Magic or Card Related Movies

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as it has already been said you must see Magicians its hilarious , and it features some really known faces like Ali Bongo, Peter Wardell (you can see him in the background of some scenes) .
 

rousselle

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Several of the James Bond movies (and books) feature various card games. If I recall correctly, the very first introduction of Bond (in the "official" Eon Productions films) is in Dr. No, at a Baccarat table, where he first announces himself as "Bond. James Bond."

Bond is sent to investigate the murder of a British agent in Jamaica, whose death is first discovered when the agent fails to show up for a regularly scheduled game of bridge (again, if I recall correctly).

In Goldfinger, Bond's first encounter with the title character is when he (Bond) discovers how Goldfinger is cheating at bridge. (In the books, something similar happens in Moonraker, as well, when Bond reveals the principle of "the shiner" -- a card cheating method described in detail.)

In the most recent Bond movie, Casino Royale, the first half of the movie focuses on a high stakes Texas Hold 'Em game where the last hand ends with an extremely improbable but thoroughly enjoyable series of reveals. (In the book, the game was baccarat, and Ian Fleming explained the game so well that the reader could follow everything and enjoy the tension as the game reached its climax without feeling like the rules had been laid out in a long, boring lecture.)

Goldeneye, License to Kill, Diamonds are Forever, and The World is Not Enough also feature card games of various sorts that help move the plot along, and Live and Let Die features tarot reading and a stacked tarot deck. In one of the Sean Connery movies, he utters something like, "unlucky in cards..." as a wink and a nod that he's about to be "lucky in love."

I'm sure there are other card and card game references in the Bond movies (and books), but these are the ones that leap immediately to mind.

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Playing cards are also featured as a hallmark of Jack Nicholson's "The Joker" in Tim Burton's version of Batman, and of Heath Ledger's "Joker" in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight.
 
Aug 10, 2008
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talking about magic movies....

Are there dvd's out there that could teach me tricks or sleight of hand?? it would be amasing to perform tricks, I saw david blaine making a card going to the top like five times and im sure is magic....


Now that I remember In 007 latest movie, It all goes around cards isnt???"casino royal"

By the way, I saw rounders and is a nice movie, Edward norton is hilarious, but I still can find "shade" =(
 
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