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Best Cinematography | 1970 | Billy
Sir Michael Caine lists this, along with The Swarm (1978) and Ashanti (1979), as one of the worst movies he ever made. This is mainly down to the fact that no one, least of all the audience, knew what it was about.
John Lennon claimed that reading John Fowles' book changed his life.
A critical and commercial disaster. Screenwriter John Fowles laid most of the blame at the feet of director Guy Green (despite Fowles having penned the screenplay). Fowles vowed never to write another screenplay after this (nor did he). The only subsequent adaptation of any of his works was Karel Reisz's The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), which was adapted by Harold Pinter.
According to William Goldman, in his book Adventures in the Screen Trade (p227), when Peter Sellers was once asked whether he would make any changes to his life if he had the opportunity to do it all over again, Sellers replied he'd do "everything exactly the same, with the exception of watching The Magus (1968)".
John Fowles disliked this screen adaptation of his novel.
"[Nicholas hands a book to Conchis] Nicholas Urfe: I came to return this. Maurice Conchis: You came here to meet me. Please, life is short. My name is Conchis. Nicholas Urfe: My name is Urfe. From the school. I find life long."
"Nicholas Urfe: I've missed you. Anne: Careful. You'll be in love next. Nicholas Urfe: I never use four-letter words."
