Do We Need An Excuse?
On this date in France in 1995, Rough Magic was released approximately two years before it was released in the United States. But that’s just an excuse so we can post MORE PICTURES!
Category: Alex Ross
A wiseacre who saw the worst.
Twenty Years Ago Today…” In the world of magic, the hand is quicker than the eye and love is the wild card.”
On May 30th, nearly two years following its’ release in France, the Russell Crowe-Bridget Fonda comedy vehicle Rough Magic was released in the United States on twenty-eight screens. Directed by Clare Peploe with a screenplay by Peploe, Robert Mundi (or Mundy) and William Brookfield, the movie is loosely based on the novel, Miss Shumway Waves a Wand, Read More …
April 7th, 1964
And a Happy Birthday to a man of many faces…
Miss Shumway and The Crowe
Don’t be misled by the title. It’s not a new movie with Russell, nor is it any allusion to someone he knows, not unless you count the time he played Alex Ross in “Rough Magic.” Then, we get into some interesting things. Which is why I wanted to take a moment and write about it, Read More …
On This Date in 1997….
Roughly 3-½ months before the release of the Oscar winning L.A. Confidential – Russell Crowe co-starred with Bridget Fonda in the romantic fantasy Rough Magic. His character: Alex Ross, a real charmer! The movie is described on Wikipedia as follows: “Set in the 1950s, Rough Magic tells the story of what happens when a pretty apprentice magician Read More …