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The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019) - "A seemingly ordinary profile following the final tour of a dying magician becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as filmmaker Ben Berman struggles to separate truth from illusion."
Captivating, surreal and wickedly dry, what begins as fairly standard documentary fare – establishing shots of Johnathan pottering about his home, archive tape to remind us of his early celebrity, a few famous talking heads sharing amusing anecdotes about their old friend – spirals into a quick-witted and highly meta commentary on the process of...
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary is a 2019 documentary film, directed by Ben Berman.
With The Amazing Johnathan, Eric André, Criss Angel, Benjamin Berman. What begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician - "The Amazing Johnathan" - becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion.
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- Documentary
- Benjamin Berman
- 2019-08-16
Aug 16, 2019 · What ostensibly begins as just a tragicomic story of a formerly famous magician/comedian attempting a comeback despite his personal shortcomings is forced to transform into a personal story of...
John Edward Szeles (September 9, 1958 – February 22, 2022), better known by the stage name The Amazing Johnathan, was an American comedian and magician. His act was mostly composed of hijinks, interaction with one specific audience member, and a few legitimate magic tricks.
Aug 19, 2019 · Ostensibly, the film is a study of John Edward Szeles, aka The Amazing Johnathan, a magician and stand-up comedian who announced on stage in 2014 that he only had a year to live, due to a heart...
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