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Watch: Magic 1978 123movies, Full Movie Online – Magician’s assistant Corky (Sir Anthony Hopkins) performs disastrously at his first solo appearance. He is given a ventriloquist dummy called “Fats” to improve his act, and within a few years, Corky is at the height of fame. However, Fats has developed a mind of his own, and wants to control his master..
Plot: A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 11,605
	86% | RottenTomatoes
	49/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 199 Popularity: 10.399 | TMDB

Reviews:

Sour Smell of Success
Sir Richard Attenbourough does a fine job directing this film about a magician that has little charm, personality, or self-confidence who must take a dummy into his act to let himself become famous. The only trouble is that the fine line that exists between the dummy and the ventriloquist becomes much too fine. Anthony Hopkins is really good as this shy, awkward man slowly descending into a world of madness as great success looms over the horizon. Hopkins also does the voice of the dummy, Fats, and lends his unique voice talents to create a very disturbing, eerie screen presence. The dummy is in many ways larger than life, and he steals almost every scene he is in. No supernatural puppet coming to life here, yet the character of Corky(Hopkins) gives his life to this dummy in a very unique way. The film is suitably creepy with some very atmospheric shots. As one reviewer noted, the scene where Hopkins is to not speak through the dummy for five minutes is easily the best. Each moment of that scene passed with incredible tension. It is downright chilling in fact. The other actors do very well. Burgess Meredith is made out to be much older that he was at the time, and I think he did a fantastic job. What can I say about Ann-Margaret. Stunning. She does a credible job acting, and let’s face it, she looks like a million bucks(she even shows us more than expected as well). A spooky film, and a great screen performance by a much younger Anthony Hopkins.

Nice acting and direction, but lacking in some important areas
The ventriloquist dummy is a popular horror prop; ever since Dead of Night in 1945, the ventriloquist dummy has popped up in a number of films; and Magic is one of the most classy and high quality. However, it’s not necessarily one of the best; as while the acting is good and Richard Attenborough manages to create just the right tone and atmosphere for the film; something about it severely lacking. The tagline bills it as a ‘love story’, and this would appear to sum up Magic’s problems – it doesn’t really know what it wants to be! The relationship between the ventriloquist and his dummy is build up as antagonistic until the very end, and by then it feels out place. The plot focuses on Corky; a magician who isn’t all that good. But when he teams up with a wooden dummy named Fats; the crowd begins to love him. However, the fame starts to go to him and he soon finds that he can’t turn the dummy ‘off’. He goes and finds his high school sweetheart, and the two start to get on well; but it’s not long before his fame comes looking for him, and the dummy shows its murderous side.

Anthony Hopkins is clearly one of the acting greats; and while this film came earlier than his more memorable performances in movies such as The Silence of the Lambs and The Elephant Man, it’s still obvious that Hopkins is a master of his trade. The film comes across as a high quality piece, but somehow this doesn’t apply to the plotting, as there are some very questionable character actions and events, and while this may be OK in another film; the fact that this one obviously wants to rise above the low quality horror films means that it’s hard to ignore. Magic isn’t particularly nasty; there are a couple of death scenes, but the blood is kept to a minimum, and again this seems like Attenborough was trying not to make the film seem cheap and tacky. Most of the horror comes from the dummy; Anthony Hopkins does Fats’ voice and it’s not far from being the most piercing and haunting horror vocal of all time, which is the film’s main credit. Overall, Magic certainly isn’t a bad film; it’s worth watching for sure, but unfortunately it’s not as great as it could have been.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 47 min (107 min)
Budget 7000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Horror
Director Richard Attenborough
Writer William Goldman
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Camera and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (prints), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 2,935 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm