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4.8/10   28 votes
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Writers:
Charlotte Bingham (writer)
Terence Brady (writer)
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Release Date:
19 March 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A successful magician is approached to do a TV special, which he has not done before. He and the beautiful... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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John Abbott ... Reporter
Shirley Cassedy ... Television P.A.
Tony Caunter ... Television Director
Charles Collingwood ... Television Announcer

Sam Douglas ... Lee
Paul Freeman ... Brian Swann
Leroy Golding
Stephen Hoye ... Tony

Eriq La Salle ... Dancing Guy
Neville Phillips ... Diplomat
Laura Sadler ... Girl
Jenny Seagrove ... Melanie James

John Shea ... Troy Gardner
Alison Sterling ... Clare
Debora Weston ... Beth
Pepe Yepes ... Paco
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Netherlands:105 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Company:
Arena Films more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Tainted Magic, 8 June 2002
4/10
Author: suessis

I read the original book that this was based on, and I wonder what the producer was thinking when he let the screenwriter change it. While Nora Roberts' book wasn't Pulitzer material by any stretch of the imagination, at least it had depth and substance. Some thing this film lacks in spades. What's left in it's place is a cheap thriller.

What Nora Roberts wasn't writing was an adventure tale. Her story was a deeply personal one about a man and a woman who are chasing their own demons. Demons which keep them from opening up to another person and the love that might be offered. None of this is captured on screen when you are watching this movie.

I have always found Jenny Seagrove's acting talent left much to be desired and never more so than here. As for John Shea, this is definitely a far cry from his good performance in "Missing" and his riveting one in "Small Sacrifices". The man hams it up like there is no tomorrow. Paul Freeman at least tries, and that isn't really saying much.

I hope that you'll do a disappearing act if anyone suggests this movie to you.

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