Carnival Magic

Carnival Magic (1983)

Un mago en un carnaval, que en realidad puede leer la mente y hacer levitar personas y objetos, trabaja con un chimpancé superinteligente llamado Alex, que también puede hablar. El mago y el chimpancé pronto se convierten en las estrellas del carnaval, atrayendo a grandes multitudes. Sin embargo, el entrenador de animales salvajes, que ha sido desplazado por el equipo como el mejor acto del carnaval, decide secuestrar a Alex y venderlo a un laboratorio médico para experimentación, deshaciéndose así de su competencia.

Fecha de estreno
1983-03-04
TMDB
2.9 / 10 (38)
Duración
1 h 26 min
Géneros
Drama, Fantasía, Familia
Director
Al Adamson

Reparto

Curiosidades

Carnival Magic is a 1983 American children's film directed by Al Adamson and starring Don Stewart. It was produced by Krypton Productions.

Background

Principal photography took place for the film over the span of three weeks in July 1980 in Gaffney, South Carolina, during that city's South Carolina Peach Festival. Many of the scenes in Gaffney were shot at the peach festival's carnival, its parade, and in a second parade staged for the movie. Additional work for the film was done at the Earl Owensby Studios in Shelby, North Carolina.

Producer Elvin Feltner and director Al Adamson intended the film as family fare, aimed at children, and it was in fact given a G rating by the MPAA. However, the prevalence of adult themes (alcoholism, sex, abuse, violence) left many viewers confused. The film premiered at the Crosscreek Cinemas in Greenwood, South Carolina, on March 4, 1983, and was also shown in other theatres in the region beginning on that date.

This was the last acting role for Regina Carrol, who was married to director Adamson and featured in several of his films. Philip Morris, a real-life ringmaster, magician, and costume maker, appears as a carnival barker. This was also one of Adamson’s last two films before retiring from the film industry and pursuing a career in real estate.

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