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Magic Christian

Originaltitel: The Magic Christian
  • 1969
  • 16
  • 1 Std. 32 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
5,8/10
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Raquel Welch, Peter Sellers, and Ringo Starr in Magic Christian (1969)
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Sir Guy Grand, der reichste Mann der Welt, adoptiert einen obdachlosen Jungen, Youngman. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf, um zu beweisen, dass man mit Geld alles und jeden kaufen kann.Sir Guy Grand, der reichste Mann der Welt, adoptiert einen obdachlosen Jungen, Youngman. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf, um zu beweisen, dass man mit Geld alles und jeden kaufen kann.Sir Guy Grand, der reichste Mann der Welt, adoptiert einen obdachlosen Jungen, Youngman. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf, um zu beweisen, dass man mit Geld alles und jeden kaufen kann.

  • Regie
    • Joseph McGrath
  • Drehbuch
    • Terry Southern
    • Joseph McGrath
    • Graham Chapman
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Peter Sellers
    • Ringo Starr
    • Isabel Jeans
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    5,8/10
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    • Regie
      • Joseph McGrath
    • Drehbuch
      • Terry Southern
      • Joseph McGrath
      • Graham Chapman
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Peter Sellers
      • Ringo Starr
      • Isabel Jeans
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    Peter Sellers
    Peter Sellers
    • Sir Guy Grand
    Ringo Starr
    Ringo Starr
    • Youngman Grand
    Isabel Jeans
    Isabel Jeans
    • Dame Agnes Grand
    Caroline Blakiston
    Caroline Blakiston
    • Hon. Esther Grand
    Wilfrid Hyde-White
    Wilfrid Hyde-White
    • Captain Reginald K. Klaus
    • (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
    Richard Attenborough
    Richard Attenborough
    • Oxford Coach
    Leonard Frey
    Leonard Frey
    • Laurence Faggot
    Laurence Harvey
    Laurence Harvey
    • Hamlet
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Ship's Vampire
    Spike Milligan
    Spike Milligan
    • Traffic Warden 27
    Roman Polanski
    Roman Polanski
    • Solitary Drinker
    Raquel Welch
    Raquel Welch
    • Priestess of the Whip
    Tom Boyle
    • My Man Jeff
    Victor Maddern
    Victor Maddern
    • Hot Dog Vendor
    Terence Alexander
    Terence Alexander
    • Mad Major
    Peter Bayliss
    Peter Bayliss
    • Pompous Toff
    Joan Benham
    Joan Benham
    • Socialite in Sotheby's
    Patrick Cargill
    Patrick Cargill
    • Auctioneer at Sotheby's
    • Regie
      • Joseph McGrath
    • Drehbuch
      • Terry Southern
      • Joseph McGrath
      • Graham Chapman
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    9buckbucknumber1

    The pinnacle of British silliness at the movies for an entire decade.

    The pinnacle of British silliness at the movies for an entire decade: The mythical 60's. Mike Meyers could only dream of capturing this time and place with as much fun and style. British entertainment royalty by the truck load including half the Beatles, a decent chunck of Monty Python, Christopher Lee in a cape, and the late great Peter Sellers! Who could ask for more? Well there is always Roman Polanski as an innocent being picked up in a bar by a transvestite (who's identity revelation is the my favorite bit). And of course, who can forget Raquel Welch in her prime, and in a leather mini nothing with a whip. All of this in the context of the movie's namesake--The Love Boat cruise from hell. You will never again think of farm manure without recalling this movie's finale! Check it out.

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    7James_Byrne

    Wonderful 60's satire

    This comedy passed me by when it was released in 1969. I had seen CASINO ROYALE and WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT? and automatically in my subconscious somehow roped this movie in with those two turkeys. I had always avoided it on purpose whenever the movie turned up on TV. The only reason I gave it a go this time was the fact that comedian Paul Merton gave it such a wonderful review on his recent "Paul Merton's Perfect Night In" show on BBC2. I am pleased I finally gave it a go, I actually laughed out loud on a number of occasions and didn't want it to end. I absolutely recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys the 1960's sub-culture. Peter Sellers plays an eccentric millionaire who adopts Ringo Starr, whom he fell in love with, but only in a 'paternal way'. Together they embark on a series of bizarre and degrading tests around London to illustrate the depths to which mankind will sink in pursuit of money: any man has his price and will do literally anything if the price is right. The movie makes less than subtle attacks on the establishment, including the annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race, that very British symbol of earnest endeavour and sportsmanship which is turned into a sea battle when referee Richard Attenborough accepts a bribe. The richest prize in sport, the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, incites a riot when both protagonists actually kiss instead of punching the hell out of each other. The World Champ is played by that great character Nosher Powell, a former heavyweight boxer of the 50's. His challenger is none other than former European Champion Dick Richardson, a real tough guy who fought Ezzard Charles and Ingemar Johansson. This must have been an 'in-joke' by the film's director, having these two real-life hard cases acting as 'puffs'. "The Magic Christian" was a great surprise to me and I strongly recommend it.
    6mfisher452

    Still entertaining after all these years

    After more than 40 years, The Magic Christian still entertains. Its style is very much of the Sixties, but its profoundly cynical message---that anything can be bought, that everyone has his price---is, if anything, more relevant now than in 1969 when the film was released. The star, of course, is Peter Sellers as the obscenely wealthy Sir Guy Grand, who manages to seem almost childlike as he spreads his bounty of cynicism throughout London.

    This is not a great film, or even necessarily a good one, but even second- or third-rate Peter Sellers may be preferable to a lot of first-rate work by others. The childless Sir Guy decides one morning to acquire an heir, so he goes to the park and picks up a homeless man played by Ringo Starr, and adopts him as his son, Youngman Grand. (Ringo actually doesn't have much to do in this film except react to Sellers.) Sir Guy then enlists Youngman in escapades that, in his hands, skewer the stuffed shirts of upper-class London society and turn the most solemn occasions into a carnival of absurdist nihilism. The most extreme comes at the end of the film, where he scatters money into a huge vat of blood, urine and excrement, and then watches as bowler-hatted City of London types wade into it for the money. This scene doesn't quite work. There is an extended sequence aboard a bogus cruise ship called The Magic Christian that tends to try one's patience because it degenerates into a very Sixties psychedelic montage. One moment from this sequence, however, is worth the whole thing: Raquel Welch as the Priestess of the Whip. Dressed as a dominatrix, she never looked more luscious or voluptuous. Film aficionados will appreciate the many old-line British actors who contributed supporting or cameo roles (Spike Milligan, Lawrence Harvey, Richard Attenborough, John Le Mesurier, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Christopher Lee, and others less well known outside the UK) as well as glimpses of younger now-famous faces, especially John Cleese in a hysterically funny scene at Sotheby's. Cleese plays the terminally smarmy, unctuous, patronizing curator Mr. Dougdale, whose supercilious mien is punctured beyond repair by Sir Guy in a scene involving the defacing of a priceless painting. There is a Monty Python skit that looks like it was directly inspired by this scene. This film was shot at about the time of the first season of Monty Python's Flying Circus, and what with the appearance in the film of at least two Pythons that I could identify, there are definitely echoes of Python in it. The other Python was (an uncredited) Graham Chapman as the leader of the Oxford team during the famous Oxford-Cambridge boat race. Watch also for an uncredited Yul Brynner playing a female impersonator who does a sexy torch song. Alert listeners---especially lovers of the classic 1950s BBC radio comedy program the Goon Show---will also notice that Sellers does almost all of the off-screen voices and several voices of characters seen only in long shot, reminiscent of the films of Orson Welles; so if you suddenly think you hear Henry Crun or Major Bloodnok off-screen, it's not your imagination.

    All in all, a solid five or six stars out of ten.
    7kfkdb

    Sellers's so great

    Peter Sellers - a Grand performance! Him playing the harp, and with the hot dog-vendor... just to mention 2 scenes. One of the nuttiest and anti - establishment films I ever saw. (I know there should be an adjective instead of "establishment" but the guidelines do not accept it.) Observe the audience in the auditorium of the "Hamlet" theater. Ringo also makes fun of himself - the nose. It amazed me that Paul McCartney provided a song for it. Also I enjoyed the commentary by John Cleese. It must have been a fizzer when first launched in Britain. Does anybody know how the film was accepted by a German audience (see the arrest-scene of the businessman in the train)? I can recommend this movie to everybody!
    crel74

    British satire at its best

    The Magic Christian is a wonderful piece of film making. It targets fairly & squarely all parts of the establishment and its aim is always true. The main theme of the movie (that everyone has their price) is shown again and again, no more truly than when the Peter Sellars character throws money into a vat of excrement & urine and hordes of "city gents" jump in to retrieve it! I have never seen another film quite like it and although it must be almost 30 years since last my last viewing, its memory is still crystal clear. Sellars, Spike Milligan and Ringo Starr all turn in fine performances and the soundtrack is great featuring Something in the Air and Come & Get It. Make sure you see this film; its message is even more pertinent today than when it was made.

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    • Wissenswertes
      After watching rushes from the first day of filming, Peter Sellers leapt to his feet and said "Thank God we caught it in time!" He felt his performance was so bad that the movie should be cancelled. He was eventually persuaded to continue.
    • Patzer
      When the flock of birds flies into the air at the grouse shoot, the hand of the person releasing them is visible at the bottom of the screen.
    • Zitate

      Youngman Grand, Esq.: Dad, do you think words corrupt?

      Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: I don't know, let's try. Agnes?

      Dame Agnes Grand: [looks up from the television] Yes?

      Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: Nipple.

      Dame Agnes Grand: Shh!

      [turns back to the television]

      Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [watches her a moment] Well, there's no immediate physical change.

    • Alternative Versionen
      Also released in shortened (75 min. and 88 min.) versions.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in One Pair of Eyes: Marty Feldman: No, But Seriously... (1969)
    • Soundtracks
      Come and Get It
      Written by Paul McCartney

      Recorded by Badfinger (as Bad Finger)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 4. September 1970 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • The Magic Christian
    • Drehorte
      • Putney, London, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Grand Films Limited
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      • 1 Std. 32 Min.(92 min)
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