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Richard Curtis (writer)
Release Date:
13 December 1992 (USA)
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A genie is punished by an evil wizard by being confined to a lamp somewhere in Arabia. 2000 years later in England Bernard Bottle an art dealer...
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Simple, sweet, superb
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lenny Henry | ... | Josephus the Genie | |
| John Gabriel | ... | Wizard | |
| Alan Cumming | ... | Bernard Bottle | |
| Rowan Atkinson | ... | Charles Pinkworth | |
| Denis Lill | ... | Frank Kepple (as Dennis Lill) | |
| Beaux Bryant | ... | Nurse | |
| Kevin Allen | ... | Kevin | |
| Andrée Bernard | ... | Judy (as Andree Bernard) | |
| Melvyn Bragg | ... | Himself | |
| Janet Henfrey | ... | Miss Purse | |
| Marcia Ashton | ... | Miss Temple | |
| Sheila Latimer | ... | Bernard's Mother | |
| Sally Geoghegan | ... | Waitress | |
| Angela Clarke | ... | Carrie (as Angie Clarke) | |
| Bob Geldof | ... | Himself |
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Argentina:70 min
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Revealing mistakes: When Josephus takes Bernard flying on his magic carpet for the first time, he says "The real skill is in the landing". Supposedly they crash-land in a back alley full of bins and rubbish, creating a huge mess. However, the prop-explosion that blows up all the bins is visible because they are all neatly stacked at the first moment when the camera shot shows the alley where they "landed".
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Frank Kepple:
If you ever need anything, you just call and I'll be up there faster than a poker up a pervert.
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References Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
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This film never fails to cheer me out of the holiday blues. In fact, I can think of no other film that so succinctly brings the true message of Christmas to the fore without being preachy or heavy-handed. Alan Cumming is simply adorable as luckless Bernard and Lenny Henry is utterly engaging as the titular genie. Henry's tour-de-force performance as the ancient genie discovering modern delights like Big Macs and action films is a wonder to behold. I am tearing up just thinking of the ending, but this truly is a heart-warming film; (though I don't like using that clichéd term, it really means something in this movie.) Rowan Atkinson may have a thankless role as the rat bastard art dealer, but he handles it perfectly. It was my passion for Atkinson's work that made me look at this film in the first place, and I am so grateful I taped it off A&E those many years ago. This is required viewing at Christmastime.