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Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   802 votes
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Director:
Arthur Penn
Writers (WGA):
Penn Jillette (written by) and
Teller (written by)
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Release Date:
22 September 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Comedy more
Tagline:
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Plot:
Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Wickedly funny more

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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dead Funny
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Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Teller talks at the end of the movie, which for many people was the first time they had ever heard the magician's voice. more
Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
Penn: [to Teller] Better take the drain cleaner out of your mouth, this is getting serious... more
Movie Connections:
References A Plumbing We Will Go (1940) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Wickedly funny, 27 June 1999
8/10
Author: Rosabel from Ottawa, Canada

A movie no Penn & Teller fan would dream of being without. The first time I watched it, I was perplexed by the oddball atmosphere - this movie just doesn't play like a typical movie. Subsequent viewings have increased my fondness for it, though, and I keep finding more and more humour in it. So much of the humour comes from realizing that the jokes are not just inserted to make us laugh, but are the natural product of a very bizarre world that these two performers are inhabiting all the time. As Teller in a park catches pigeons with his bare hands, Penn says admiringly, "You're getting really good at that. You don't even hurt them anymore." Anymore? What has been going on between Teller and the pigeons all these years? The film is full of these little glimpses into a very weird world.

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