“Magic” is a Horror Drama, screenplay written by William Goldman from his own Novel and Directed by Richard Attenborough.
Magician's assistant Corky (Sir Anthony
Hopkins) performs disastrously at his first solo appearance, but his mentor,
Merlin (E.J. André), tells him he needs to find some charm, and he chooses to
do that by getting a ventriloquist dummy called “Fats” to improve his act, and
within a few years, Corky is at the height of fame, thanks to his foul-mouthed
dummy, however along the way Fats develops a mind of his own, so much so that
Corky’s agent Ben Greene (Burgess Meredith) wonders who is actually in control
of who.
After refusing the to have a medical exam for
a big Network gig he escapes to his old hometown to get his head straight, and
finds the town very changed apart from his old crush Peggy Ann Snow
(Ann-Margret) who he falls in love with anew, much to the displeasure of Fats
and her husband Duke (Ed Lauter).
Goldman's intensely suspenseful, spooky novel
shows up on the big screen unabridged and complete in all its terrifying
splendour.
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