The Great Buck Howard

The Great Buck Howard
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySean McGinly
Written bySean McGinly
Produced byTom Hanks
Gary Goetzman
StarringJohn Malkovich
Colin Hanks
Emily Blunt
Ricky Jay
Griffin Dunne
Steve Zahn
Tom Hanks
CinematographyTak Fujimoto
Edited byMyron Kerstein
Music byBlake Neely
Production
companies
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release dates
  • January 18, 2008 (2008-01-18) (Sundance)
  • March 20, 2008 (2008-03-20) (United States)[1]
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million[2]

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.[3] It is the first Walden Media film to be distributed by Magnolia Pictures.

  1. ^ Play dates for The Great Buck Howard at Magnolia Pictures
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  3. ^ "2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition" (PDF). November 11, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2007.