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Cast
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| 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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Storyline
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>
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reference to shirley maclaine | cardboard cutout | actor plays himself | actor names in title | surnames in title |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 September 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Penn: Let me tell you something mister. That had better be a blank at that window, and a squib behind that mirror, because if you hired someone to fire off a real gun between us, I don't think that's funny. Actually a blank and a squib is only mildly funny.
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Performed by Penn Jillette
Written by Don McLean
©1971 Mayday Music, Inc. and Yahweh Tunes, Inc.
[Penn quotes the lyrics while almost being operated on]
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Trivia
When Penn Jillette and Teller are abducted by the Filipinos on the beach, Penn says, "Do what you want to the girl, but leave me alone." This line is one of the phrases in George Carlin's list of "Things You Never Hear". See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
[after a gunshot shatters a mirror]Penn: Let me tell you something mister. That had better be a blank at that window, and a squib behind that mirror, because if you hired someone to fire off a real gun between us, I don't think that's funny. Actually a blank and a squib is only mildly funny.
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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 »Soundtracks
American PiePerformed by Penn Jillette
Written by Don McLean
©1971 Mayday Music, Inc. and Yahweh Tunes, Inc.
[Penn quotes the lyrics while almost being operated on]
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this movie has some interesting stunts that are pulled, but I kept asking myself during the duration of the film, Is Penn the guy who does the "next on Comedy Central" voice. Otherwise I could dig this movie, jay and silent bob seemed to rip it off a little bit.