From Mitchell and Webb and the creators of award winning Channel 4 comedy 'Peep Show' comes Magicians, a hilarious new British comedy out to own and rent on DVD from 17th September 2007.

Magical Duo Harry (David Mitchell) and Karl (Robert Webb) are on the road to fame and glory with their mystifying double act. With audiences eating out of their hands and the world at their feet, they can do no wrong… until Karl puts his wand somewhere it shouldn't be. After a guillotine illusion involving Harry's wife goes horribly wrong, their friendship and careers are over.

With his career having done a disappearing act, Harry finds himself selling kitchenware in a prospect-less career…but his wand hand won't rest. The lure of one more magical performance is too strong and once again he takes centre stage, when he's drawn to the lucrative cash prize and glory on offer at the prestigious 'International Magic Shield' tournament.

He is accompanied on his road back to the big time by fellow shop worker Linda (Jessica Stevenson), a rather manic, deranged but ultimately charming magical assistant.

A collection of the most peculiar and eclectic magicians from throughout the UK have gathered on the Isle of Wight to battle it out for the prize (including hilarious cameo appearances from some of the UK's top magicians Ali Bongo, Anthony Owen and Aladin). But there is one adversary Harry was not expecting…his ex-partner and ex-friend Karl.

Since leaving the act, Karl has gone it alone and under the advice of his hapless agent Otto (Darren Boyd), he has recreated himself as 'The Mindmonger' a mind reader and psychic, albeit with neither psychic ability nor any discernible mind reading skills.

As the competition progresses and the tension mounts, Harry and Karl must decide to either compete against one another or re-form one of the most revered magical acts in history. Will they put their troubles aside or will their duo be sawn in half forever? Don't miss this piece of comedy magic from one of the UK's most loved comedy double acts.


CAST & CREW
Robert Mitchell Karl
David Webb Harry
Jessica Stevenson Linda
Darren Boyd Otto
Peter Capaldi Mike Francis
Andrea Risborough Danni

Writer : Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
Director: Andrew O'Connor
Producer Ollie Madden
Co-producer Alexandra Ferguson
Executive producer Scott Kroopf

Keep those Entries coming in! We will be posting them here in the blog so keep on checking!

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Chris the Piss and the vanishing pen!


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Bezza has sent us two -Here is the first

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Terms and Conditions

The Magicians © Universal 2007

Video "Magic Act" Competition

Universal Pictures International UK and Eire Limited


Terms and Conditions of Entry: Video Competition

Please read the following carefully as it constitutes a legally binding document. In the event that you are unsure of anything contained in it please seek the advice of a suitably qualified person.


1. Information on the prize and how to enter forms part of these terms and conditions of entry (the "Conditions"). By entering the promotion you agree to be bound by these Conditions and all decisions of the promoter which are final in all matters relating to the promotion.

2. The promotion and these Conditions are void where prohibited by law.

3. Any changes to these Conditions will be published on the Magicians Myspace.com domain webpage located at www.myspace.com/magiciansmovie

4. The promoter is Universal Pictures International UK and Eire Limited ("Universal") (Company Registration in England Wales: 5928737) registered at Prospect House, 80-110 New Oxford Street, London, WC1 1HB.

5. The Competition is open to all UK and Channel Islands residents except employees of Universal and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and members of their immediate families or households.

6. Entry is free. No purchase necessary. If you are under 18 you must obtain consent from your parent or guardian before entering.

7. To enter, submit a short video of less than 3 minutes in length of you (the "Entrant"), either filming yourself, and/or any number of participants up to a maximum of 3 people, performing an original magic trick. In order for a magic act to be original the magic act must not replicate an identifiable performance, and must be unique and original and not in whole or in any material part, derivative, must not replicate any copyrighted performance or segment of a pre-existing performance (including any performance from the original motion picture "the Magicians" © Universal 2007 or any related promotional material) nor can you represent what is demonstrably somebody else's performance as your own performance. In agreeing to the Conditions you warrant that the entry submitted is original to you. The entrant's video should be your own work under the relevant copyright laws (see Condition 10.c and 20. below in relation to participants) and shall not have been previously published or exploited in any part and will not infringe any right of privacy, right of publicity or personality or any other right whatsoever of any third party individual. You hereby agree not to send to Universal any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or other material that would violate any law. You shall be the sole author of the video and the sole absolute unencumbered legal and beneficial owner of all rights of copyright and other rights to the video. Universal reserves the right to adjudge whether an entry is demonstrably derivative but the entrant takes sole responsibility for warranting that the performance is an original performance.

8. You must submit your entry by going to www.myspace.com/magiciansmovie and following the instructions on the webpage

9. Please note that mobile phone video recordings will not be accepted.

10. Preference will be given to entries which will not place either the Entrant or Universal under any obligations to secure any legal consents and releases of any kind for use of the video. Such releases will be necessary where:

a. the performance is filmed in a premises or location not belonging to the Entrant. The Entrant accepts sole responsibility for obtaining the consent of the owner of the premises or outside location for filming of the video by obtaining his/her signature on the official "location release" (supplied further to this Competition). Preference will be given to entries which comprise of the Entrant filming themselves in front of a plain background devoid of logos or other trademarked or copyrighted material and preferably not an outside location with visible or recognisable signs;

b. the performance includes any background music (instrumental or visual vocal). Such background music will need to be removed in the absence of Universal obtaining licences for use, which may not be acquirable;

c. all participants in the making of the video must agree to waive any intellectual property rights that they may have in the video so that the single Entrant is the owner of the video. Only one person is allowed to own and enter each video and the Entrant accepts sole responsibility for obtaining such permissions;

d. the performance includes any third party brands, logos or other identifiable marks that would require clearance in accordance with the law.


11. The competition closes at 5.00pm GMT on 16 May 2007. Entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by Universal and Universal's records are conclusive as to the time of receipt. Universal reserves the right to extend the Competition and all dates are subject to change if necessary at Universal's discretion.

12. The winners will be selected by a panel of judges from Universal and its affiliate companies judging the best 2 overall entries that best perform an original magic trick in accordance with suitability criteria chosen by Universal (including a lack of any necessity for Universal or the Entrant to obtain any clearances, consents or releases specified above in Condition 10) from a review of all eligible entries. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into, including in the event of a dispute. Chance plays no part in determining the winner nor will the decision of the judges be generated by an automated source.

13. The winners will be notified and the winners' entries will be published on the www.myspace.com/magiciansmovie website within 10 days after selection. Universal also reserves the right to publish the winner's entry on the Universal website www.universal.com .

14. If the winner is not immediately identifiable or contactable Universal will make reasonable efforts to identify and/or contact the winner. If the winner has not accepted the prize by 24 May 2007 or such other time as decided by Universal, at its sole discretion, Universal reserves the right to publish the entry anyway (provided that the Supporting Agreements are completed, signed and valid and that in all other respects we have been able to verify that the winner was eligible to enter and win). In the alternative, the next best entry will be selected as a winner.

15. No entries from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible or corrupted entries or those that are not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted. No responsibility is accepted for late, lost or misdirected mail or any errors or failures in internet, network, computer hardware or software failures or other communications of any kind. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Universal reserves the right to cancel or modify the promotion if, in its sole discretion, the administration of the promotion is impaired for technical or other reasons beyond its reasonable control and, in such an event, may select the winner from all valid entries received prior to the impairment.

16. The 2 prizes for the 2 winning entries consist of:

a. publication of the winning entry in the "extras" segment of the DVD "the Magicians" © to be distributed in such territories as Universal may decide at its sole discretion; or

b. lunch with David Mitchell and Robert Webb, stars of The Magicians © Universal 2007 motion picture (at a selected time, date and restaurant),

with Universal having the right at its sole discretion to decide which winner will be allocated which prize. Universal will not accept aggressive or persistent "lobbying" by entrants, or the winners in relation to the allocation of prizes, and reserves the right to disqualify entrants based on such actions.

There are no other prizes associated at this time with this promotion subject to waiver or amendment by Universal at its sole discretion.


17. Universal accepts no responsibility for any variation in the prize before or after the closing date. The prize cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash. Universal reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute the prize with cash or a prize of non-monetary value if the prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason.

18. Entrants will be responsible for all costs, charges, taxes and insurance connected with the submission of their entry.

19. Entrants agree that entry into the Competition is conditional upon compliance with all relevant laws, rules and regulations and upon the entrants releasing Universal and its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and agents, from any and all liability, claims, demands and causes of action for any personal injury or other loss or damage (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) suffered in connection with the entrant's actions and submissions, except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law. All Entrants shall indemnify and hold the Universal harmless from any claims, actions, proceedings, costs and expenses arising as a result of any allegation that you did not own or were not wholly entitled and authorised to allow publication and reproduction of the work by Universal.Universal reserves the right to disqualify the winner at its absolute discretion in the event of non-compliance or the failure to provide such releases.


20. On submission, your entry becomes the property of Universal. As the "author" of your entry, you warrant that your entry is original and your own work. By submitting your entry, you are providing to Universal a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable assignment of all of your moral and copyright rights in the video entry to reproduce, publish, adapt, communicate and broadcast all or part of your entry in any form and media. You must secure all necessary rights from all participants in and contributors to your entry to ensure that your entry may be used by Universal under the assignment granted above. We reserve the right to request that you sign a waiver agreement. You also consent to us using your name, image, likeness, voice, appearance and/or performance in your entry, and those of your participants (who shall be fully consenting to the foregoing) and editing your entry, and re-using, storing, reproducing and communicating your entry in any medium. Each Entrant assigns all rights including without limitation trade marks, design rights and any other rights (whether registered or unregistered) in the Entrant's video whether now known or created in the future to the Universal. Each Entrant acknowledges that the Universal shall have the right to use that Entrant's video for Universal's brand related activity (including showing the video on the Competition website at www.myspace.com/magiciansmovie or any other webpage or website that Universal may designate for use through itself, its parent companies, affiliates or promotional partners). Entrants agree to execute all such documents as may be required to assign the rights in the video to Universal at any time. Universal will decide in its reasonable discretion whether you will be attributed for your entry. Personal information contained your entry will be used by Universal and its parent companies, affiliates and promotional partners for the purposes of conducting the promotion and will be shared with the promotional partners only as necessary to award the prize. Universal reserves the right to use the winners' names and photographs for future marketing purposes, including on the Universal website www.universal.com unless otherwise advised by the winner. Where you have advised Universal that you wish to receive the Universal newsletters or marketing information, your personal information will also be used for those purposes. You can view Universal's privacy policy at http://www.universalpictures.com/legal/privacy.html and the Universal MySpace.com "the Magicians" Universal © 2007 Webpage Privacy Policy at www.myspace.com/magiciansmovie

21. Entries will not be returned to entrants.

22. Nothing in these Conditions shall create a partnership or joint venture by or between Universal and MySpace.com, and neither party will be, or will hold itself out to be, the agent of the other, irrespective of any branding or promotional agreement between the two in relation to this Competition.

23. These Conditions shall be governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

24. Use of the webpage www.myspace.com/magiciansmovie shall be covered by the standard Terms and Conditions of Use © 2006 Universal Studios of all Universal company websites accessible at www.universalpictures.com/legal/index.html

25. By entering the Competition, the Entrants are deemed to accept and be bound by the rules and consent to the transfer of their personal data to the Data Controller for the purposes of the administration of this Competition and any other purposes to which the Entrant has consented. All entry instructions form part of the rules of the Competition. Data Controller: Universal

From the hottest new British comedians Mitchell and Webb and the creators of the award-winning 'Peep Show' comes MAGICIANS. Subscribe now to this official podcast for all the best previews, interviews and behind the scenes exclusives.

Lifelong friends Harry and Karl (David Mitchell and Robert Webb) are the greatest magic double act in the country. But after a guillotine illusion goes horribly and spectacularly wrong, their friendship and their careers are finished. Now, down on his luck and out of cash, Harry sets his sights on the prize money of the prestigious 'International Magic Shield' tournament. But to win he will have to compete against the world's oddest (and saddest) magicians - including his deadly rival Karl, performing under the guise of ridiculous psychic 'The Mindmonger'. Can new tricks and a new assistant (Jessica Stevenson from 'Confetti' and 'Spaced') help Harry to triumph over his underhanded opponents and his disastrous past?

Starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb (Peep Show), Jessica Stevenson (Confetti, Shaun of the Dead, Spaced), Darren Boyd (Green Wing) and Peter Capaldi (The Thick of It).

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