Magic DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Abracadabra I sit on his knee Presto change-o & now he&s me! Hocus Pocus we take her to bed Magic is funwe&re dead Anthony Hopkins is Corky a painfully shy failed magician who finds overnight success as a ventriloquist His brash foul-mouthed dummy Fats becomes a huge nightclub hit With his star on the rise talent agent Ben Greene (Burgess Meredith) arranges an important shot at national TV But the pressure of failing the network&s required physical sends Corky into a panic With Fats in tow he flees the city to a nearly-deserted resort in the Catskills run by the love of his youth Peggy Ann Snow (Ann-Margret) Peg&s spent years trapped in a loveless marriage with her high-school sweetheart Duke (Ed Lauter) In Corky she sees the chance for a loving relationship & accepts an offer to run away with him However when Corky confides to Fats that he may leave show business altogether Fats becomes furious & lashes out at him playing on his guilt & insecurity Now under Fats& control Corky is manipulated into a series of violent & unexpected confrontations Based on the novel by William Goldman writer of the Marathon Man & Butch Cssidy & The Sundance Kid novels & screenplays who had previously collaborated with Richard Attenborough in supplying the script for epic war film A Bridge Too Far Actors Anthony Hopkins Ann-Margret Burgess Meredith Ed Lauter & David Ogden Stiers Director Richard Attenborough Certificate 15 years & over Year 1978 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTSAdditional Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 43 minutes (approx)