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The Magic Christian (1969)
Directed by Joseph McGrath
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Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone—and anything—can be bought.
Rated PG | Length 92 minutes
Actors
Peter Sellers | Ringo Starr | Isabel Jeans | Caroline Blakiston | Wilfrid Hyde-White | Spike Milligan | John Cleese | Richard Attenborough | John Le Mesurier | Raquel Welch | Roman Polanski | Leonard Frey | Laurence Harvey | Christopher Lee | Clive Dunn | Patrick Holt | Ferdy Mayne | Dennis Price | Yul Brynner | Graham Chapman | James Laurenson | Frank Thornton | Hattie Jacques | Jeremy Lloyd | David Hutcheson | Michael Aspel | Alan Whicker | Edward Sinclair | Philippe Mareuil
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19/2020 | TV | DVD | Library | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
This is a wild flick. Peter Sellers portrays the richest man in the world who can’t have children. He randomly meets a homeless guy, Ringo Starr, in the park one day and decides to adopt him as his son. Together they concoct ways to blow through loads of money doing completely absurd things and tricking other rich people. “The Magic Christian” is the name of yacht they’ve had created simply to fuck with the passengers including hiring a vampire (Christopher Lee) to stalk the boat.
This movie is just so weird and yet delightful at times. For a long while I was thinking it was very bizarre to not have any —NONE—POC in the movie until a scene occurs that subverts that thought. It’s hilarious leading me to believe that it was an intentional decision to feature no POC to give this sequence a strong impact when it happens. There’s also a crazy scene w/Yul Brynner in which I didn’t even know it was him (he’s uncredited) as a cabaret singer.
This is the type of movie I could see CFS programming. Totally has their cinema sensibility yet not a great movie, just a weird one, which they tend to program. This would be fun to see in theater with the right audience.
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