The Magus (film)
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| Directed by | Guy Green |
| Produced by | Jud Kinberg John Kohn |
| Written by | John Fowles |
| Starring | Michael Caine Anthony Quinn Candice Bergen Anna Karina Julian Glover |
| Cinematography | Billy Williams |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | December 10, 1968 |
| Running time | 117 minutes |
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The Magus is a 1968 film directed by Guy Green. Screenplay by John Fowles, based on his novel of the same name. Starring Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen and Anna Karina
[edit] Plot Summary
Michael Caine stars as Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who has taken a teaching position on the Greek island of Phraxos following the previous instructor's suicide. For Nicholas it is a chance for different surroundings, and it is also an attempt to escape his relationship with his emotionally unstable lover, Anne (Karina).
At first Nicholas' life on Phraxos is uneventful but peaceful. He soon becomes intrigued by a reclusive man named Maurice Conchis (Quinn) who owns an estate on the island and has a beautiful young woman named Lily (Bergen) as his companion. Immediately upon being introduced to the couple Nicholas' life begins to unravel. He tries to find out who the mysterious Conchis really is, but he continually runs into dead ends.
Is he a psychiatrist? A film producer? A Nazi sympathizer? Or is he a magician who controls the lives and destinies of those around him? Nicholas quickly begins to lose his grip on reality as he sinks further and further into Conchis' game.
[edit] Additional Info
- The film was a critical disaster. Fowles was extremely disappointed with it, despite having written the screenplay himself.
- Fowles has a minor role as a boat captain.
- The film has been released on DVD in the U.S.
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