Based on Lev Grossman's New York Times best seller this centers on Quentin a brilliant grad student chosen to attend Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy a secret upstate New York university specializing in magic. He and his twenty something friends soon discover that the magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real and poses a grave danger to humanity.
| General Note: |
Title from container.
Based on "The Magicians" by Lev Grossman.
Special features: deleted scenes ; gag reel ; The world of The Magicians.
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| Formatted Contents Note: |
Disc 1. Unauthorized magic ; The source of magic ; Consequences of advanced spellcasting -- Disc 2. The world in the walls ; Mendings, major and minor ; Impractical applications ; The Mayakovsky circumstance -- Disc 3. The strangled heart ; The writing room ; Homecoming -- Disc 4. Remedial battle magic ; Thirty-nine graves ; Have you brought me little cakes?
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| Creation/Production Credits Note: |
Executive producers, Mike Cahill, Michael London, Janice Williams, John McNamara, Sera Gamble.
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| Participant or Performer Note: |
Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Hale Appleman, Arjun Gupta, Summer Bishil.
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| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: |
Originally aired on television in 2015-2016.
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| Target Audience Note: |
Not rated.
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| System Details Note: |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1.
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| Language Note: |
English dialogue; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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