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Rough Magic (play)
''Rough Magic'' is a 1995 comedy film directed by Clare Peploe, starring Bridget Fonda and Russell Crowe. The screenplay was written by Robert Mundi, William Brookfield, and Clare Peploe. ''Rough Magic'' is based on the 1944 novel ''Miss Shumway Waves a Wand'' by British novelist James Hadley Chase; that novel had previously been adapted as the 1962 French-Argentine film ''Une blonde comme ça''. Cast * Bridget Fonda as Myra Shumway * Russell Crowe as Alex Ross * Jim Broadbent as Doc Ansell * Kenneth Mars as Magician * D. W. Moffett as Cliff Wyatt * Paul Rodriguez (actor), Paul Rodriguez as Diego Production Filming locations in Michoacán, Mexico; Tikal, Guatemala; and Los Angeles, United States. Release The film was released in France on August 30, 1995 and in the United States on May 30, 1997. Reception Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 2 stars, writing:Peploe, who is married to Bernardo Bertolucci, co-wrote his ''La Luna (1979 film), Luna'' (1979) and Michelangelo Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Peploe
Clare Peploe (20 October 1941 – 23 June 2021) was a British-Italian screenwriter, producer, and film director. Biography Peploe was born in Tanzania but grew up in the United Kingdom and Italy. William Peploe, her father, worked as a British civil servant before becoming an art dealer and then director of London's Lefevre Gallery. Clotilde Brewster Peploe, her mother, was an artist. Her younger brother is writer-director Mark Peploe. Peploe studied at the Sorbonne and the University of Perugia. Peploe debuted as a director with the short comic film ''Couples and Robbers'' (1981), produced by Christine Oestreicher, which received both Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Richard Roud's review in the ''Guardian Weekly'' praised her casting and direction of the actors; he hoped funding would become available for a feature film, but throughout her career she struggled to obtain funding, eventually realizing that being married to a famous filmmaker, Bernardo Bertolucci, was more of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |