Movie Review: The Illusionist

Cast: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel and Rufus Sewell
Screenwriter/Director: Neil Burger (Interview With The Assassin)
Filming: started in Prague in April 4, 2005 may or may not have completed filming around the end of May
Based on: Steven Millhauser's short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist" (which can be found in The Barnum Museum)
Producers: Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Rounders, Interview With The Assassin)
Consultant: Ricky Jay
Release Date: August 18, 2006 (EN's birthday)
Budget: $17 million
Summary: In 1900 Vienna, "a streetwise magician (Norton) uses his dark arts to win Princess Sophie (Biel) away from Crown Prince Leopold (Sewell)."


Useless trivia: EN and Giamatti aren't strangers. "Giamatti himself attended Yale; he wrote his senior thesis on Herman Melville and spent lots of time acting in collegiate plays, including a production of The Coarse Acting Show, where he and future star Edward Norton moved furniture and did shtick between scenes." (Rolling Stone article Lord of the Losers: Is Paul Giamatti America's greatest actor? 1/13/05)
More Useless Trivia: EN used to volunteer to usher at Jay's off-Broadway show "Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants" (source: Premiere Oct 1998.)

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