Austin Film Festival 2008

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The Great Buck Howard
Sean McGinly
Categories: Marquee
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Run time: 87 min. | USA
Law-school dropout Troy Gable answers an ad for a “personal assistant to a celebrity performer,” hoping it will catapult him to a glamorous career in the entertainment industry. Little does he know that performer is Buck Howard, a "mentalist" infamous for his 61 appearances on The Tonight Show, who has been reduced to a has-been magician in need of a pretty big trick to get him out of this slump. Malkovich turns in a comic performance not to be missed.
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Sean McGinly
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Sean McGinly
 
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Colin Hanks
Emily Blunt
Griffin Dunne
John Malkovich
Ricky Jay
Tom Hanks
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Rated 3.0/5 Stars
jodila
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John Malcovitch saved this movie. I can't bear Tom Hanks recent films and his son just reminds me so much of him it's unnerving. Some great character actor turns in this though.
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