Movie
The Great Buck Howard
Overview
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-01-18
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bristol Bay Productions, Playtone
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Malkovich as Buck Howard
- Emily Blunt as Valerie Brennan
- Steve Zahn as Kenny
- Tom Hanks as Mr. Gable
- Colin Hanks as Troy Gable
- Patrick Fischler as Michael Perry
- Ricky Jay as Gil Bellamy
- Griffin Dunne as Jonathan Finerman
- Debra Monk as Doreen
- Adam Scott as Alan
- Wallace Langham as Dan Green
- Jonathan Ames as Edward Kelly
Crew
- Sean McGinly - Director
- Sean McGinly - Screenplay
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