hope this DVD (first time in America, April 2006) is not the edited, made for television version.Movie Review: The inner demons!
Summary: 5 Stars
This fabulous suspenseful thriller amazed the world in those late Seventies. The notoriety `s fear and the introversion of a failed and shy ventriloquist, will conform an admirable exercise of the purest suspense, arousing inner demons. This work still remains as the greatest horror thriller of that Decade sharing honours with The Omen, The exorcist and the Sisters.
Richard Attenborough, Anthony Hopkins and Ann Margret constituted an overwhelming trilogy unable to fail or lose. If you go for the famous "Dead of the night" and watch the last episode in which Michael Redgrave plays a similar role, we can conclude this picture is, perhaps a heartfelt tribute for that legendary movie, considered for many as the Gran daddy of this genre in those times.
Movie Review: "He's NO Dummy. . ."
Summary: 5 Stars
Viewing "Magic" is when I first became aware of Anthony Hopkins as a brilliant actor. This movie coincided somewhat with his starring role in the highly praised QBVII, that was being aired on TV. I made a mental note to "watch this actor." I saw "Magic" at the Capital Plaza Cinema in Austin, Texas in the Seventies. One of the things I remember about it most, besides, spooky Fats, the dummy, was the haunting and eerie cords played on a "squeeze box" over and over throughout the movie, just two chords. They played when something creepy was about to happen, or had just happened. Hopkins was great as a type of stalker, psycho, who used Fats as a prop, Burgess Meridith was great as his manager and Ann Margaret was excellent in this dramatic and slightly kookie role.Movie Review: HOPKINS POPS A CORKY
Summary: 5 Stars
Not since PSYCHO had a movie captured a descent into madness as frightening as MAGIC. A young Anthony Hopkins stars as ventriloquist/magician Corky, an obviously disturbed man who begins to show signs of a mental breakdown when he can't seem to function without Fats, his dummy, by his side. As he escapes the pressure by going back to his hometown and reuniting with the love of his life, his condition worsens and tragedy strikes. Hopkins is brilliant, and supported very nicely by Ann-Margret as his old flame; Ed Lauter as her loutish husband and Burgess Meredith as his cantankerous agent/manager.
The dummy is quite chilling and the ending leaves a startling impression.
Movie Review: A top pick, even for those who viewed the old version somehow...
Summary: 5 Stars
Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margaret and Burgess Meredith star in this engrossing fantasy story of a failed magician who becomes an overnight sensation as a ventriloquist with his foul-mouthed dummy Fats. Trouble begins when he visits an old love and contemplates leaving show biz - which Fats violently opposes. If MAGIC sounds familiar, it should be: it's a new high definition transfer from the 35mm original negative and not only appears in full color but adds trailers, radio spots, a photo gallery, an interview with Victor Kemper and more. A top pick, even for those who viewed the old version somehow...