The Magic Christian

1969
A
1h 32m

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Raquel Welch, Peter Sellers, and Ringo Starr in The Magic Christian (1969)

The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".

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Trivia
After watching rushes from the first day of filming, Peter Sellers leapt to his feet and said "Thank God we caught it in time!" He felt his performance was so bad that the movie should be cancelled. He was eventually persuaded to continue.

Goofs
When the flock of birds flies into the air at the grouse shoot, the hand of the person releasing them is visible at the bottom of the screen.

Quotes
Youngman Grand, Esq.: Dad, do you think words corrupt?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: I don't know, let's try. Agnes?
Dame Agnes Grand: [looks up from the television] Yes?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: Nipple.
Dame Agnes Grand: Shh!
[turns back to the television]
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [watches her a moment] Well, there's no immediate physical change.

Alternate versions
Also released in shortened (75 min. and 88 min.) versions.

Connections
Featured in One Pair of Eyes: Marty Feldman: No, But Seriously... (1969)

Soundtracks
Come and Get It
Written by Paul McCartney
Recorded by Badfinger (as Bad Finger)

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7/10

Sellers's so great

Peter Sellers - a Grand performance! Him playing the harp, and with the hot dog-vendor... just to mention 2 scenes. One of the nuttiest and anti - establishment films I ever saw. (I know there should be an adjective instead of "establishment" but the guidelines do not accept it.) Observe the audience in the auditorium of the "Hamlet" theater. Ringo also makes fun of himself - the nose. It amazed me that Paul McCartney provided a song for it. Also I enjoyed the commentary by John Cleese. It must have been a fizzer when first launched in Britain. Does anybody know how the film was accepted by a German audience (see the arrest-scene of the businessman in the train)? I can recommend this movie to everybody!