Magic

E324986
film psychological horror film

Magic is a 1978 psychological horror film about a troubled ventriloquist whose relationship with his sinister dummy spirals into violence, featuring a celebrated performance by Anthony Hopkins.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
psychological horror film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork William Goldman ⓘ
basedOn Magic (novel) ⓘ
cinematographyBy Victor J. Kemper NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Richard Attenborough ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
editedBy John Bloom ⓘ
era New Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: New Hollywood era
featuresCharacter Fats (ventriloquist dummy) ⓘ
filmingLocation New York State ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)
genre psychological horror ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasTheme mental illness ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
split personality ⓘ
violence ⓘ
mainCharacter Corky Withers ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Jerry Goldsmith ⓘ
narrativeFocus ventriloquist and his dummy ⓘ
notableFor Anthony Hopkins’s acclaimed performance ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A troubled ventriloquist’s relationship with his sinister dummy spirals into violence. ⓘ
posterTagline A terrifying love story. ⓘ
producer Joseph E. Levine ⓘ
productionCompany Joseph E. Levine Presents ⓘ
releaseDateUS November 8, 1978 ⓘ
releaseYear 1978 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 107 ⓘ
screenwriter William Goldman ⓘ
setIn Catskill Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Catskills
starring Ann-Margret ⓘ
Anthony Hopkins ⓘ
Burgess Meredith ⓘ
Ed Lauter ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s ⓘ

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Anthony Hopkins → notableWork → Magic ⓘ
William Goldman → notableWork → Magic ⓘ
Psychodrama → notableWork → Magic ⓘ
Philip Anthony Hopkins → notableWork → Magic ⓘ