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Title: The Magic Christian
Post by: Hornisse on February 20, 2010, 07:53:30 PM
I saw this movie recently (finally) just to see this scene with the singer who is played by Yul Brynner.  I though the movie was strange but this part was priceless! (especially the very end)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrwKDoeCck4
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: OldManC on February 20, 2010, 08:48:33 PM
Being a Beatle fan, I've heard about this film for years but I never knew... That was GREAT!
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Dave W on February 20, 2010, 09:24:41 PM
I though the movie was strange...

Understatement of the year.  :)

Everybody has their price. Will you walk away from a fool and his money?

Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Pilgrim on February 20, 2010, 11:19:59 PM
I vaguely remember it..Biting satire, very much a movie of its decade.
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on February 21, 2010, 12:33:57 AM
LOVED The Magic Christian when I took a girlfriend to see it when we were in high school.
Ringo's character gets adopted by filthy rich Peter Sellers' character & as they enter the humble abode together for the first time, the maids & butlers are all lined up with one on each stair of a huge spiral staircase singing their last name (whatever it was) & PS tells his son:
"They've been practicing."

Ha ha haaa

Raquel is AWESOME in it tooo
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: TBird1958 on February 21, 2010, 12:37:57 AM


 Whoa that's fun!

The interior of the bar was the inspiration for one of Seattle most famous gay bars The Manray. Right out of The Jetsons........Awesome, I'll have to watch it.
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: uwe on February 21, 2010, 07:26:10 AM
Always liked Brynner as an actor. Went way too early.
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: TBird1958 on February 21, 2010, 09:29:38 AM


 He had such a beautiful skull  ;D
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Hornisse on February 21, 2010, 11:19:55 AM
Wasn't a bad looking blond either!   ;D
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Dave W on February 21, 2010, 01:14:53 PM
IIRC there were quite a few celebrity cameos in the film.

The movie was based on a book by Terry Southern written in the late 50s. But in the book, Guy Grand was an American and it was set in the US. Terry Southern did the screenplay and it does follow the book otherwise. The movie was panned as being disjointed, but that's the way the book was too, a series of scenes instead of some grand (pardon the pun) plot.

If you don't know Terry Southern, he wrote or co-wrote some famous screenplays including co-writing Dr. Strangelove.
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Highlander on February 21, 2010, 03:46:00 PM
Haven't seen the movie in years... used to really like Badfinger...
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Denis on February 22, 2010, 01:11:22 PM
I can't watch that clip with a straight face knowing that underneath that blonde wig is a totally bald Mongkut.
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Dave W on February 22, 2010, 05:20:51 PM
Back in the day, the most talked-about scene was the one with the people diving into the giant heated vat filled with, errm, animal manure, urine and blood -- and ten thousand $100 bills.
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: TBird1958 on February 22, 2010, 07:39:17 PM


 "If you don't know Terry Southern, he wrote or co-wrote some famous screenplays including co-writing Dr. Strangelove."

Ahh.........One of my most fav movies ever.


(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/Nikki%20Sixx/strangelove.gif)
Title: Re: The Magic Christian
Post by: Highlander on February 26, 2010, 04:49:11 PM
.. and one of my all time fave scenes too...  ;D