September 8, WPFS presents THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN (1969) upstairs at Stoney’s on P (1433 P St NW, Washington, DC), trailer:
WPFS can be bought cheap
• 6:30pm: Short Films & Videos
• 7pm: THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN (1969, UK, 92m)
Directed by
JOSEPH MCGRATH (Casino Real)
Screenplay by
TERRY SOUTHERN (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider, Barbarella, The Loved One, Candy)
and JOSEPH MCGRATH
Based on the novel “The Magic Christian” by
TERRY SOUTHERN
Additional material by
GRAHAM CHAPMAN
JOHN CLEESE
and PETER SELLERS
Richest-man-in-the-world PETER SELLERS (Dr. Strangelove, The Pink Panther, Being There) adopts homeless boy RINGO STARR (Beatle). Together, they set out to prove that anyone–and anything–can be bought with money. Bad manners and profiteering abound. No, this is not a documentary.
Also featuring RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH (Jurassic Park, The Great Escape), WILFRID HYDE-WHITE (My Fair Lady), CHRISTOPHER LEE (Horror of Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, The Man with the Golden Gun), ROMAN POLANSKI (director of Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, The Pianist), RACHEL WELCH (One Million Years B.C., The Three Musketeers [1973], Fantastic Voyage), JOHN CLEESE (Monty Python's Flying Circus, A Fish Called Wanda, Fawlty Towers), GRAHAM CHAPMAN (Monty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail), and YUL BRYNNER (The Magnificent 7, The Ten Commandments, Westworld, The King and I).
poster:
https://i.imgur.com/O71VR0h.jpg
large poster:
https://i.imgur.com/OtsGAIV.jpg
No Cover. Mature Subject Matter for Immature Adults (Ages 18+).
https://366weirdmovies.com/list-candidate-the-magic-christian-1969/
https://psychotroniccinema.com/2017/07/19/blu-ray-review-the-magic-christian/
https://scopophiliamovieblog.com/2021/07/25/the-magic-christian-1969/
https://www.mondo-digital.com/christian.html
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheMagicChristian
https://slate.com/culture/2019/07/magic-christian-terry-southern-bachelder.html
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