Desperate Acts of Magic
2013 · 86 MIN · IMDB 5.1 · 142 VOTES · DIR. Joe Tyler Gold, Tammy Caplan
Overview
A magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This film shows great magic performed by a cast of professional magicians. Like a great musical where the songs and the story are seamlessly intertwined, Desperate Acts of Magic does the same, mixing story and magic as one.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,488 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 [ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
00:04:37 YOU LIFT THE SHELL. BUT FIRST, YOU GOT PUT IN A $20 TO MATCH IT.
00:07:50 HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU SHOULD GO TO SAN DIEGO. THE CONTEST IS HUGE.
00:10:53 I MEAN, I ACTUALLY GOT FIRST PLACE AT MAGIC CAMP. STEVE ONLY GOT FOURTH.
00:13:51 >> I BROUGHT BACK YOUR WALLET. >> THE CASH IS GONE. >> YEAH, WELL, WHY DO YOU THINK
00:17:39 >> HMM. I'VE HEARD OF THOSE. >> [ LAUGHS ] OKAY.
00:20:53 SHE USED TO WORK THERE -- NOT ANYMORE. BUT ABOVE THERE ARE SOME ROOMS.
00:26:08 PILLOW THIS WHOLE TIME. >> WOW. THAT MUST BE A VERY HAPPY CARD.
00:28:42 >> DO IT. OH! THERE YOU GO.
00:33:16 LINES RIGHT, AND WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE VOLUNTEER SAYS, AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE
00:36:44 THIS MUST BE YOUR ASSISTANT. >> NO, SHE'S MY PARTNER. >> I'M AN ACTRESS.
00:39:24 THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A BRAND-NEW ILLUSION, THE FLOATING WATCH.
00:42:03 MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIX GEORGE'S WATCH. I'M NOT SURE IF I REMEMBER
00:44:36 >> I GOT TO GET READY. I'M ON IN AN HOUR. WILL YOU COME WATCH?
00:49:20 FRIDAY NIGHT, IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT AUDIENCE. THEY WILL ALSO RECEIVE A FREE
00:54:07 DON'T SCREW THIS UP. >> FINE. I'LL PUT THEM BACK. NOBODY WILL KNOW.
00:57:48 I KNOW YOU'RE MAD AT ME, BUT I'VE GOT REALLY EXCITING NEWS. >> YOU NEVER TELL A WOMAN SHE'S
01:00:54 YOU'RE FANTASTIC IN THIS ROLE. >> I'M SORRY. GOOD LUCK.
01:03:23 >> OOH, I LIKE IT. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT? >> NO IDEA, BUT WE'LL FIGURE
01:08:30 >> YOU'RE SAYING NO TO ME? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> I WON'T ACCEPT IT.
01:11:54 SORRY. PUT IT BACK IN. NOW, I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
01:15:01 MY LIFE. AND THAT AUDIENCE HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON.
01:18:32 FELT TRAPPED. THERE'S NO WAY THAT I COULD KNOW WHAT'S WRITTEN ON YOUR PAPER.
01:21:48 IT'S DON'S. >> I'VE DECIDED TO DO THE ASSISTANT ACT WITH STACY.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,488
Dialogue density28.9 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:21:48
Production Record
DirectorJoe Tyler Gold, Tammy Caplan
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes142