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The Great Buck Howard (2009)

USA 2009 - 87 min.
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Budget: $

Theatrical release USA: March 20, 2009
In Release: days
Boxoffice USA: $
Boxoffice Foreign: $
Rentals: $

Cast
John Malkovich - Buck Howard
Colin Hanks - Troy Gable
Tom Hanks - Mr. Gable
Emily Blunt - Publicist


Matthew Gray Gubler -
Steve Zahn -
Griffin Dunne -
Ricky Jay -

Synopsis
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.

Trivia
- John Malkovich replaced Kevin Kline.
- Lensing on The Great Buck Howard is set to begin in July for a 2007 release.
- The film began shooting July 31st, 2006 in Los Angeles.

Studio: ?
Production Company: Playtone Productions, Bristol Bay Productions, Anschultz Film Group

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Crew
Director: Sean McGinly
Screenwriter: Sean McGinly
Producers: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
Executive Producers: Marvin Acuna, Steven Shareshian, Marina Grasic, Jan Korbelin
Co-producer: Ginger Sledge
Director of Photography: Tak Fujimoto
Production Designer: Gary Frutkoff
Costume Designer: Johnetta Boone
Music: Blake Neely
Editor: Myron I. Kerstein
Production Executive: Jackie Levine
Unit Production Manager: Ginger Sledge
Assistant Director: Vincent Palmo Jr.
Art Director: Tristan P. Bourne


Set Decorator: Linda Sutton
Production Coordinator: Meredith Humbracht
Sound Design: Jose Antonio Garcia
Casting: Jeanne McCarthy
Publicity: Deborah Simmrin
Production Manager: Lila Yacoub
Property Master: Eugene McCarthy
Script Supervisor: Cate Hardman
Production Accountant: Kelly A. Snyder
Location Manager: Emre Sonmez
Post-Production Supervisor: Graham Stumpf
Hair: Bridget Cook
Makeup: Bill Corso, Cheryl Nick
Visual Effects: Brent M. Bowen, Peter Gend