Quite sweet, when Ringo's character tries to help his friend with an injured leg, and then later they meet again and both hop on one leg towards each other, even though there's nothing wrong with Ringo's leg!
I haven't seen the whole movie, only the bits and pieces that are on Youtube... overall, it looks quite funny
I'd ask my friends to come and see... an Octopus's Garden with me ^___^
I've got a feeling, a feeling deep inside. Words Of Love
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The Magic Christian is the best movie with Ringo & the late, great Peter Sellers, Caveman is his most commercial film to date. I haven't seen any of his other ones, even though I would like to see That'll Be The Day, since it's probably in the same leagues with TMC
I want you, I want you so bad babe. I want you, I want you so bad. It's driving me mad, it's driving me mad.
I want to see Candy because I watched the trailer on youtube and I have this book were the director is teaching him how to be a (sorry if I can't say this) "sex-obsessed mexican gardener" other than that I want to see it only for him.
Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt... Zap! My skin's soaked right through to the skin! "The Beatles will exist without us"
I have detailed features on almost 100 films in the 'Rock and Pop Films' section of my http://www.rockandpopshop.com site. Go to 'Editorial', click on that and you'll see them. They include Backbeat; Blindman; Born To Boogie; Candy; Caveman; Concert For Bangla Desh; Ferry Cross The Mersey; Give My Regards To Broad Street; A Hard Day's Night; Help!; The Hours And Times; How I Won The War; John Lennon At The Movies; The Last Waltz; Let It Be; Lisztomania; The Magic Christian; Magical Mystery Tour; Rock Show; Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts club Band; Wonderwall and Yellow Submarine.
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
This television special was first screened in America on NBC on April 26 1978 shortly before Ringo’s ‘Bad Boy’ album release. The film is a loose adaptation of Mark Twain’s ‘The Prince And The Pauper’ story (about a prince and a commoner who change places).
It begins with George Harrison telling a press conference about two babies born at the very same moment in Britain.
“Remarkably, both children, though born of different parents, look exactly alike.”
One of the children was brought to America; the other remained in Britain and achieved fame as Ringo Starr. Ringo is in a car with four girls, a motorcycle escort takes him past screaming fans. We hear him singing ‘Back Off Boogaloo.’
George points out that fortune didn’t smile on the other baby, who became known as Ognir Rats. We see Ognir selling maps outside Hollywood stars’ homes. Some nuns ask him if he has maps to the homes of Jill St. John, Susan St. James and Peter, Paul and Mary, then a carload of blond surfers call him a ‘nurd’ and run over his sandwich board.
He daydreams about success, and then sets off for home, climbing into his room by ladder. His father (Art Carney), a ‘cruel, vicious, mean’ man comes in and takes all his money off him, not even leaving him enough to take his girlfriend on a date that night.
Meanwhile, Ringo is in the studio playing drums. He takes a break and his manager Marty (John Ritter) tells him of the satellite concert, a forty-city tour, autographs to sign…and the pressure is evident. Ringo says he needs some time to himself. Granted a few minutes break, he goes to the door and notices Ognir in the street. He calls him over and they begin to chat. To the tune of ‘Yellow Submarine’ they enter a fantasy sequence peopled by dancers in golden costumes.
Ringo talks Ognir into changing places with him and then sets off for Hollywood Boulevard where he pays a youth a fistful of dollars in exchange for the loan of his car.
Ognir’s girlfriend Markene (Carrie Fisher) spots Ringo and gets into the car. He sings ‘You’re Sixteen’ to a scene which combines live action and animation (by Linda Taylor). Ognir’s father sees them parked in the car, mistakes Ringo for Ognir and hauls him out, accusing him of stealing the vehicle. He locks him in his room and calls the police.
While in the room, Ringo watches the ‘Mike Douglas Show’ and sees Ognir make a mess of it, knocking down a table, chairs and a mic and tapping away at the cymbals when he’s supposed to play a number.
“He’s going to ruin my reputation,” wails Ringo. He then crawls out of the window but a policewoman (Angie Dickenson) is waiting for him and he’s dragged off to the cop shop.
At the police station, two cops argue about the photographs Ringo’s just had taken, which gives him the opportunity to escape. He bumps into Markene and tells her they must go to the concert. They rummage in some trash cans and he puts on a disguise.
Meanwhile, Marty has brought along a hypnotist (Vincent Price) to examine his client. The doctor puts Ognir into a trance and he imagines he is in a Hall of Fame with stars such as Roy Orbison, Johnny Ray, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Hank Williams. In a smoky tunnel, illuminated with laser light, Ognir sings ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ and comes out of the trance believing he is Ringo.
He goes onto the stage, but the hypnotist makes an unconscious gesture, which brings him out of the trance, and he becomes Ognir again. The real Ringo arrives with Markene to save the day and he goes on stage to perform ‘Heart On My Sleeve’ and ‘Hard Times.’ The screen then darkens until a single star is illuminated. Ringo, dressed in white, walks on a sings ‘A Man Like Me.’ Backstage all is well and Ringo offers Ognir a job as his road manager.
Neil Israel and Pat Proffe penned the script.
The special was finally screened in Britain on Channel Four five years later on January 2 1983.
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