Magic in the Moonlight

Starring: Stone, Emma and Firth, Colin

Set in the 1920s on the opulent Riviera in the south of France, Woody Allen's MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT is a romantic comedy about a master magician (Colin Firth) trying to expose a psychic medium (Emma Stone) as a fake. Chinese conjuror Wei Ling Soo is the most celebrated magician of his age, but few know that he is the stage persona of Stanley Crawford (Firth), a grouchy and arrogant Englishman with a sky-high opinion of himself and an aversion to phony spiritualists' claims that they can perform real magic. Persuaded by his life-long friend, Howard Burkan (Simon McBurney), Stanley goes on a mission to the Cote d'Azur mansion of the Catledge family: mother Grace (Jacki Weaver), son Brice (Hamish Linklater), and daughter Caroline (Erica Leerhsen). He presents himself as a businessman named Stanley Taplinger in order to debunk the alluring young clairvoyant Sophie Baker (Stone) who is staying there with her mother (Marcia Gay Harden). Sophie arrived at the Catledge villa at the invitation of Grace, who is convinced that Sophie can help her contact her late husband, and once there, attracted the attention of Brice, who has fallen for her head over heels. From his very first meeting with Sophie, Stanley dismisses her as an insignificant pip-squeak who he can unmask in no time, scoffing at the family's gullibility. To his great surprise and discomfort, however, Sophie accomplishes numerous feats of mind-reading and other supernatural deeds that defy all rational explanation, leaving him dumbfounded. Before long, Stanley confesses to his beloved Aunt Vanessa (Eileen Atkins) that he has begun to wonder whether Sophie's powers could actually be real. If they were to be true, Stanley realizes that anything might be possible, even good, and his entire belief system would come crashing down.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396445758
• Release Date: February 2016
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Ent
• Director: Allen, Woody
• Starring: Stone, Emma, Firth, Colin
• Runtime: 1 hour, 37 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

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A well-composed movie with a not-new but uniquely acted story of Stanly (Colin Firth), who is a great magician, is challenged by his best friend, who is also a magician, to debunk a psychic (Emma Stone) that is debunkable. In the process, Stanly may fall in love, which may complicate things a bit. The scenery is beautiful. It says it was filmed in France, but if you didn't know, you'd think it was set in California. A few scenes with close-ups of Colin would make you think he's talking to himself, other than to the other person. Worth the music alone. I’ll have to look for the soundtrack. “You Do Something to Me” was composed by Cole Porter. “Part 1 - The Adoration of the Earth” from “The Rite of Spring” composed by Igor Stravinsky “Bolero” composed by Maurice Ravel “II. Molto Vivance” from “Symphony No. 9 in D Minor” composed by Ludwig van Beethoven “It’s All a Swindle” (“Alles Schwindel”) was composed by Mischa Spoliansky and Marcellos Schiffer. “Moritat” composed by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” was composed by Joseph A. Ager and Jack Yellen “Thou Swell” composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” was composed by Harry Carroll and Joseph McCarthy “Sorry” composed by Raymond Klages “The Sheik of Araby” composed by Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler, and Todd Snider “Who” was composed by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbauch, and Jerome Kern “Chinatown, my Chinatown” composed by William Jerome and Jean Swartz “Remember Me” composed by Sonny Miller “Charleston” composed by James P. Johnson and R. C. McPherson “Sweet Georgia Brown” Composed by Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, and Marco Pinkard “You Call It Madness (but I Call It Love)” was composed by Con Conrad, Gladys DuBois, Russ Colombo, and Paul Gregory “At The Jazz Band Ball “was composed by Larry Shields, Anthony S Barbaro, D. James LaRocca, and Edwin B. Edwards. “It All Depends on You” was composed by Lew Brown, B. G. DeSylva, and Ray Henderson. “I’ll Get by (As Long as I Have You)” was composed by Fred E. Albert and Roy Turk.