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The Magician Loyal user Liverpool 267 Posts |
If anyone has seen this documentary The War Magician with Jasper Maskelyne there is a book out about it and you can get it from here
CLICK HERE
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Reis O'Brien Inner circle Seattle, WA 2467 Posts |
Ahhhhhhhh... so they are finally re-releasing it! I tried to find it for ages but it was out of print. I guess having a major motion picture made based on it is just the thing to make those publishers fire up the old press again. Good news!
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ivan7 Regular user 146 Posts |
What's this about a major motion picture?
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redstreak Inner circle A.K.A David Kong 1368 Posts |
Does anyone have some info on the movie? A website?
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JEFFC New user RI 70 Posts |
I did a google search and found most info on the movie to be from 2001. I wonder if it is still being made.
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Reis O'Brien Inner circle Seattle, WA 2467 Posts |
From what I have heard, reading a magazine article about Tom Cruise, he is apparently in pre-production on the film. Whatever that can mean. Many films never make it past this point.
Wait, sorry... my mistake. It wasn't in a magazine. It was mentioned on Access Hollywood the other night. Sorry. |
eddieloughran Special user 942 Posts |
It looks as though this is the book of the film rather than the book on which the documentary was based.
That book was published under Maskelyne name but I'm not sure of its name, I think it was the War Magician as well. Eddie |
constantine Regular user Memphi, on the Mighty Muddy 189 Posts |
There were two books,"the War Magician", and another book several years later. I don"t have the name of the second book.Reviews at the time said it was a rehash of the first book.
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bishthemagish Inner circle 6013 Posts |
I read the book "the war magician" years ago and it is a very good read. I hope it does become a movie...
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MarkFarrar Veteran user U.S.A. 376 Posts |
I too enjoyed the book, although I seem to recall that somebody once told me that it had been written with the intention of it being turned into a film at some stage and therefore contained some "artistic licence". I don't know whether this is true or not.
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Chrystal Inner circle Canada/France 1552 Posts |
Hi,
There was a thread discussed on this very topic back in Nov 2003 in the General Magic Section, under the title - Did You Hear The Latest. For those of you interested it's on page 2, aprox the middle of the page or you could a search. The thread was titled Tom Cruise to play Maskelyne .... and gave a link to a site which discussed the possibly making of this movie. I hope so I'd love to see a film about Maskelyne or read the book someday. For those of you not familiar with the story is was during the war that Maskelyne the magician fooled a Natzi attack by hiding a town..interesting stuff! |
nakulshenoy New user Bangalore, India 91 Posts |
From what I heard last, this movie was dropped...
Any leads on this? Is Tom Cruise going to bring Maskelene to life on Celluloid or not? |
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