The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

A veteran Vegas magician tries to revive his career after his longtime partner quits, he gets fired from his casino act, and an edgy new "street magician" steals his thunder.

Director:

Don Scardino

Writers:

Jonathan Goldstein (screenplay), John Francis Daley (screenplay)

Stars:

Steve Carell, Luke Vanek, Steve Buscemi

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Carell	...	Burt Wonderstone
Steve Buscemi	...	Anton Marvelton
Olivia Wilde	...	Jane
Jim Carrey	...	Steve Gray
James Gandolfini	...	Doug Munny
Alan Arkin	...	Rance Holloway
Jay Mohr	...	Rick the Implausible
Michael Herbig	...	Lucius Belvedere (as Michael Bully Herbig)
Mason Cook	...	Young Burt
Luke Vanek	...	Young Anton
Zachary Gordon	...	Bully
Richard Wolffe	...	Richard Wolffe
Erin Burnett	...	Erin Burnett
Brad Garrett	...	Dom
David Copperfield	...	David Copperfield

Storyline

Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas Strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerrilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show is starting to look stale. But there's still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act - both onstage and off - if only Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place.

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Plot Keywords:

elvis presley character | woman wearing a gas mask | slapstick comedy | magician | vegas | 

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Taglines:

Abracatastic!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, dangerous stunts, a drug-related incident and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

15 March 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Burt Dickenson, Most Powerful Magician on the Planet Earth

Filming Locations:

JW Marriott Hotel - 900 W. Olympic Boulevard, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,177,257, 17 March 2013

Gross USA:

$22,537,881

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$27,437,881

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, BenderSpink, Carousel Productions (II)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Thomas Lennon was considered for the role of Anton Marvelton.

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Goofs

The opening scene takes place in 1982, but a mini-satellite dish is visible on one of the houses. These were not available in the US until late 1994.

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Quotes

Burt Wonderstone: [for a trick, Steve Gray put a puppy in Burt's pants] He put a dog in my pants, Jane.
Jane: I know.
Burt Wonderstone: No one's ever done that to me before.
Jane: I... hope not.
Burt Wonderstone: He was teething!

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Connections

Features The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

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Soundtracks

On Top of the World
Written by Alex da Kid (as Alexander Junior Grant), Ben McKee (as Benjamin Arthur McKee), Dan Reynolds (as Daniel Coulter Reynolds) and Wayne Sermon (as Daniel Wayne Sermon)
Performed by Imagine Dragons
Courtesy of Interscope Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

So So Comedy

Good comedy has a ring of truth and reality to it. This movie was mostly nonsensical. It had some laughs here and there, but I was pretty much the only one in the audience of three parties laughing. I think the comedians in it are funny, but the story is kind of shallow and stupid.

It wasn't a total waste of time but it wasn't something that held your attention very well either. It was sort of a time killer type comedy. Parts of it were just plain disgusting or scary, making it hard to laugh. People in the audience actually seemed to be in a bad mood watching it.

Jim Carey was funny as a sex symbol magician and Alan Arkin was funny as a cranky old man. They were just funny characters. There were little ironic jokes here and there but the piece didn't hold together well.