“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.
