The Magic Christian (Original title)
Dates: 1969 (Copyright), 12 December 1969 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Joseph McGrath
Synopsis: Comedy about an original and very rich man, Sir Guy Grand, who adopts a drop-out youth as his son and heir, and dispenses his money in a variety of eccentric ways to prove that everyone has his price.
Genre: Comedy
Title: Surfeit of StanleyAuthor: MCGRATH, Joe Article type: LetterLanguage: English
Description: Letter in response to a query by Peter Richards (Sight & Sound, September 2005, p.96), confirming that Stanley Kubrick did not appear in the film The MAGIC CHRISTIAN.
In: Films in Review v40 n8/9 Aug/Sep 1989 Pages: 405-413
Title: [Films in Review - v40 n8/9 Aug/Sep 1989: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Fourth and final part of look at the British film invasion of the USA of the 1960s; substantial critique of this film.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v37 n433 February 1970 Pages: 27-28
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v37 n433 February 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v16 n4 January 1970 Page: 43
Title: [Films and Filming - v16 n4 January 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9643 3 Mar 1969 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9643 3 Mar 1969: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Kine Weekly n3203 1 Mar 1969 Page: 16
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3203 1 Mar 1969: no known title]Language: English
Description: On the production.
In: Today's Cinema n9761 12 Dec 1969 Page: 4
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9761 12 Dec 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 17 Dec 1969 Page: 24,26
Title: [Variety - 17 Dec 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v205 n10 14 Mar 1969 Page: 12
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v205 n10 14 Mar 1969: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Kine Weekly n3244 13 Dec 1969 Page: 8
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3244 13 Dec 1969: no known title]Language: English
Author: O'DELL, Denis Pages: 220 p.
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Dates: 1969 (Copyright), 12 December 1969 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Joseph McGrath
Synopsis: Comedy about an original and very rich man, Sir Guy Grand, who adopts a drop-out youth as his son and heir, and dispenses his money in a variety of eccentric ways to prove that everyone has his price.
Genre: Comedy
Credits
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©/Filmed... by: Grand Films Limited, Released by: Commonwealth United Entertainment, Executive Producer: Henry T. Weinstein, Executive Producer: Anthony B. Unger, Produced by: Denis O'Dell, Production Manager: Victor Peck, Location Manager: David Griffith, Production Secretary: Gladys Pearce, Assistant Production Secretary, NY: Louise Stein, [1st] Assistant Director: Roger Simons, 2nd Assistant Director: Ray Freeborn, 3rd Assistant Director: Raymond Becket, Continuity: Maggie Unsworth, Casting Director: John Merrick, Screenplay by: Terry Southern, Screenplay by: Joseph Mcgrath, Additional Material by: Graham Chapman, Additional Material by: John Cleese, Peter Sellers, From the novel by: Terry Southern, Photographed by: Geoffrey Unsworth, Camera Operator: Peter MacDonald, Follow Focus Cameraman: John Campbell, Clapper Loader: Cedric James, Camera Maintenance Engineer: Peter Saddington, Stills Photographer: John Young, Visual Special Effects: Wally Veevers, Animation: Richard Williams Studio, Editor: Kevin Connor, 1st Assistant Editor: Rita Burgess, 2nd Assistant Editor: Amanda Palmer, Production Designer: Assheton Gorton, Art Director: George Djurkovic, Assistant Art Director: Roger King, Set Dresser: Peta Button, Draughtsperson: George Lack, Scenic Artist: Peter Woods, Property Master: Alfred Pegley, Costume Designer: Vangie Harrison, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Hairdressing: Joyce James, Film Laboratory: Technicolor, Film Laboratory Contact: Stu Brown, Stills Laboratory: Gerry Butler, Music Composed and Conducted by: Ken Thorne, 'Come and Get It' Written by: Paul McCartney, Choreography: Lionel Blair, Sound Mixer: Peter Sutton, Sound Camera Operator: Ken Reynolds, Boom Operator: David Badger, Sound Maintenance Engineer: Brian Hunter, Dubbing Mixer: Gerry Humphreys, Assistant Dubbing Mixer: Robin O'Donoghue, Sound Editor: Brian Holland, 1st Assistant Sound Editor: Peter Burgess, Sound Effects Mixer: David Maiden, Sound Recording: RCA Sound System, Production Publicist: Tony Tweedale, Filmed on location and at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast
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Peter Sellers (Sir Guy Grand), Ringo Starr (Youngman Grand), Isabel Jeans (Dame Agnes Grand, Guy's sister), Caroline Blakiston (Hon Esther Grand, Guy's sister), Wilfrid Hyde White (Captain Reginald K. Klaus), Richard Attenborough (Oxford coach), Laurence Harvey (Hamlet), Leonard Frey (Laurence Faggot, passenger on ship), Christopher Lee (ship's vampire), Spike Milligan (traffic warden 27), Roman Polanski (solitary drinker), Raquel Welch (priestess of the whip), Tom Boyle (My Man Jeff), Victor Maddern (hot dog vendor), Terence Alexander (mad major), Peter Bayliss (pompous toff), Joan Benham (socialite in Sotheby's), Patrick Cargill (auctioneer), John Cleese (Mr Dougdale, director in Sotheby's), Clive Dunn (sommelier), Fred Emney (Fitzgibbon), Kenneth Fortescue (snob in Sotheby's), Patrick Holt (duke in Sotheby's), David Hutcheson (Lord Barry), Hattie Jacques (Ginger Horton), Jeremy Lloyd (Lord Hampton), David Lodge (ship's guide), Ferdy Mayne (Edouard of Chez Edouard), Dennis Price (Winthrop), Robert Raglan (Maltravers), Graham Stark (waiter at Chez Edouard), Graham Chapman ([Oxford stroke]), Freddie Earlle ([Sol]), Peter Graves ([interested lord at ship's bar]), John Le Mesurier ([Sir John]), Guy Middleton ([Duke of Mantisbriar]), Peter Myers ([Lord Kilgallon]), Leon Thau ([engine room toff]), Frank Thornton ([police inspector]), Michael Trubshawe ([Sir Lionel]), Edward Underdown ([Prince Henry]), Michael Aspel ([Michael Aspel, television commentator]), Michael Barratt, Harry Carpenter, W. Barrington Dalby, John Snagge ([television commentator]), Alan Whicker ([Alan Whicker, television commentator]), Yul Brynner ([transvestite singer]), Freddie Earlle ([])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Sight and Sound v15 n10 October 2005 Page: 104Title: Surfeit of StanleyAuthor: MCGRATH, Joe Article type: LetterLanguage: English
Description: Letter in response to a query by Peter Richards (Sight & Sound, September 2005, p.96), confirming that Stanley Kubrick did not appear in the film The MAGIC CHRISTIAN.
In: Films in Review v40 n8/9 Aug/Sep 1989 Pages: 405-413
Title: [Films in Review - v40 n8/9 Aug/Sep 1989: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Fourth and final part of look at the British film invasion of the USA of the 1960s; substantial critique of this film.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v37 n433 February 1970 Pages: 27-28
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v37 n433 February 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v16 n4 January 1970 Page: 43
Title: [Films and Filming - v16 n4 January 1970: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9643 3 Mar 1969 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9643 3 Mar 1969: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Kine Weekly n3203 1 Mar 1969 Page: 16
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3203 1 Mar 1969: no known title]Language: English
Description: On the production.
In: Today's Cinema n9761 12 Dec 1969 Page: 4
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9761 12 Dec 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 17 Dec 1969 Page: 24,26
Title: [Variety - 17 Dec 1969: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v205 n10 14 Mar 1969 Page: 12
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v205 n10 14 Mar 1969: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Kine Weekly n3244 13 Dec 1969 Page: 8
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3244 13 Dec 1969: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: At the Apple's core: the Beatles from the insideAuthor: O'DELL, Denis Pages: 220 p.
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