The Magic Christian Page #8

Synopsis: Sir Guy Grand adopts homeless bum Youngman to be heir to his obscene wealth, and immediately begins bringing him into the intricacies of the family business, which is to prey upon people's greed by use of the vast holdings of the Grand empire. They leave no stone unturned as sporting events, restaurants, art galleries, and traditional pheasant hunts turn into lurid displays of bad manners and profiteering. Things climax at the social event of the season, the inaugural voyage of the new pleasure cruiser The Magic Christian.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Joseph McGrath
Production: Commonwealth United Entertaime
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
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Year:
1969
92 min
560 Views


In, out.

[groaning]

In, out!

[groaning continues]

In, out. In--

During my reign as

priestess of the whip,

I've never seen such

unmitigated sloth.

- My god! What's going on here?

- J'accuse!

How dare this intrusion?

Who are these people?

- Oh, these are me mates.

- Out! Out!

[groans]

Oh, I say!

Do that again.

Out!

Out! Out of my galley!

[roaring]

[laughs] Everything's shipshape.

[indistinct]

[growling]

Abandon ship!

What channel's that thing?

I really can't imagine.

All this violence.

Oh, really, Guy.

Eh? Huh?

One of the classics

of yesteryear, is it?

You can say what you like, Agnes, but

when it comes to family entertainment,

The old Hollywood moguls can

still show us a thing or two.

[man over P.A.] This is the new

captain speaking. Now hear this.

Here, get a dolly! Thank god,

we've arrived! It's new york!

Well, look!

Look, it's tower bridge!

It's bloody tower bridge!

Christ!

We haven't gone anywhere!

We spent the last 48 hours

in the goddamn warehouse!

[Guy on bullhorn]

now getting it ready for you.

Now getting it ready for you!

Not yet ready for you!

Won't be long though!

Now getting it ready.

Come back later.

Nearly ready.

Almost ready for you.

Any time now.

Not long now for free money.

- [Guy] Free money.

- Don't rush the stairway.

[Guy] Here, very soon.

And it's free!

Remember that! Free money!

Costs you nothing!

Arriving now! Arriving now!

Sir Guy Grant?

Grand. Yes. Yes.

This your order then?

Let's have a look.

Is this right, son?

Uh, 100 gallons of blood.

Two hundred gallons of urine.

Five hundred cubic feet

of animal manure. Yeah.

Where do you want it put?

Put it in the vat.

Put it in that, fred.

call out the instigators

because there's

something in the air

we've got to get together

sooner or later

because

the revolution's here

and you know it's right

[coughing]

and you know

that it's right

we have got

to get it together

we have got

to get it together

now

close up the streets

and houses

because there's

something in the air

we've got to get together

sooner or later

because

the revolution's here

and you know it's right

and you know

that it's right

we have got

to get it together

we have got to

get it together

now

What do you think of it, dad?

Very good, indeed. A bit literal,

I suppose, if one goes into it.

And they're

certainly going to.

hand out

the arms and ammo

we're gonna blast

our way through here

we got to get together

sooner or later

You're quite right, Youngman.

There must be

a simpler way.

This is it.

Well, let's give it a try.

Hear! Hear! Hear!

What's going on?

Oi! Come on! Come on here!

You can't do that, you can't.

It's against park regulations!

Sod the regulations. You can

keep here any night you like.

Good night, gents.

if you want it

here it is

come and get it

make your mind up fast

if you want it

anytime I can give it

but you better hurry

'cause it may not last

did I hear you say

that there must be a catch

will you walk away

from a fool and his money

if you want it

here it is

come and get it

but you better hurry

'cause it's going fast

if you want it

here it is

come and get it

make your mind up fast

if you want it

anytime I can give it

but you better hurry

'cause it may not last

did I hear you say

that there must be a catch

will you walk away

from a fool and his money

sonny, if you want it

here it is

come and get it

but you better hurry

'cause it's going fast

you better hurry

'cause it's going fast

you better hurry

'cause it's going

fast

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Terry Southern

Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village, Southern was also at the center of Swinging London in the 1960s and helped to change the style and substance of American films in the 1970s. He briefly wrote for Saturday Night Live in the 1980s. Southern's dark and often absurdist style of satire helped to define the sensibilities of several generations of writers, readers, directors and film goers. He is credited by journalist Tom Wolfe as having invented New Journalism with the publication of "Twirling at Ole Miss" in Esquire in February 1963. Southern's reputation was established with the publication of his comic novels Candy and The Magic Christian and through his gift for writing memorable film dialogue as evident in Dr. Strangelove, The Loved One, The Cincinnati Kid, and The Magic Christian. His work on Easy Rider helped create the independent film movement of the 1970s. more…

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