Rough Magic (1995)

Name: Rough Magic
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 1995-09-07
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent, D.W. Moffett, Kenneth Mars

Rough Magic (1995), directed by Clare Peploe, starring Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe.

09/07/1995 BR Comedy, Drama, Fantasy and Romance 1h 40m

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In the world of magic, the hand is quicker than the eye and love is the wild card.

Synopsis

In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her the ancient principles of magic.

John J. CampbellCinematography
Clare PeploeDirector, Screenplay
Suzanne FennEditing
Declan BaldwinProducer

About the film

Rough Magic is a 1995 comedy film directed by Clare Peploe, starring Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe. The screenplay was written by Robert Mundi, William Brookfield, and Clare Peploe. Rough Magic is based on the 1944 novel Miss Shumway Waves a Wand by British novelist James Hadley Chase, which had previously been adapted as the 1962 French-Argentine film Une blonde comme ça.

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Cast

Bridget Fonda as Myra Shumway

Russell Crowe as Alex Ross

Jim Broadbent as Doc Ansell

Kenneth Mars as Magician

D. W. Moffett as Cliff Wyatt

Paul Rodriguez as Diego

Production

Filming locations in Michoacán, Mexico; Tikal, Guatemala; and Los Angeles, United States.

Release

The film was released in France on August 30, 1995 and in the United States on May 30, 1997.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 25% of 8 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.6/10.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 2 stars, writing:Peploe, who is married to Bernardo Bertolucci, co-wrote his Luna (1979) and Antonioni's Zabriskie Point (1970), and has directed one previous feature, High Season (1987), an engagingly goofy comedy set on a Greek island and involving tourists and spies. Nothing she has done before is anything like Rough Magic, which seems to be a visitor from a parallel timeline: If film noir had developed in South America instead of California, maybe we would have seen more films like this.

Apart from anything else, the movie is wonderful to look at. It's a cliche to talk about great visuals, since if you point a camera in the right direction you can make almost anything look good. But John J. Campbell and Peploe create painterly compositions with rich Mexican colors, and there are landscape shots and atmospheric effects here that are astonishing.

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External links

Rough Magic at IMDb

Text from Rough Magic on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Magic

Trivia

It grossed US$ 247.202 worldwide.
It premiered on September 7, 1995, a Thursday.
It runs 1h40 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosUGC, Recorded Picture Company
CountriesUnited Kingdom, France
LanguagesEnglish
Box officeUS$ 247,202
StatusReleased

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John J. Campbell Cinematography
Clare Peploe Director
Suzanne Fenn Editing
Declan Baldwin Producer
Laurie Parker Producer
Clare Peploe Screenplay
Robert Mundi Screenplay
William Brookfield Screenplay

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What is Rough Magic about?

Rough Magic: In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her the ancient principles of magic.

Who directed Rough Magic?

Rough Magic was directed by Clare Peploe in 1995.

Who stars in Rough Magic?

The cast of Rough Magic includes Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent, D.W. Moffett and Kenneth Mars.

How long is Rough Magic?

Rough Magic runs for 100 minutes, or 1h40.