The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Don Scardino and written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Chad Kultgen amp Tyler Mitchell, and Daley amp Goldstein. The film follows Las Vegas magician Burt Wonderstone Steve Carell as he attempts to reunite with his former partner Anton Marvelton Steve Buscemi to take on dangerous street magician Steve Gray Jim Carrey. It also features Alan Arkin, Olivia Wilde and James Gandolfini.

In 1982, young Albert is harassed by bullies. His mother gives him a special magic trick set by veteran magician Rance Holloway as his birthday present. He studies the instructional video and begins to practice some tricks, attracting the attention of a classmate, Anthony. They practice together and eventually become professional magicians Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton, earning them success and an ongoing headlining act at the Ballys Hotel in Las Vegas. However, after ten years of performing the same tricks over and over again, Anton is fed up with Burts ego, which has already cost them previous female assistants, all called Nicole in the act. In a rush, Burt enlists production assistant Jane as the new Nicole.Burt and Anton encounter upandcoming street magician Steve Gray performing a unique yet horrifying card trick for his TV magic show, Brain Rapist. Audience numbers soon dwindle at Burt and Antons show, upsetting Ballys owner Doug Munny. Taking a cue from Grays endurancebased stunts, Anton suggests that he and Burt try a similar tacklocking themselves in a Plexiglas cage called the Hot Box hung above ground. Overconfident, Burt does not prepare for the stunt and almost instantly falls into a panic, causing the stunt to fail and injuring Anton. Anton angrily ends his partnership with Burt, and Jane also quits. ........

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