Saturday, February 17, 2018

"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone"

 
Doug Munny (James Gandolfini) is onstage at the Orpheum, used for the theatre at his new "signature hotel," the Doug, in Las Vegas. It's a shot from Don Scardino's "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" (New Line/Warner Bros. 2013), a comedy about magic.



Magicians Olivia Wilde, Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi onstage.



The film also stars Jim Carrey who, for his big trick, drills a hole in his head.



A nice view of the end standards on the main floor. Yes, that's a body being dragged up the aisle. It's part of the "vanishing audience" trick at the end of the film.



Up in the balcony during the "vanishing audience" trick --  rolling the customers down the steps while they're asleep.

See the Los Angeles Theatres pages about the Orpheum Theatre for a history of this 1926 vintage vaudeville house along with several hundred photos. It's a design by G. Albert Lansburgh that's at 842 S. Broadway.

On IMDb: "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone"

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