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Directed by
  
Lewis Furey

Director
  
Lewis Furey

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Initial release
  
17 May 1985

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Produced by
  
Stephen Roth Robert Lantos

Written by
  
Lewis Furey Leonard Cohen

Starring
  
Nick Mancuso Carole Laure

Music by
  
Lewis Furey Leonard Cohen

Release date
  
17 May 1985 (1985-05-17) (Cannes)

Awards
  
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song

Cast
  
Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Lyne Tremblay

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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 (Carole Laure). The film's supporting cast includes Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Frank Augustyn, Louis Robitaille, Anik Bissonnette, Nanette Workman and Barbara Eve Harris.

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

Most of the score is in Spenserian stanzas.

Awards

The film garnered four Genie Award nominations at the 7th Genie Awards:

  • Best Art Direction (François Séguin)
  • Best Original Score (Furey)
  • Best Original Song: "Angel Eyes"
  • Best Original Song: "Fire"
  • It won the Best Original Song award for "Angel Eyes".

    Songs

    1OuvertureLewis Furey1:34
    2I’ve Counted What I HaveLewis Furey6:21
    3Wishing WindowLewis Furey6:34

    References

    Night Magic Wikipedia