May 2009 • Volume 72 • Number 5

Features
52 Michael Caine Digs Deep ... and Finds a Magician
Interviews by Richard Kaufman
54 Sir Michael Caine
60 Screenwriter Peter Harness
62 Technical Advisor Scott Penrose
72 The Other Thurston by Gerald A. Schiller
78 The 41st Academy of Magical Arts Award Show by Dustin Stinett
30 In Memoriam: Ali Bongo by Brian Sibley
31 Ali Bongo: A Personal Perspective by Anthony Owen

Columns
10 Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman
11 Now Performing in New York and Boston
12 On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer
13 Now Performing at The Magic Castle and in Las Vegas
14 Cryptic Crossword, No. 5 by Josh Mandel
15 Max Maven’s Monthly Inquisition
16 Magicana by David Acer
16 Signed Quarter in Balloon by Michel Huot
18 Totally Under Control by Scott Robinson
20 Money Where Your Mouth Is by Daniel J. Millstein
21 Until You’re Blue In The Face by Jack Parker
40 The Genii Session: An Alternative Final Stage for
Dai Vernon’s Cups and Balls Routine by Roberto Giobbi
44 Tension, Focus, and Design: That’s It for the Other One
(An Ace Assembly) by Aaron Fisher

Light From the Lamp

84 Books Reviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss
84 Finding Dariel Fitzkee: The Man with the Trick Brain
by David Goodsell
88 The Notebook by Anonymous
88 The Magician: John Mulholland’s Secret Life by Ben Robinson
89 Tricks Reviewed by David Regal
89 Energy Bill by Andrew Gerard
90 Skin by Benjamin Earl
90 357 by Tom Lauten
90 The Gecko by Jim Rosenbaum
91 The Card Shark Line of Replica Decks and Gimmicked Cards
92 Intuition by Hondo
92 Colossal Blizzard by Anthony Miller
93 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
93 The Master Sessions: Spring (Disc 2 of 4) by John Carney
93 Search and Destroy: Featuring the Nowhere Pass by Aaron Fisher
94 New York Coin Magic Seminar (Volumes 8, 9, 10)
by M. Gallo, D. Roth, M. Rubinstein
94 The Works by Steve Dobson
96 Subscription Information/Advertisers Index