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by **morrowsean** » May 14th, '12, 18:27

Hi, im just wondering wether anyone can recommend any movies about Magic that are out there?

Thanks!

by **Stephen Ward** » May 14th, '12, 18:29

The Illusionist is rather good. Edward Norton is a good actor.

by **FTHO** » May 14th, '12, 18:49

its not about a magician, but you might enjoy The Sting, John Scarne performs some card technique in it.
its a very enjoyable film.
this website might interest you:
http://focusfeatures.com/article/roberto_giobbi
Eric Mead, Arron Fisher, Max Maven, Homer Liwag, Jim Steinmeyer, David Regal and Roberto Giobbi each list their five favorite films, The sting features on 3 of the lists.

also i did a google search and found this article:

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Best-10-M ... id=5854545

i thoroughly enjoyed Prestige, so you might like to check that one out.

by **MatCult** » May 15th, '12, 12:02

FTHO wrote:its not about a magician, but you might enjoy The Sting, John Scarne performs some card technique in it.
its a very enjoyable film.
this website might interest you:
http://focusfeatures.com/article/roberto_giobbi" target="_blank
Eric Mead, Arron Fisher, Max Maven, Homer Liwag, Jim Steinmeyer, David Regal and Roberto Giobbi each list their five favorite films, The sting features on 3 of the lists.

also i did a google search and found this article:

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Best-10-M ... id=5854545" target="_blank

i thoroughly enjoyed Prestige, so you might like to check that one out.

The Sting is one of my all-time favourite films. Although it's not strictly about magic, it uses a lot of magical techniques (misdirection, kicker ending etc.). And it's a brilliant story with great performances throughout.

Another one, and I only saw this recently, is Nightmare Alley. Again, not strictly about magicians, it is about carnival psychics and two-person telepathy, but it's another really good movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_Alley_(film)

by **SpareJoker** » May 15th, '12, 13:20

I thought 'The Illusionist' was a mawkish piece of cr@p (YMMV).
Much better is 'The Prestiege' (Christopher Nolan)
You might also like 'Shade' (deals strictly with cardsharking)

by **Johnny Wizz** » May 15th, '12, 16:50

The Magicians is quite good

by **cc100** » May 15th, '12, 18:16

One that people don't seem to mention is 'Is Anybody There?' starring Michael Caine. Good film - not great, but certainly worth a watch.

by **Johnny Wizz** » May 15th, '12, 19:15

cc100 wrote:One that people don't seem to mention is 'Is Anybody There?' starring Michael Caine. Good film - not great, but certainly worth a watch.

I forgot this one, it certainly is a good watch

by **TonyB** » May 15th, '12, 23:04

There was a film about a ventriloquist whose dummy came to life and made him kill. I read the book (Magic, by William Goldman), and I reckon it would have been a good film. He wrote the screenplay himself.

by **magicofthemind** » May 16th, '12, 10:02

"Miracles for Sale" (1939), based on the novel "Death from a Top Hat" by Clayton Rawson. The victim, suspects and detective (The Great Merlini) are all magicians. It's a classic locked-room mystery.

Barry

by **MatCult** » May 16th, '12, 10:36

TonyB wrote:There was a film about a ventriloquist whose dummy came to life and made him kill. I read the book (Magic, by William Goldman), and I reckon it would have been a good film. He wrote the screenplay himself.

It starred Anthony Hopkins, no less, and did indeed have some wonderfully creepy moments.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077889/

by **MatCult** » May 16th, '12, 10:45

Now, this is necessarily "good" but when I was a kid I was very impressed by it.

Mandrake (1979) was based on a comic strip I think and the film had a cameo by Harry Blackstone Jr.

It was about a stage magician who fought crime with his magic skills, as far as I remember at least.

LINK TO MORE INFO

by **Mandrake** » May 16th, '12, 11:31

The original Leon Mandrake also starred in films featuring him as the crime fighting magish and, for the last 10 years at least, there have been rumours of a new Mandrake film - Tom Cruise was one of the names supposedly signed for the lead role. How about one of the oldest? The Conjurer by George Mellies 1899 - see http://trionfi.com/n/090901/33.php

These days when magic in movies is mentioned it's in relationship to the Harry Potter or the fantasy and fairy tales type of magic.

by **Lawrence** » May 16th, '12, 12:34

TonyB wrote:There was a film about a ventriloquist whose dummy came to life and made him kill. I read the book (Magic, by William Goldman), and I reckon it would have been a good film. He wrote the screenplay himself.

Pinnochio: Vampire Killer

by **magicofthemind** » May 16th, '12, 13:54

Not exactly magic, but Houdini made a number of films.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini#Filmography

Barry

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