The X-Files — S07E08 — The Amazing Maleeni
2000 · 45 MIN · IMDB 8.3 · 2,982 VOTES · DIR. Thomas J. Wright
Overview
When a small-time magician performs a trick where it appears that he turns his head all the way around but is then found in his van dead with his head neatly sawed off, Mulder and Scully suspect he was murdered and get caught up in an intricate scheme planned by two magicians trying to rob a bank.
Dialogue Timeline — 574 lines
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00:00:25 MR. MALEENI.
00:01:57 AND YET THREE... RETURN.
00:03:30 EACH OF THE THREE ENDING IN TRAGEDY.
00:06:24 WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED FROM HIS SUBSEQUENT MURDER.
00:07:56 - YOU THINK HE'S A MURDERER? - IT'S WORTH CHECKING OUT, DON'T YOU THINK?
00:09:39 ANYWAY, HE STEALS HIS NAME, SPELLS IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY...
00:11:51 WHO KNOWS WHO HE MIGHT'VE PISSED OFF.
00:13:31 BECAUSE AS FAR AS I CAN TELL...
00:15:43 WANNA HEAR MORE?
00:18:10 - VERY IMPRESSIVE. - MY BROTHER AND I BOTH WANTED TO DO...
00:19:47 SOMEONE WHO KNOWS MAGIC, WHO'S SEEN THE GREATEST TRICK IN THE WORLD.
00:21:53 YOUR IMPERSONATOR SIMPLY MADE SURE EVERYONE WAS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY...
00:23:53 YOU TOO.
00:26:35 IT'S INTERESTING. YOURS ARE THE ONLY FINGERPRINTS ON IT.
00:28:13 - WHAT'S THE POINT? - MISDIRECTION. IT'S THE HEART OF MAGIC, LIKE LaBONGE SAID.
00:30:21 HEY! WHAT? LET'S TAKE A LITTLE SPIN, SHALL WE?
00:32:05 YOU FOUND HIM DEAD OF A HEART ATTACK.
00:33:29 THAT WAS YOUR LAST PERFORMANCE.
00:35:07 MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PULL A VANISHING ACT.
00:37:16 - - I KNOW THOSE TATTOOS.
00:38:57 - BRAVO. REALLY. - WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
00:40:19 AND THEN ORCHESTRATED THE ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY IN ORDER TO IMPLICATE HIM.
00:42:02 THEIR FINAL ACT OF PRESTIDIGITATION.
00:44:27 I MADE THIS!
Cast & Characters
David Duchovny
Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
Dana Scully
Robert LaSardo
Cissy Alvarez
Ricky Jay
The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
Jim Maniaci
Bullethead #1
Jonathan Levit
Billy LaBonge
Rick Marzan
Holding Cell Officer
Dennis Keiffer
Bullethead #2
Mark Chaet
Bank Officer
Sherri Howard
Female Employee
Dan Rice
Uniform Cop
J. David
Young Boss
Adam Vernier
Driver
Steven Barr
Courier Guard
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed574
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:00:25
Final line00:44:27
Production Record
DirectorThomas J. Wright
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,982
Factoids
Episode
The X-Files, season 7, episode 8: The Amazing Maleeni.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4087/season/7/episode/8
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