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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 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

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 25% of 8 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.6/10.^[1]

References

External links

• Rough Magic at IMDb

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