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The Magician (Turkish: Hokkabaz) is a 2006 Turkish comedy-drama film, directed by Cem Yılmaz and Ali Taner Baltacı, about a magician who tours around Turkey with his father and best friend so that he can make enough money for laser eye surgery. The film, which was released on October 20, 2006, was short-listed for Turkey's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards but lost out to Takva.[1]
| The Magician | |
|---|---|
DVD Cover | |
| Turkish | Hokkabaz |
| Directed by | Cem Yılmaz Ali Taner Baltacı |
| Written by | Cem Yılmaz |
| Produced by | Necati Akpinar |
| Starring | Cem Yılmaz Mazhar Alanson Özlem Tekin Tuna Orhan |
| Cinematography | Uğur İçbak |
| Edited by | Engin Öztürk |
| Music by | Ozan Çolakoğlu |
Production company | Beşiktaş Kültür Merkezi |
| Distributed by | KenDa Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 mins |
| Country | Turkey |
| Language | Turkish |
| Box office | $9,146,764 |
The film was shot on location in Istanbul, Gallipoli and Eceabat, Turkey.[2]
Iskender is a juggler, but to everyone besides himself and his childhood friend, Maradona, he is actually a magician. The two friends undertake a great deal of risk by including Sait in their tour program while being forced to escape Istanbul. Moreover, Father Sait had stopped appreciating Iskender years ago. While the tour brings them much closer, it also results in a magnificent falling-out. Iskender, Maradona, and Sait keep coming back together and falling out with their fellow traveler, Fatma.
The film opened in 378 screens across Turkey on 20 October 2006 at number one in the Turkish box office chart with an opening weekend gross of $1,462,608 and was later released across a number of European territories.[3]
| Date | Territory | Screens | Rank | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 October 2006 | Turkey | 378 | 1 | $1,462,608 |
| 25 October 2006 | Belgium | 6 | 19 | $38,916 |
| 26 October 2006 | Germany | 52 | 12 | $198,149 |
| 26 October 2006 | Austria | 4 | 13 | $41,780 |
| 26 October 2006 | Netherlands | 17 | 14 | $53,749 |
| 27 October 2006 | United Kingdom | 4 | 24 | $34,704 |
The film was number one at the Turkish box office for two weeks running and has made a total worldwide gross of $9,146,764.[3]
Todd Brown, writing for Twitch Film, notes that this film, looks to be a beautifully shot piece of work, and that, while it was impossible not to see an awful lot of Mel Brooks influence on [the writer-director's previous film] G.O.R.A. this one sees Yilmaz in a much more restrained mode that I think plays a fair bit better.[4]
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