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Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
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22 September 1989 (USA)
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Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Penn Jillette | ... | Penn Jillette | |
| Teller | ... | Teller | |
| Caitlin Clarke | ... | Carlotta / Officer McNamara (as Celia McGuire) | |
| David Patrick Kelly | ... | The Fan | |
| Leonardo Cimino | ... | Ernesto | |
| Celia McGuire | ... | Officer McNamara | |
| Bill Randolph | ... | Floor Director | |
| John Miller | ... | Steve the bandleader | |
| Ellen Whyte | ... | Makeup Woman | |
| Ted Neustadt | ... | Bob the host | |
| Tudor Sherrard | ... | 1st Frat Boy | |
| Billy Morrissette | ... | 2nd Frat Boy | |
| Jon Cryer | ... | 3rd Frat Boy | |
| Leonard Parker | ... | Airport Porter | |
| Christopher Durang | ... | Jesus Freak |
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Dead Funny
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89 min
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The elderly man and woman seated at a table on the right side of the screen during Penn and "Carlotta's" conversation in the Mexican restaurant were Penn's real-life parents, Sam and Valda Jillette.
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Continuity: When Penn, Teller and Officer McNamara watch the P&T compilation video at the crazed fan's apartment, the video has scenes of "Weekend Live" from the beginning of the film where Penn is seated left on the couch and Teller on the right from the camera's point-of-view. But in the fan's video of the same segment, Teller is seated on the left and Penn on the right.
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[narrating from beyond the grave as the camera pulls back]
Penn: Oh, yeah. We're dead and there's no way out. I mean, it couldn't be a gag, it couldn't be a joke. We're not gonna have one of the characters wake up from a bad dream; you'd hate us for that! I mean the movie is called 'Penn & Teller Get Killed.' We HAD to get killed at the end...
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Penn: Oh, yeah. We're dead and there's no way out. I mean, it couldn't be a gag, it couldn't be a joke. We're not gonna have one of the characters wake up from a bad dream; you'd hate us for that! I mean the movie is called 'Penn & Teller Get Killed.' We HAD to get killed at the end...
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References A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)
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I Started A Joke
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The first five minutes of this film are quite interesting when we see them in the television studio but that is the only half descent thing we see. The rest of the film is so pretentious it is unbelievable.The story is about a set of practical jokes which are not funny and half the time dont make sense and the ending is awful. The female actress turns up in the last half an hour out of nowhere and takes the film down another notch. They should have killed themselves at the beginning! Dont get me wrong i like Pen & Teller and their Bulls*** TV series is fantastic but sorry guys this stinks! 2 out of 10