Bogus (1996)

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Directed by

Norman Jewison

Starring (View all)

Whoopi Goldberg
Harriet Franklin

Gérard Depardieu
Bogus

Haley Joel Osment
Albert Franklin

Andrea Martin
Penny

Nancy Travis
Lorraine Franklin

Ute Lemper
Babette

Sheryl Lee Ralph
Ruth Clark

Barbara Hamilton
Mrs. Partridge

Written by

Jeff Rothberg
(story)

Alvin Sargent
(screenplay)

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An average movie

11 years, 5 months ago at Nov 4 21:56

johanlefourbe

Honestly, it took me some time to appreciate Gérard Depardieu’s work. I mean, the guy is some kind of workaholic, he has made maybe 160 movies already, still making up to 5 movies a year, and many of them are pretty worthless. Still, after watching many movies starring this guy (almost 50 which is a lot but it is not even a third of what he has done!), I started to slowly appreciate what he doe... read more

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Seven year-old Albert is the son of a Las Vegas circus performer. When she is killed in a car wreck, Albert is sent to live with his mother's foster sister, Harriet Franklin, a no-nonsense businesswoman struggling in New Jersey. Albert hates it with the dour Harriet, but takes refuge in the company of Bogus, a flamboyant, gentle, loving, and altogether imaginary Frenchman. With Bogus's help, Albert can perhaps come to terms with his mother's death, and Harriet with her own loss of childhood innocence.

UPC: 085393183127

Tags: Comedy (7), Fantasy (5), 1990s (5), 1996 (4), French (3), Incarnations (3), Relationships (3), Innocence (3), Drama (3), Melissa Arsenault (2), Fantasy/sci-fi (2), Growth/healing (2), MMG (2), Spiritual Cinema (2), Creativity (2), Children's (1), Warner Bros. (1), Norman Jewison (1), Box Office Flop (1), Childrens (1)

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" Bogus is a 1996 American urban fantasy film directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay written by Alvin Sargent, and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment. It features magic tricks with magician Whit Haydn as consultant. Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his adoptive aunt who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus. The film did poorly at the box office and Goldberg was nominated"