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Magic (1978) Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1978
Running Times: 107 mins
Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound: CREDITS PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Joseph E. Levine Productions
Producers: C.O. Erickson, Joseph E. Levine, Richard P. Levine SCRIPT
Script / Novel: William Goldman DIRECTION
Director: Richard Attenborough PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Victor J. Kemper EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: John Bloom MUSIC
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Orchestrator: Arthur Morton MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Lee Harman, Hallie Smith-Simmons
Costume Designer: Ruth Myers SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Bob MacDonald Jr DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Terence Marsh
Art Director: Richard Lawrence
Set Decorator: John Franco Jr MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Ann Skinner LOCATIONS
Locations: Blue Lakes, Lake County, California, USA CAST
Anthony Hopkins (Corky / voice of Fats the dummy)
Ann-Margret (Peggy Ann Snow)
Burgess Meredith (Ben Greene)
Ed Lauter (Duke)
E.J. André (Merlin)
Jerry Houser (cab driver)
David Ogden Stiers (Todson)
Lillian Randolph (Sadie)
Joe Lowry (club M.C.)
Bob Hackman (father)
Beverly Sanders (laughing lady)
I.W. Klein (maitre d'hotel)
Patrick McCullough (doorman)
Mary Munday (mother)
Scott Garrett (Corky's brother)
Brad Beesley (young Corky)
Michael Harte (minister)
Stephen P. Hart (captain) SUMMARY Former magician's assistant Corky decides to go out on his own but his first gig is a disaster. Hoping to improve his act, he acquires a ventriloquist's dummy named Fats and soon becomes hugely successful. But Fats has a mind of his own and is soon engaged in a battle of wills with Corky. AVAILABILITY USA
Theatrical Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Video Distributor: Nelson Entertainment
Laserdisc Distributor: Nelson Entertainment CENSORSHIP HISTORY Australia
Rating: M Finland
Rating: K-16 Norway
Rating: 15 UK
Rating: 15 USA
Rating: R AWARDS 1979
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA (Saturn Awards)
Best Supporting Actor (Burgess Meredith) - winner
Best Actress (Ann-Margret) - nominated
Best Horror Film - nominated
Best Music (Jerry Goldsmith) - nominated British Academy Awards
Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins) - nominated Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Best Motion Picture (William Goldman) - winner Golden Globes, USA
Best Motion Picture Actor: Drama (Anthony Hopkins) - nominated TIMELINE 1979
March
30: Finland - theatrical release POSTER TAGS Abracadabra, I sit on his knee. Presto, change-o, and now he is me. Hocus Pocus, we take her to bed. Magic is fun... when you're dead. A terrifying love story LINKS SEE ALSO
Dead of Night (1945)
The Dummy (2000) REFERENCES MAGAZINES The Dark Side 73 (June/July 1998) p.24
review KEYWORDS
dolls; dummies; ventriloquists; magicians
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