Film and Television
- Hokus Pokus (1949 film), the 115th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges
- Hocus Pocus (1993 film), a 1993 Halloween-themed fantasy/comedy film that was released by Disney and directed by Kenny Ortega
- Hocus Pocus, the fictional rabbit who turns on his magician owner in the 1969 Christmas television special Frosty the Snowman
- Hocus Pocus (SpongeBob SquarePants), a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from Season 4
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Famous quotes containing the words film and, film and/or television:
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)
“A film is a petrified fountain of thought.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
“It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the greatest change is evident. In the place of traditional, sometimes ancient childhood games that were still popular a generation ago, in the place of fantasy and make- believe play . . . today’s children have substituted television viewing and, most recently, video games.”
—Marie Winn (20th century)