- Bogus (film)
Infobox Film
name = Bogus
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director =Norman Jewison
producer = Norman Jewison
writer =Alvin Sargent
starring =Whoopi Goldberg Gerard Depardieu Haley Joel Osment
music =
cinematography =David Watkin
editing =Stephen Rivkin
distributor =New Regency Pictures
released = September 1996
runtime = 110 minutes
language = English
rating =
budget = $32,000,000
preceded_by = "Only You"
followed_by = "The Hurricane"
amg_id = 1:136548
imdb_id = 0115725"Bogus" is a 1996
Warner Bros. film directed byNorman Jewison and starringWhoopi Goldberg . It was written byAlvin Sargent . It featured magic tricks with magicianWhit 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.
Main cast
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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 MorrisonExternal links
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