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The Magic Christian (1969)

The Magic Christian (1969)
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This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his Hamlet soliloquy with a striptease. A vile cesspool of excrement is seeded with cash and the money-hungry dive right in. Wilfred Hyde White is the drunken captain, Yul Brynner is uncredited in his performance as a chanteuse transvestite, and John Cleese is the director of Sotheby's auction house. Roman Polanski, Richard Attenborough and Raquel Welch also appear in this offbeat comedy. Paul McCartney wrote and produced "Come and Get It," the first international hit from the power-pop group Badfinger. John "Speedy" Keene wrote "Something In The Air" and performed the track with his group Thunderclap Newman. Sellers, Cleese, Graham Chapman and Terry Southern co-authored the screenplay taken from Southern's novel. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

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Starring:
Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, (more)
Director(s):
Joseph McGrath
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of The Magic Christian

This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his Hamlet soliloquy with a striptease. A vile cesspool of excrement is seeded with cash and the money-hungry dive right in. Wilfred Hyde White is the drunken captain, Yul Brynner is uncredited in his performance as a chanteuse transvestite, and John Cleese is the director of Sotheby's auction house. Roman Polanski, Richard Attenborough and Raquel Welch also appear in this offbeat comedy. Paul McCartney wrote and produced "Come and Get It," the first international hit from the power-pop group Badfinger. John "Speedy" Keene wrote "Something In The Air" and performed the track with his group Thunderclap Newman. Sellers, Cleese, Graham Chapman and Terry Southern co-authored the screenplay taken from Southern's novel. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
101 mins

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Director(s):
Joseph McGrath
Writer(s):
John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Peter Sellers
Producer(s):
Anthony B. Unger, Henry T. Weinstein, Denis O'Dell
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG(Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Adult Humor)
Categories:
Comedy
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    Robert Z.

    Remembered this movie as much better 20 years ago, some excellent scenes with Peter Seller and Ringo. SLow at times and a bit overdone.

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    John H.

    This very average dark comedy is worth at least one viewing. Magic Christain is a disappointment given the number of very talented individuals who were involved with it. The movie is interesting in the fact that it launched the career of the music combo "Badfinger". Paul McCartney discovered this Welsh group and wrote their first hit "Come and Get It" which is heard throughout the film.

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    Vincent M.

    Hey, this movie was very dissapointing, the only good part was the tune Come and Get it by paul.... It sounds snobbish but I couldnt even watch the whole thing, despite loving sellers, and starr..

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