The Great Buck Howard (2009)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Cast: John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks, Griffin Dunne, Matthew Gray Gubler, Debra Monk, Adam Scott, Patrick Fischler, Wallace Langham, Dave Attell, Don Most, Jonathan Ames, Sandy Martin, Stacey Travis, David Anthony Higgins, Kimberly Scott, Bill Saluga, Gary Coleman, Michael Winslow, Jack Carter, Martha Stewart, Damien Fahey, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, David Blaine, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, George Takei, Mary Hart, Jay Leno, Tom Arnold, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
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.