The Stooge

Name: The Stooge
Genre: Short, Mystery
Released: 2019-03-22
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 9.3
Cast: Robert Picardo, Pat Scott, Carisa Hendrix

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20m

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9.3/10

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The story follows a downtrodden but determined man who seeks work as a magician's assistant and soon realizes that the world of magic reveals more surprises than he could ever have imagined.The story follows a downtrodden but determined man who seeks work as a magician's assistant and soon realizes that the world of magic reveals more surprises than he could ever have imagined.The story follows a downtrodden but determined man who seeks work as a magician's assistant and soon realizes that the world of magic reveals more surprises than he could ever have imagined.

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9.3/10

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Robert Picardo, Whit Haydn, Adam Sonnet, Carisa Hendrix, and Pat Scott in The Stooge (2019)

Adam Sonnet and Carisa Hendrix in The Stooge (2019)

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- Rogelio Fojo
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- Christopher Priest
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Magic is not what you see, but what you think you see. Barry Henson (Pat Scott) had this lesson to learn when he applied for the role of magician's assistant. A simple enough job - all he had to do was sit in the audience. When the magician, a world-weary trouper named Splendido (Whit Haydn), called for a volunteer to come up on stage to help with the next illusion - he would be the one. He would be the stooge. But is that all? What is Angela (Carisa Hendrix) doing, and what is she trying to tell him? She is the beautiful young woman who seems to manage everything behind the scenes. Is she just a touch of scantily clad glamour to distract the men in the audience, or is she the power behind Splendido's throne? Is she in fact the real magician in the act? Barry was soon to find out, in a way that was to change his life. Magic is not what you see, nor is it what you want to see. —Christopher Priest

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- You Will LOVE What Happens Next
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- Mystery
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HOURGLASS
Written and performed by Ariel E. Iglesias featuring Jorge Rodríguez, violin
Produced by Ariel E. Iglesias

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"This is the film of my short story, "The Stooge". It was directed by Rogelio Fojo in Los Angeles, and runs for a fraction over 20 minutes. It's another film about stage magic, but this time not set in the period of grand theatrical magic, but a much more modern, realistic, down-at-heel time.

Other than writing the original story, then drafting a screenplay, I had nothing to do with the production process. The first I knew about it was when I was sent a finished copy. To say I was surprised by the result is an understatement. It strikes me as an extraordinary accomplishment. In many ways it looks as good as "The Prestige," but was made on a budget literally .05% of that film, for all its famous stars and legendary director. Fojo has achieved as much, working with less. The Stooge is offbeat, intriguing, thoroughly cinematic, sometimes funny, it has beautiful photography and music ... and real magic. The opening credits show the workings of a sleight - a few moments later you see the sleight again, and you still can't see how it's done. Pure magic."