Curtis's Charm
6.4
This film, based on a Jim Carroll short story, recounts the tale of Curtis and his encounter with voodoo. Curtis is a drug addict who has become paranoid, thinking that his wife's mother has cast evil spells on him. He meets his friend Jim and asks him for help in counteracting her black magic. Jim tries to reason with his friend, but when that fails, he decides to play along and make him a talisman. Drawing a snake on a scrap of paper and mumbling an incantation, Jim gives him this charm. This immediately solves Curtis's problems...or does it?
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Cast
24 people
Maurice Dean Wint
Curtis
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Cube
SurrealEstate
Callum Keith Rennie
Jim
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Battlestar Galactica
The Umbrella Academy
John L'Ecuyer
Jim Carroll
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Carolynne Bell
Rachael Crawford
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Ascension
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Sandra Cunningham
Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
Voodoo Ma
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Atom Egoyan
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Mayor of Kingstown
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John L'Ecuyer Director · Jim Carroll Author Mark Korven Composer
United States release October 21, 1996 · Produced in Canada · Production Cineplex Odeon Films
Production
Rabid Dog
Production
Cineplex Odeon Films
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 1995
Premiere · Toronto Int'l Film Festival
Canada · February 16, 1996
Theatrical
United States · October 21, 1996
Limited theatrical · Boston
United States
October 25, 1996 · Limited theatrical · NYC
Canada
August 29, 1996 · Physical · VHS
April 2, 1997 · TV · TMN / The Movie Network
May 29, 1998 · TV · CBC
Singapore
April 5, 1997 · Singapore International Film Festival
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