The Great Buck Howard is a 2009 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.
Troy Gable (Colin Hanks), from whose perspective the story is...
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The Great Buck Howard is a 2009 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.
Troy Gable (Colin Hanks), from whose perspective the story is told, defies his father (Tom Hanks) and leaves law school to pursue his dream of becoming a writer in Los Angeles. Unable to support himself, he takes a job as a road manager for "The Great" Buck Howard (John Malkovich), a pompous, demanding, past-his-prime 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. ...
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