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The Magic Christian Overview:

The Magic Christian (1969) was a Comedy - Film Adaptation Film directed by Joseph McGrath and produced by Henry T. Weinstein and Anthony B. Unger.

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Hamlet: [Laurence Harvey, onstage] "To be..."
Youngman Grand, Esq.: [loud enough to be heard, turning to Sir Guy] I've seen it.
Hamlet: "Or not to be... that is the question."
Youngman Grand, Esq.: Shakespeare, right?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [whispers, eyes toward the stage] Right, and double right.
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.
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [as he and Youngman admire a painting] I like school of Rembrandt.
Youngman Grand, Esq.: St. Rembrandt's High.
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [a police car drives up to Grand's car] Could be routine, or... mere damnable harassment.
Traffic warden #27: What's your game, Mister?
Sir Guy Grand KG, KC, CBE: [riffling a wad of bills under the warden's nose, to persuade him to eat a parking ticket] Grand is the name, and, uh - money is the game. Would you care to play?
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The Magic Christian Facts
In the promotional poster for the movie Fletch, one of Irwin Fletcher (Chevy Chase)'s alter egos is a basketball player named "Magic Christian".
First film acting role of Graham Chapman.
Many of the Central London exterior and building shots were filmed in and around Westminster School, London.
Sellers wanted to film the final scene, of the vat of manure, at the base of the Statue of Liberty. Sellers, Starr, their families, entourage, and some of the film's production team traveled to New York on the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2. John Lennon and Yoko Ono hoped to join them and travel to the United States, but were not allowed, due to Lennon's being denied a US visa (lookalikes were filmed boarding instead). The footage at the Statue of Liberty was not used, and no filming was done on the ship.
Grand refers disparagingly to prospective "Magic Christian" passengers Simon and Deborah Devonshire as being "hardly Burke's"; a reference to "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage", an authoritative genealogy guide to British blue-blood families.
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