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 #57 | 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 | disguise | mask | 

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Taglines:

He can get into any disguise... getting out is another story.

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dana Carvey made the film for his children because the majority of his projects were not suitable for children, and so this project was made to be more family friendly.

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Goofs

When Pistachio does a back flip onto the platform where Jennifer is chained, in some shots, one can clearly see the wires connected to his belt.

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Quotes

Pistachio Disguisey: [as Terry Suave] Suave, Terry Suave.
Devlin Bowman: What do you want?

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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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Alternate Versions

In the UK, to avoid a '12A' rating, a series of headbutts were removed. This cuts seven seconds.

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Connections

References My Name Is Nobody (1973)

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Soundtracks

Whip It
Written by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale (as Gerald Casale)
Performed by Devo
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products and Courtesy of Virgin Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

User Reviews

does not deserve to be in the bottom 100

i'm in my early 30s and i thought it was funny. it's certainly not on par with the brilliant comedies made by monty python, but it's much better than 95% of the PG-13 garbage that continues to be released.

it was refreshing to see a PG comedy that wasn't centered around children. i really liked the gammy num nums disguise, and i wish they had been able to work the Mayor Maynot disguise in the movie along with the painting guy. thankfully they were both on the DVD.

i've watched it twice now, and will watch it again. dana talked (on a DVD featurette) about how he originally wanted to make a mission impossible type comedy with the master of disguise being part of the team, so maybe he'll go to back to that for a sequel; although, it seems unlikely since the first seems to be rather unpopular.

6/10

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 August 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Master of Disguise

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,554,650, 4 August 2002

Gross USA:

$40,388,794

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$43,411,001

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