"Who worked on the film scripts for ""Barbarella"", ""Dr Strangelove "", ""Easy Rider"", ""Candy"" and ""The Magic Christian""?"
The Magic Christian (novel) The Magic Christian (novel) The Magic Christian is a 1959 comic novel by American author Terry Southern (1924–1995) about an odd billionaire who spends most of his time playing elaborate practical jokes on people. It is known for bringing Southern to the attention of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, who had received a copy as a gift from Peter Sellers, and subsequently hired him as co-writer for "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) when Kubrick decided to make that film a black comedy/satire, rather than a straightforward thriller. In 1969, "The Magic Christian" was made into a film starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr; the
Terry Southern the world. His work on "Dr Strangelove" opened the doors to lucrative work as a screenwriter and script doctor, and allowed him to greatly increase his fee, from the reported $2,000 he received for "Dr Strangelove" to as much as $100,000 thereafter. During the latter half of the 1960s Southern worked on the screenplays of a string of "cult" films. His credits in this period include "The Loved One" (1965), "The Collector" (1965), "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), "Casino Royale" (1967), "Barbarella" (1968), "Easy Rider" (1969), "The Magic Christian" (1969), and "End of the Road" (1970) . In early 1964 Southern