The Magic Christian

[Hornisse]

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)

[OldManC]

Being a Beatle fan, I've heard about this film for years but I never knew... That was GREAT!

[Dave W]

I though the movie was strange...

Understatement of the year. 

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

[Pilgrim]

I vaguely remember it..Biting satire, very much a movie of its decade.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

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

[TBird1958]

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.

[uwe]

Always liked Brynner as an actor. Went way too early.

[TBird1958]

He had such a beautiful skull 

[Hornisse]

Wasn't a bad looking blond either!   

[Dave W]

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.

[Highlander]

Haven't seen the movie in years... used to really like Badfinger...

[Denis]

I can't watch that clip with a straight face knowing that underneath that blonde wig is a totally bald Mongkut.

[Dave W]

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.

[TBird1958]

"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.

[Highlander]

.. and one of my all time fave scenes too...