Penn & Teller Get Killed
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Penn & Teller Get Killed

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Duration:
89 min
Genres:
Adventure | Comedy
IMDB rate:
5.9
Director:
Arthur Penn
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1989-09-22
Filming Locations: Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Penn Jillette
Penn
Teller
Teller
Caitlin Clarke
Carlotta / Officer McNamara (as Celia McGuire)
David Patrick Kelly
The Fan
Leonardo Cimino
Ernesto
Celia McGuire
Officer McNamara
Bill Randolph
Floor Director
John Miller
Steve the bandleader
Ellen Whyte
Makeup Woman
Ted Neustadt
Bob the host
Tudor Sherrard
1st Frat Boy
Billy Morrissette
2nd Frat Boy
Jon Cryer
3rd Frat Boy
Leonard Parker
Airport Porter
Christopher Durang
Jesus Freak
Camille Saviola
Airport Security Guard
Gwen Shepherd
Mother
Avanti Taylor
Little Girl
Don Plumley
Ticket Agent #1
Peggy Cosgrave
Ticket Agent #2
Joseph Amodei
Ticket Agent #3
Madison Arnold
Slot Player
Jaime Tirelli
Maitre d'
Millie Tirelli
Waitress
Joe Milazzo
Ernesto's Guest
Paul Calderon
Juan
Eddie Gorodetsky
Big Guy
Lum Chang Pang
Muscular One
Maria Laboy
Woman Timekeeper
Ben Lin
1st Rope Holder
Jimmy Carr
2nd Rope Holder
James Randi
3rd Rope Holder
Rob Elk
Heckler
Nancy Giles
TV Interviewer
Marilyn Cooper
Woman in Parking Lot
Patrick Whitney
Taxi Pusher
Beth Woods
Screaming Showgirl
Anne Conners
Laughing Showgirl
Robert LaSardo
1st Mugger
Tom Sizemore
2nd Mugger
Reg E. Cathey
Fan's Friend
Alan North
Old Cop
Matthew Penn
Young Cop
John D. Genovese
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Gene Hatcher
Extra on bench in closing shot (uncredited)
Gwyn English Nielsen
Audience Member (uncredited)
Nick Pernice
Gambler (uncredited)
Bill Walters
Volkswagen Driver (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Teller talks at the end of the movie, which for many people was the first time they had ever heard the magician's voice.
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When Penn Jillette and Teller are abducted by the Filipinos on the beach, Penn says, "Do what you want to the girl, but leave me alone." This line is one of the phrases in George Carlin's list of "Things You Never Hear".
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The elderly man and woman seated at a table on the right side of the screen during Penn and "Carlotta's" conversation in the Mexican restaurant were Penn's real-life parents, Sam and Valda Jillette.
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Goofs
When Penn is being removed from the casino by the cop, his chants of "Attica! Attica!" don't match his mouth. That's because he originally sang "We shall overcome! We shall overcome!" as can be seen in the trailer.
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When Penn, Teller and Officer McNamara watch the P&T compilation video at the crazed fan's apartment, the video has scenes of "Weekend Live" from the beginning of the film where Penn is seated left on the couch and Teller on the right from the camera's point-of-view. But in the fan's video of the same segment, Teller is seated on the left and Penn on the right.
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In Officer McNamara's boathouse, Teller's leg brushes against a cylindrical cushion and knocks it off the couch as he is walking across the room. Shortly thereafter, the cushion has returned to the couch, and Teller picks it up before sitting down.
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Quotes
Penn: Commie bastard, I'll show you distribution of wealth!
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Penn: [to Teller] Better take the drain cleaner out of your mouth, this is getting serious...
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Penn: [voice-over] Oh, yeah. We're dead and there's no way out. I mean, it couldn't be a gag, it couldn't be a joke. We're not gonna have one of the characters wake up from a bad dream; you'd hate us for that! I mean the movie is called 'Penn & Teller Get Killed.' We HAD to get killed at the end, there's no way out of that. We were married to that ending from the moment we thought of the title, and now we've actually killed off ourselves, and there's no taking that back. And this whole pullback, this is not us going to heaven. We're just dead. I mean, those were suicides, frowned upon by every major Western religion, and Atlantic City is in the Western world, so... Penn & Teller are dead. That's it. Thanks. Hope you enjoyed it. You can imagine the sequel thing is kind of a bitch.
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