Bogus (film)

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Bogus
Directed by	Norman Jewison
Produced by	Norman Jewison
Written by	Alvin Sargent
Starring	Whoopi Goldberg Gerard Depardieu Haley Joel Osment
Cinematography	David Watkin
Editing by	Stephen Rivkin
Distributed by	New Regency Pictures
Release date(s)	September 1996
Running time	110 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$32,0000,000
Preceded by	Only You
Followed by	The Hurricane
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Bogus is a 1996 Warner Bros. film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Whoopi Goldberg. It was written by Alvin Sargent. It featured magic tricks with magician Whit Haydn as consultant. Though an acceptable family film, it did poorly at the box office and Goldberg was nominated for a Razzie Award for her performance. It was filmed in Canada.

A fantasy, it tells the story of a boy named Albert Franklin, the son of a Las Vegas magician's assistant who dies in a car crash. The boy is sent to New Jersey to live with his mother's foster sister, Harriet, who has trouble coping with sudden parenthood. Albert invents an imaginary friend named Bogus, a French magician, who helps the boy cope with his transition. Gradually Harriet, who can also see Bogus, also comes to terms with her new situation as well.

[edit] Main cast

• Balan Bogdan ... as God
• Whoopi Goldberg ... as Harriet
• Gerard Depardieu ... as Bogus
• Haley Joel Osment ... as Albert Franklin
• Nancy Travis ... as Lorraine Franklin
• Andrea Martin .... as Penny
• Denis Mercier .... as Monsieur Antoine
• Ute Lemper .... as Babette
• Sheryl Lee Ralph .... as Ruth Clark
• Al Waxman .... as School Principal
• Fiona Reid .... as School Teacher
• Kevin Jackson .... as Bob Morrison

[edit] External links

• Bogus at the Internet Movie Database

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