The Magic Christian (1969) | |
| Director(s) | Joseph McGrath |
| Producer(s) | Anthony B. Unger (executive), Henry T. Weinstein (executive) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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The Magic Christian (1969) was a Comedy - Film Adaptation Film directed by Joseph McGrath and produced by Henry T. Weinstein and Anthony B. Unger.
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Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE:
[voiceover, as a £10 note appears onscreen] Ladies and gentlemen, this is what is commonly known as money. It comes in all sizes, colours, and denominations - like people. We'll be using quite a bit of it in the next two hours... luckily I have enough for ALL of us.
Traffic warden #27: What's your game, Mister?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [riffling a wad of bills under the warden's nose, to persuade him to eat a parking ticket] Grand is the name, and, uh - money is the game. Would you care to play?
Youngman Grand, Esq.: You're certainly puttin' everybody on today, Dad.
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: Well, you know, Youngman, sometimes it's not enough merely to teach. One has to punish as well. A little bit of the old pause.
Youngman Grand, Esq.: Cause for pause?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: Yes.
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Traffic warden #27: What's your game, Mister?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [riffling a wad of bills under the warden's nose, to persuade him to eat a parking ticket] Grand is the name, and, uh - money is the game. Would you care to play?
Youngman Grand, Esq.: You're certainly puttin' everybody on today, Dad.
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: Well, you know, Youngman, sometimes it's not enough merely to teach. One has to punish as well. A little bit of the old pause.
Youngman Grand, Esq.: Cause for pause?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: Yes.
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During the filming of scenes with the topless "slave" girls rowing the ship, the actors kept deliberately flubbing their lines just so they could watch the girls.
Grand refers disparagingly to prospective "Magic Christian" passengers Simon and Deborah Devonshire as being "hardly Burke's"; a reference to "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage", an authoritative genealogy guide to British blue-blood families.
Many of the Central London exterior and building shots were filmed in and around Westminster School, London.
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Grand refers disparagingly to prospective "Magic Christian" passengers Simon and Deborah Devonshire as being "hardly Burke's"; a reference to "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage", an authoritative genealogy guide to British blue-blood families.
Many of the Central London exterior and building shots were filmed in and around Westminster School, London.
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