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Release Date: 2012

Cast: Tom Hanks, Don Most, Colin Hanks, John Malkovich, B.J. Hendricks, Steve Zahn, Jill Ragan, Griffin Dunne, Casey Rose Wilson, Emily Blunt, George Takei, Matthew Gray Gubler ...MORE

Cast: Tom Hanks, Don Most, Colin Hanks, John Malkovich, B.J. Hendricks, Steve Zahn, Jill Ragan, Griffin Dunne, Casey Rose Wilson, Emily Blunt, George Takei, Matthew Gray Gubler, Ricky Jay, Dave Attell, Wallace Langham, Adam Scott, Debra Monk ...LESS

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The Great Buck Howard is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean McGinly that stars Colin Hanks and John Malkovich. Tom Hanks also appears as the father of his real-life son's character. The character Buck Howard is inspired by the mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, whose popularity was at its height in the 1970s. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2008. It is the first Walden Media film to be distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Troy Gable (Colin Hanks) defies his father (Tom Hanks) and leaves law school to pursue his dream of becoming a writer in Los... MORE

The Great Buck Howard is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean McGinly that stars Colin Hanks and John Malkovich. Tom Hanks also appears as the father of his real-life son's character. The character Buck Howard is inspired by the mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, whose popularity was at its height in the 1970s. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2008. It is the first Walden Media film to be distributed by Magnolia Pictures. Troy Gable (Colin Hanks) defies his father (Tom Hanks) and leaves law school to pursue his dream of becoming a writer in Los Angeles. To support himself, he takes a job as a road manager for "The Great" Buck Howard (John Malkovich), a fading mentalist. Troy comes to enjoy traveling with Buck to performances in smaller venues such as Bakersfield and Akron. In particular, Troy sincerely admires Buck's signature trick: having someone in the audience hide his fee for that night's performance, which he then unfailingly discovers. (Kreskin is said to have actually performed this feat 6,000 times, only failing to find the money nine times.) A reluctant publicist, Valerie Brennan (Emily Blunt), is sent to join them in LESS