Magic

Anthony Hopkins is superb in Richard Attenborough’s uncharacteristically dark tale of a ventriloquist whose doll might just have a life of its own.

  • Director

    Richard Attenborough

  • With

    Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Ed Lauter

  • UK 1978. 107min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

An entertainer struggling with his mental health finds success with a ventriloquist act. But just as he’s about to sign up for his own TV show, he suffers a personal crisis. He escapes to an isolated location in the Catskill Mountains with Fats, his doll. There, he becomes involved with a married woman – an act that gives both her husband and Fats cause for concern. Attenborough’s sinister thriller provides a great showcase for this small ensemble, not to mention Fats – one of cinema’s most insidious puppets.