The Master of Disguise (2002)

An Italian waiter fights off a criminal mastermind with his inherited powers of disguise.

Director:

Perry Andelin Blake

Writers:

Dana Carvey, Harris Goldberg

Stars:

Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould

Bottom Rated Movies #48 | 1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dana Carvey	...	Pistachio Disguisey
Jennifer Esposito	...	Jennifer Baker
Harold Gould	...	Grandfather Disguisey
James Brolin	...	Fabbrizio Disguisey
Brent Spiner	...	Devlin Bowman
Austin Wolff	...	Barney Baker
Edie McClurg	...	Mother Disguisey
Maria Canals-Barrera	...	Sophia (as Maria Canals)
Robert Machray	...	Texas Man
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Henchman
Rachel Lederman	...	Texas Wife
Vincent Riverside	...	Henchman
Mark Devine	...	Trent
Kenan Thompson	...	Kenan
Jay Johnston	...	Rex

Storyline

A sweet-natured Italian waiter named Pistachio Disguisey at his father Fabbrizio's restaurant, who happens to be a member of a family with supernatural skills of disguise. But moments later the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped Fabbrizio's former arch-enemy, Devlin Bowman, a criminal mastermind in an attempt to steal the world's most precious treasures from around the world. And it's up to Pistachio to track down Bowman and save his family before Bowman kills them!

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Plot Keywords:

slapstick comedy | inheritance | robbery | master of disguise | kidnapping | 

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Taglines:

Disguise The Limit.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language and some crude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 August 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Meister der Verwandlung

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,554,650, 4 August 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$40,363,530, 24 November 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revolution Studios,Happy Madison Productions,Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jim Carrey was considered for the role of Pistachio Disguisey.

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Goofs

When Pistachio gets out of the cherry pie, he is covered in cherries and cherry juice, yet when he runs away from the guards, he leaves no cherry juice footprints.

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Quotes

Trent: What kind of crap are you filling his head with?
Pistachio Disguisey: Uh, the nice-ness?
Trent: "The nice-ness?" You are trying to horn in in my action, aren't cha?
Pistachio Disguisey: [Imitates Trent] You are trying to horn in in my action, aren't cha?
Trent: What?
[Looks away and back]
Trent: Are you mocking me?
Pistachio Disguisey: [Imitates Trent] What?
[Looks away and back]
Pistachio Disguisey: Are you mocking me?

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Crazy Credits

During the final credits, there are scenes from a wedding between Pistachio Disguisey and Jennifer, as well as Dana Carvey hamming it up in several disguises, some 'bloopers', and Dana acting out scenes from other movies/shows.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Halloween II (2014)

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Soundtracks

I Like To Move It
Written by Erick Morillo and Mark Quashie
Performed by Reel 2 Real featuring Stuntman The Mad (as The Mad Stuntman)
Courtesy of Strictly Rhythm Records LLC

User Reviews

watch the trailer

Sitting through this movie is completely worthless because everything that appears to be funny is in the trailer. I went expecting to see Dana Carvey go crazy with all kinds of disguises, but he is in costume for only the last 20 minutes or so, and basically every single one of the disguises is in the trailer. Don't waste your time, watch something else.

Elements of the plot that attempt to keep the movie going for the first hour are immature and crude. It isn't suitable for young kids and adults have nothing to laugh at. Nothing is clever or creative. The movie is a sad jumble of wasted film. Unfortunate the Carvey submitted himself to such a production.