Magic [Blu-ray]

Director: Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough

Overview

In this film, Anthony Hopkins plays Corky, a schizophrenic ventriloquist who believes his dummy Fats is about to come alive and take over the act. After Corky kills his manager, believing that the dummy has committed the crime, he travels to upstate New York to visit his high-school flame.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/12/2010
UPC:	0030306182094
Original Release:	1978
Rating:	R
Source:	Mpi Home Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00
Sales rank:	15,780

Special Features

Screenwriting for Dummies (Blu-ray Exclusive); Fats & Friends Featurette; An Interview with Victor J. Kemper; An Interview with Anthony Hopkins; Anthony Hopkins Radio Interview; Ann-Margret Make-Up Test; Theatrical Trailers; TV and Radio Spots

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ann-Margret	Actor
Burgess Meredith	Actor
Ed Lauter	Actor
Jerry Houser	Cab Driver
David Ogden Stiers	George Hudson Todson
Lillian Randolph	Sadie
Joe Lowry	Club MC
Beverly Sanders	Laughing Lady
I.W. Klein	Maitre d'
Stephen Hart	Captain
Patrick McCullough	Doorman
Bob Hackman	Father,le père
Mary Munday	Mother
Scott Garrett	Corky's Brother
Brad Beesley	Young Corky
E.J. André	Merlin
Michael J. Harte	Minister
Anthony Hopkins	Corky/Voice of Fats
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer

Technical Credits

William Goldman

Richard Attenborough	Director
C.O. Erickson	Executive Producer
Richard P. Levine	Producer,Producer
Robert MacDonald Jr.	Special Effects
William Goldman	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Anthony Hopkins has claimed that playing Hannibal Lecter was simple once he nailed down the character's distinctive voice. Over a decade earlier, Hopkins delivered another great vocal performance as Fats. Before Corky becomes a ventriloquist, he is already a sweaty jumble of neuroses. Anybody who saw this man walking down the street would realize he is in need of professional help. Once Fats enters the picture, his nasal but forceful voice is both insistent and grating. The voice is a great piece of acting because it is easy to imagine oneself looking as disturbed as Corky if this voice were inside you all the time and had no way to release itself. Magic's suspense plot is overwrought and unoriginal, but Hopkins' performance gives the film a freshness and an energy it would otherwise lack.