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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Cast
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Corky Withers /
Fats
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Sadie
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Storyline
Magician's assistant Corky 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. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords:
dummy | ventriloquist | magician | ventriloquist's dummy | high school sweetheart |Taglines:
A Terrifying Love Story. See more »Genres:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
8 November 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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(uncredited)
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
Portion sung by Anthony Hopkins
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Of this movie, film critic Leonard Maltin said "Wait for a re-run of Dead of Night (1945) whilst according to 'Rating the Movies', the film was "reminiscent of the classic 1946 British chiller Dead of Night (1945)" whilst Phil Hardy's "Encyclopaedia of Horror Movies" stated that the movie was an "expansion . . . of Alberto Cavalcanti's contribution to Dead of Night (1945)". See more »Goofs
Ben Greene comments that the IQ of his three "genius lawyers" must "total up to 100." Given the average IQ of a person ranges between 85-100, this actually doesn't say much for three lawyers. See more »Crazy Credits
Credits: Fats Anthony Hopkins See more »Soundtracks
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life(uncredited)
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
Portion sung by Anthony Hopkins
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This somehow has become a forgotten movie which seems odd that after the subsequent success and recognition of Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs that more people didn't look back at his 1978 performance in this psychological/horror gem. William Goldman has quite a record of novels being adapted to film or screenplays by him which include No Way to Treat a Lady, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Stepford wives, The Great Waldo Pepper, All the Presidents Men, Marathon Man, Misery and A Bridge Too Far among other memorable films. Actor/Dirctor Richard Attenborough who is notable for directing Ghandi, Chaplin and A Bridge Too Far teams up again with Goldman to bring us Magic. Anthony Hopkins as the ventriloquist also provides the voice of his menacing dummy. Bergis Meredith turns in a great performance as usual as well as Ann Margaret. This is Hopkin's film though and he is superb in lead role. I saw this in the theater during it's initial release and have only seen it once since then. Don't know why this doesn't make on TV more often. I would give this an 8.0 out of 10 and recommend it.