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Dallas (to The Kid): "You're not just stripping. You are fulfilling every woman's wildest fantasies. You are the husband they never had. You are that dreamboat guy that never came along! You are the one night stand that they get to have, tonight, with you on stage..."
Plot:
Channing Tatum stars in this drama following an upstart male stripper (Alex Pettyfer) who is mentored by a veteran dancer, played by Tatum. Steven Soderbergh directed from a script by Reid Carolin, whose screenplay was inspired by Tatum's work as a stripper before he made it in Hollywood. Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Cody Horn, and Olivia Munn co-star.
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
110min.
Theatrical Release Date:
06/29/2012
Status:
In Theaters
Distributor(s):
Warner Bros.
Director(s):
Steven Soderbergh
Starring:
Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Bomer, Cody Horn
Themes:
Dancer's Life,Twentysomething Life,Mentors
Tone:
Gritty,Humorous,Sexy,Flashy
Country of Origin:
USA (06-29-2012)
Language:
English
From Entertainment Weekly's review.
The movie is Mike's story, and Channing Tatum proves himself a true movie star. His Mike glides through the world with the ease of a god, and on stage he's electrifying. But Tatum, like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, gives him glimmers of doubt and fear — anxiety about the future — that make him intensely sympathetic.
Rating: A-
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20588015,00.html
From Roger Ebert.
I could be wrong about this. I'm right about the job, however. Selling anyone the right to touch your genital area for a couple of bucks is not a good way to build self-esteem. Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike" makes this argument with a crafty mixture of comedy, romance, melodrama and some remarkably well-staged strip routines involving hunky, good-looking guys. I have a feeling that women will enjoy the film more than men.
Magic Mike" starts as fun and grows steadily darker; Soderbergh and cast tell a realistic, vivid story. You get a feeling of realism and research,
Rating: ***
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120627/REVIEWS/120629979
Now that Magic Mike's a hit, it'll probably be going to Broadway! Yes, I heard Channing Tatum talking about it on the Today show before he broke out in dance with a full flash mob. Not at all surprising considering the Brit hit film "The Full Monty" did the exact same thing.
Save up those $1 bills: Magic Mike star (and inspiration) Channing Tatum, director Steven Soderbergh, and writer Reid Carolin are turning their stripper movie into a live stage show. The trio discussed the idea while working on Magic Mike’s script, but Tatum says he began taking it seriously thanks to his costar. “Matt Bomer started singing some of the songs while he was onstage, and he was like, ‘This would kill as a musical,’” recalls Tatum. “That cemented it for me.”
The team hasn’t decided if the show will include singing, but it will likely use characters from the movie and take place in a strip club. “We want to do something interactive…so it becomes like Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding,” Soderbergh says.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/06/29/channing-tatum-magic-mike-broadway/
James Franco had some interesting things to say about Channing Tatum/Magic Mike.
This film is not simply an exposé of Tatum's former life as a stripper. It can be read as a veiled representation of his time in Hollywood as a pretty boy leading man searching for artistic validity. If Magic Mike needs to use his body and good looks (stripping) in order to pay for the art he really cares about (furniture design), can't this be read as Tatum going through the motions of Dear John and The Vow to become a creator of his own destiny as the producer and champion of Magic Mike, a film that capitalizes on his beauty while at the same time frames it as a curse? We all love a film that shows the underdog rise to the top, but we like to criticize formulaic plots. This film, however, is above its plot, because it is not so much about how things add up for these characters as it is about how this movie does for Tatum. The real underdog story is not about a stripper trying to get out of the game; it's about a talented actor trying to take control of his career. And he's smart enough to know how to use his strengths in a film of his own creation with enough aplomb to go head to head with the studio fare of the summer. I really don't care if Magic Mike ends up making his wacky furniture. I just want Magic Channing Tatum to walk away a champion by making a personal film.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james...tatum_b_1639787.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment
From Screen Rant's review.
Workplace comedies are great – provided you have the right ensemble of personalities; Tatum, McConaughey, and the other members of the stripping team – True Blood star Joe Manganiello, former WWE star, Diesel (Kevin Nash), CSI: Miami star Adam Rodriguez and White Collar star Matt Bomer – have the chemistry and the snappy repertoire to keep things light and fun up in the club. Manganiello – who plays the aptly named “Big Dick Richie” – continues to be a stand out, even when handed thin supporting material; McConaughey pretty much owns every scene he’s in, and arguably plays his best character since he dropped those classic lines as an overaged high school clinger in Dazed and Confused.
Tatum continues to dare his detractors to hate him, as he once again turns in a great leading performance as Mike. The actor (who is treading on some semi-autobiographical material here) layers his performance perfectly, so that he is at once the fantasy guy that women desire and men aspire to be; the ‘hooker with a heart of gold and big dreams’ that we’ve seen in so many movies before (Pretty Woman); but secretly (and revealed with careful measure) a troubled, lonely soul frustrated by the trappings of his blue-collar life and the inevitable emptiness that comes from being overshadowed by his”Magic Mike” persona. Tatum nails every scene that requires him to do real emoting or show serious vulnerability; otherwise, he’s a smooth-talking, slick-dancing, piece of leading man eye candy that certain viewers will eat right up.
Rating: **** Four out of Five stars
http://screenrant.com/magic-mike-reviews-kofi-183505/
Steven Soderbergh, Matthew McConaughey, & Channing Tatum financed the film for $7,000,000 and Warner Brothers acquired the US distribution rights.
I went to see Magic Mike on opening night. I was out of town and not at my usual movie theater. Partially, I wanted to see it as an John "F" Chu to Paramount and it's treatment of Duke and GI Joe. GI Joe: Retaliation would've opening the same day as Magic Mike and without the extra money of 3D ticket sales Chan Tate might've gone #1 & #2 at the box office. When I checked the theater's website they had only one screen listed for MM with 5:00, 8:00, and 11:00 shows.
After we got there, I saw that there were 8:00, 8:30, 8:45, 11:00, etc shows. And they were all selling out. We missed the 8:00 show and had to buy 8:45 tickets. The theater we were in was PACKED and (it was like going to The Avengers after moving into a smaller theater) full of women of all ages, races, and a few men. The theater was selling themed Magic Mike drinks named after the strippers with tall glasses and glowing straws. The audience enjoyed themselves hooting and hollering during the strip teases. So I knew MM was going to open big. I thought Brave would still be #1
. Good for Seth McFarlene considering Ted got moved up so suddenly. But I could just watch 2 hours of the Animation Domination block and keep my money.
Magic Mike made $39,127,170 dollars on it's opening weekend- all of it in singles
. I'm sure there's a few $5s in there too. But we never get to see what Magic Mike has to do for a $20 I was surprised to see Ted beat off Magic Mike like that 
. I thought it might've been #1.It's good to have famous friends and family- Cody Horn who plays the sister is the daughter of Alan F. Horn, the Chairman of Walt Disney Studios. Riley Keough (a hanger on) is the granddaughter of the King of Rock & Roll Elvis Presley and step daughter of Michael Jackson, the King Of Pop
. She's also engaged to co-star "The Kid" Alex Pettyfer. Olivia Munn's star continues to rise. This was her biggest onscreen role yet. I remember her being a "One Scene Wonder" in Steve Carrell and Tina Fey's "Date Night" where practically her entire role in the movie was used in the trailers & commercials. I don't want to spoil things for you- but fans of her's from "Attack Of The Show" will probably never touch "Magic Mike" with a (ahem) ten foot pole. But that would be their loss, it would be a much tamer version of "Black Swan" for them
. The same goes for World Wrestling Entertainment's Kevin "Big Sexy" Nash. You don't really see him in the commercials- he's in the back of the "It's Raining Men" group number. But he does get a few memorable moments in the film as Diesel. He also played the Super Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret Of The Ooze.
From Kevin Nash's Miami Herald interview.
In “Rock of Ages,” which was filmed throughout South Florida, Nash plays a bodyguard for Tom Cruise’s character Stacee Jaxx. This wasn’t a stretch for the imposing near 7-footer, who broke into WWE as the brawn behind Shawn Michaels.
“It was more of a cameo,” Nash said. “They were looking for two bodyguard guys. Not many of us around who are this big. I just sing a line with Cruise on the ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ cover of Bon Jovi. With the amount of people in that cast, it is incredible. It was long hours where we would sit around for hours and not do a shot all day. It was one of those pay to wait type of situations. That is the nature of the business.”
He is given more exposure (no pun intended) in the Channing Tatum strip flick “Magic Mike.” Nash portrays Tarzan, a tragic character, similar in some ways to Randy The Ram Robinson in “The Wrestler.”
“He is the aging guy in the crew,” Nash said. “He is the old warhorse. I actually have a really bad right knee. I said to director Steven [Soderbergh], ‘I don’t think I can dance without this knee brace on.’ He says, ‘No, I think it’s funny. Wear the knee brace.’ So I have the knee brace on in all of the dance scenes.”
For Nash, who has more than 20 years experience performing in front of worldwide audiences in the ring, there was some initial intimidation with the project.
“I don’t know what you would call it besides a long loincloth type Tarzan thing that I was wearing, but the first time you pull it off and you are there with a G-string with your back-end exposed,” Nash said. “You are in a room full of 200 women who are real human beings. Once you do it and you get a good response. Once you hear them cheer and whistle, then its like, ‘Okay, it’s just like wrestling.’”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/25/2866568/wwe-legend-kevin-nash-working.html#storylink=cpy
Paramount must have been sitting on pins and needles waiting to see how Magic Mike opened. I've said it before and I'll say it again- postponing GI Joe: Retaliation was the smartest move they've made with Joe in the last 5 years. Retaliation wouldn't have done as well with Chan Tate's reduced role. He's a big box office draw now and Joe needs all the help it can get. Hopefully in 9 months they'll do a rewrite and reshoots and turn it into a blockbuster.
When you go to the GI Joe movie website it now says Retaliation with Channing Tatum's name first "With" The Rock "And" Bruce Willis. It didn't say that 6 weeks ago, so even if CT doesn't know what's going on- all their representation does. CT was on a TON of talk shows last week and NOT ONE of them asked him about Retaliation
. http://www.gijoemovie.com/
I started this thread to talk about MM and GI Joe without filling up the Joe movie thread with potentially off topic subject matter.
This calls for a gif!
Dallas: Fact is, the law says you cannot touch! But I think I see a lotta lawbreakers up in this house tonight
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