Rough Magic
Updated June 26, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Director: | Clare Peploe |
| Writers: | Robert Mundy, William Brookfield and Clare Peploe |
| Director of Photography: | John J. Campbell |
| Editor: | Suzanne Fenn |
| Music: | Richard Hartley |
| Production Designer: | Waldemar Kalinowski |
| Producers: | Laurie Parker and Declan Baldwin |
| Rysher Entertainment and Goldwyn Entertainment Company; PG-13; 104 minutes | |
| Release: | 6/97 |
| Cast: | Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent, D.W. Moffett, Kenneth Mars, Paul Rodriguez and Euva Anderson |
| Based on James Hadley Chase's novel Miss Shumway Waves a Wand |
Peploe deserves credit for trying to assemble a film noir/romantic comedy with a bit of magical realism thrown into the mix. Think of Coen brothers turned New Agers on acid. Myra's (Fonda) rich, Howard Hughes-like fiancé, Cliff (Moffett), shoots her magician boss (Mars). Myra captures the incident on film and takes off to Mexico, where she pursues a Mayan drug that will give her magical power. Cliff hires journalist Ross (Crowe), to find Myra, but instead of bringing her home, Ross joins her odyssey.
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