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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Penn Jillette | ... | Penn (as Penn) | |
| Teller | ... | Teller | |
| Caitlin Clarke | ... | Carlotta / Officer McNamara (as Celia McGuire) | |
| David Patrick Kelly | ... | The Fan | |
| Leonardo Cimino | ... | Ernesto | |
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Celia McGuire | ... | Officer McNamara |
| Bill Randolph | ... | Floor Director | |
| John Miller | ... | Steve the bandleader | |
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Ellen Whyte | ... | Makeup Woman |
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Ted Neustadt | ... | Bob the host |
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Tudor Sherrard | ... | 1st Frat Boy |
| Billy Morrissette | ... | 2nd Frat Boy | |
| Jon Cryer | ... | 3rd Frat Boy | |
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Leonard Parker | ... | Airport Porter |
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Christopher Durang | ... | Jesus Freak |
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Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of pranks on the other to suggest a real threat. Then they find that a real psychopath is interested in them. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords:
reference to shirley maclaine | cardboard cutout | prank | stage magician | film noir spoof |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 September 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Broma fatal See more »Company Credits
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DolbyAspect Ratio:
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Woman in Parking Lot: In the shoulder, huh? Well, at that range you were lucky.
Penn: No! I just got shot, that's not lucky. Lucky is winning the lottery.
Woman in Parking Lot: Hey, aren't you that guy who goes on TV and asks people to kill him?
Penn: I didn't ask people to kill me, I said I wished someone were trying to kill me.
Woman in Parking Lot: You said that on national TV? There's a lot of nuts out there! You're lucky I don't have a gun or I'd blow your fucking brains out.
Penn: Yeah, I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Mr. Lucky just got shot in ...
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Trivia
In the scene where Teller is being held down with ropes by audience members, the one closest to Penn Jillette is James Randi, aka "The Amazing Randi". A close friend and mentor, Randi wrote the book "The Faith Healers" and exposed psychic doctors to the public, a driving plot point in the film. See more »Goofs
When Penn has trouble going through the metal detector at the airport, he takes off his jacket and vest while Teller rolls the metal ball on the ground to set off the detector while Penn walks through. But when Penn walks back through it to the other side, he doesn't set it off and the airport security checker takes no notice of it. See more »Quotes
[after Penn gets shot]Woman in Parking Lot: In the shoulder, huh? Well, at that range you were lucky.
Penn: No! I just got shot, that's not lucky. Lucky is winning the lottery.
Woman in Parking Lot: Hey, aren't you that guy who goes on TV and asks people to kill him?
Penn: I didn't ask people to kill me, I said I wished someone were trying to kill me.
Woman in Parking Lot: You said that on national TV? There's a lot of nuts out there! You're lucky I don't have a gun or I'd blow your fucking brains out.
Penn: Yeah, I'm the luckiest guy in the world. Mr. Lucky just got shot in ...
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Crazy Credits
To hide the fact that Caitlin Clarke played a dual role, she was also credited under the pseudonym 'Celia McGuire.' The closing credits reveal the pseudonym with the consecutive credits: Officer McNamara...Celia McGuire Celia McGuire...Caitlin Clarke See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I got this movie for my 18th birthday, and it is a very good movie. Penn and Teller should make more movies like this. To bad it didn't make a lot when it was released, now the only way I can see them is watching thier magic shows. The ending of this movie caught me completely by surprise, I just can't describe how much I love it, I think I'll watch it again.