The Amazing Kreskin is a mentalist-thought reader known for his appearances on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson and later on The Late Show With David Letterman. Writer/director Sean McGinly served as Kreskin’s road manager for a brief stint and has converted his experiences into The Great Buck Howard, an insider’s look at show business that manages to show the business and hold onto a bit of the magic.
With pinpoint performances from John Malkovich and Colin Hanks, The Great Buck Howard offers a sentimental look inside from the perspective of someone with genuine love of the game because McGinly never reveals a single trick in the mentalist’s repertoire.
Cincinnati World Cinema screens The Great Buck Howard at 7:30 p.m. April 27-28 at The Redmoor in Mount Lookout Square. Read a review of the film here.
This article appears in Apr 22-28, 2009.