Night Magic

Night Magic
Directed byLewis Furey
Written byLewis Furey
Leonard Cohen
Produced byStephen Roth
Robert Lantos
StarringNick Mancuso
Carole Laure
CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot
Edited byMichel Arcand
Sophie Cornu
Music byLewis Furey
Leonard Cohen
Richard Grégoire
Production
companies
Fildebroc
Moviecorp IX
TF1 Films Production
Distributed bySpectrafilm
Release date
  • 17 May 1985 (1985-05-17) (Cannes)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$2.64 million

Night Magic is a 1985 Canadian-French musical film written by Leonard Cohen and Lewis Furey and directed by Furey. The film stars Nick Mancuso as Michael, a down on his luck musician whose fantasies begin to come true after he meets an angel (Judy, played by Carole Laure).[1] The film's supporting cast includes Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Frank Augustyn, Louis Robitaille, Anik Bissonnette, Nanette Workman and Barbara Eve Harris.[2]

The film was originally slated for release as Angel Eyes,[1] but reverted to its original working title Night Magic by the time of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 1985.[2]

Most of the score is in Spenserian stanzas.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Angel Eyes heads for Cannes". The Globe and Mail, March 23, 1985.
  2. ^ a b Jay Scott, "'Ooh, that is wonderful, yes!'". The Globe and Mail, May 17, 1985.
  3. ^ The Montreal Gazette, July 19 1986 Night Magic creators take on just too much of a challenge. Bruce Bailey