The Magus
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Actor: Anthony Quinn, Michael CaineBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Review: The Magus From Hell
Summary: 1 Stars
The person who gave me this film said it was based on the life of Aleister Crowley & very witchy & metaphysical. If all these wonders are contained within THE MAGUS, then they must be absolutely & totally B-O-R-I-N-G!
Really, this movie has zilch to offer.
It's like a bunch of people were forced to get together in order to make a film because they were trapped in a contract they couldn't get out of. There was no passion, dull sex & an idiotic worst of "New Age" script, and a director who never showed up.
Summary of The Magus
This unusual fantasy stars Michael Caine as Nicholas a teacher who arrives on a Greek island to begin a teaching position. He soon makes the acquaintance of the mysterious Conchis (Anthony Quinn) and his wife Lily (Candice Bergen). Nicholas becomes fascinated with them but something is amiss: the previous teacher who held Nicholas's job committed suicide under vague circumstances and Nicholas himself is now exhibiting strange behavior. When his girlfriend (Anna Karina) comes to visit tragedy strikes and when Nicholas confronts Conchis he makes a surprising discovery.System Requirements:Running Time: 117 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating:?PG UPC:?024543377429 Manufacturer No:?2237742From a screenplay based on his own novel, John Fowles's The Magus is another mildly intriguing big budget Hollywood bellyflop that caves in on its own lofty ambitions. Viewed as a late 1960s time capsule, The Magus is somewhat enjoyable fare replete with grade school level symbolism, and Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, and Candice Bergen doing their best with the hokey dialogue. Michael Caine plays a school teacher running away from a clinging lover who falls under the spell of Anthony Quinn on a remote Greek Isle. Is Quinn a magician, a psychiatrist, a filmmaker? Who cares? Fowles was so disappointed with a previous adaptation of his work (The Collector with Terrence Stamp), that he insisted on writing the screenplay himself. He should have left that job to the professionals. The film score by Brit-jazz legend Johnny Dankworth is lovely, however. --Kristian St. Clair
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