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Movie Details

Original Title Magic
Original Language EN
Budget $7,000,000
Status Released
Popularity 0.8

Cast

Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Corky Withers / Fats (voice)
Popularity: 4.4
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret
Peggy Ann Snow
Popularity: 1.3
Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith
Ben Greene
Popularity: 2.0
Ed Lauter
Ed Lauter
Duke
Popularity: 1.5
E.J. André
E.J. André
Merlin
Popularity: 2.5
Jerry Houser
Jerry Houser
Cab Driver
Popularity: 4.8
David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers
George Todson
Popularity: 5.1
Lillian Randolph
Lillian Randolph
Sadie
Popularity: 1.8
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Joe Lowry
Club M.C.
Popularity: 0.6
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Robert Hackman
Father
Popularity: 1.3
Mary Munday
Mary Munday
Mother
Popularity: 2.0

Key Crew

Director Richard Attenborough
Screenplay William Goldman
Producer Joseph E. Levine, Richard P. Levine
Executive Producer C.O. Erickson
Editor John Bloom

Production

Joseph E. Levine Productions
20th Century Fox
US

Videos & Trailers

Magic (1978) - Trailer
Magic (1978) - Trailer
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Magic (1978) - Trailer
Magic (1978) - Trailer
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Magic - 1978 Trailer
Magic - 1978 Trailer
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Keywords

based on novel or book magic telepathy 1970s alter ego ventriloquist evil doll dead body madness split personality high school sweetheart ventriloquist's dummy ventriloquism magician psychological horror

Reviews from TMDB

Cat Ellington
Feb 15, 2017

'We're gonna be star-arrrs.' — "Fats" It had been two weeks after seeing Phantasm that my family's weekly "Movie Date Night" continued on with the next film treat on our list: Magic, the Richard Attenborough directed psychological horror, in which the now legendary Anthony Hopkins stars as Cha ... Read more

Wuchak 7/10
May 13, 2024

**_Anthony Hopkins as a schizophrenic magician and Ann-Margret the woman he loves_** A shy man finds success as a ventriloquist with his dummy “Fats,” but vacations in his hometown in the Catskills where he seeks to reunite with a high school friend. As his agent tries to find him, the woman' ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10
Jun 29, 2025

After a distinctly rocky solo start, “Corky” (Anthony Hopkins) has become quite a celebrated ventriloquist but that fame with “Fats” has come at a price. Indeed, it’s not always clear who has their hand up whom? In order to take a breather from all this lucrative adulation, and despite the ... Read more

Rating
6.8
/10

Based on 292 votes

Details
Release Date November 8, 1978
Runtime 1h 47m
Budget $7,000,000
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.8
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