"Magicians" (movie)

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A new British comedy movie is released on May 18th. Called "Magicians" it stars comedy duo Mitchell and Webb, the rising new stars of British comedy. It's from the makers of the BBC comedy series "Peep Show".








Magicians is a British comedy film that is due for release May 18, 2007.[1] It stars comic duo Robert Webb and David Mitchell as stage magicians Karl and Harry respectively. The two magicians compete together in a magic competition, despite their personal differences.

The film is directed by Andrew O'Connor and written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, who are also the writers of the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, which stars Mitchell and Webb. Other cast members include Jessica Stevenson, Darren Boyd, Steve Edge and Peter Capaldi,[1] as well as Andrea Riseborough.
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From the hottest new British comedians Mitchell and Webb and the creators of the award-winning 'Peep Show' on the BBC.

A pair of rivaling stage magicians are forced to confront their falling out over a guillotine mishap when they compete in a magic competition.





David Mitchell as Harry
Robert Webb as Karl
Jessica Stevenson as Linda
Darren Boyd as Otto
Peter Capaldi as Mike Francis
Miranda Hart as Miriam
Steve Edge as Tony White
Andrea Riseborough as the "romantic element"[2]
Stephen Aintree as a London Taxi driver
Aladin as Himself
James Bachman as a Jersey Taxi driver
Ali Bongo as Himself
Rosie Fellner as Shelly
Rasmus Hardiker as Dwight White
Alexander Kirk as Dietmar
Marek Larwood as Colin
Alex MacQueen as Stooge
James Mellor as Greg Davis
Anthony Owen as Himself
Scott Penrose as Magibot
Tim Plester as Malky
James Smith as Richard

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They might as well give up on making movies about magicians. It's going to take something extremely extraordinary to better The Prestige.