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Ricky Jay is a Actor American born on 26 june 1946 at Brooklyn (USA)
Richard Jay Potash (born 1948), known professionally as Ricky Jay, is an American stage magician, actor, and writer. In a profile for the New Yorker, Mark Singer called Jay "perhaps the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive". Jay is best known for performing sleight of hand, card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and stage patter. He has also written extensively on magic and its history. He has acted in the films The Spanish Prisoner, Heist, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia and in the HBO series Deadwood.
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Ricky Jay
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Ricky Jay est célèbre pour sa capacité à projeter des cartes à jouer avec une force phénoménale. Il est ainsi capable de planter des cartes dans des arbres à plus d'une dizaine de mètres.Usually with
Filmography of Ricky Jay (21 films)
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Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Ricky Jay, Dick Cavett, David Mamet
Roles Himself
Rating70%
The Brothers Bloom (2008)
, 1h53Directed by Rian Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Escroquerie
Actors Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, Robbie Coltrane
Roles Narrator (voice)
Rating66%
The Brothers Bloom, orphaned at a young age, begin performing confidence tricks as young children; Stephen dreams up elaborate scenarios and his younger brother, Bloom, creates trust with the marks. Stephen creates his first con as a way of encouraging his brother to talk to girls.
The Great Buck Howard (2008)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Tom Arnold, Ricky Jay, Steve Zahn
Roles Gil Bellamy
Rating63%
Troy Gable (Colin Hanks) defies his father (Tom Hanks) and leaves law school to pursue his dream of becoming a writer in Los Angeles. To support himself, he takes a job as a road manager for "The Great" Buck Howard (John Malkovich), a fading mentalist. Troy comes to enjoy traveling with Buck to performances in smaller venues such as Bakersfield and Akron. In particular, Troy sincerely admires Buck's signature trick: having someone in the audience hide his fee for that night's performance, which he then unfailingly discovers. (Kreskin is said to have actually performed this feat 6,000 times, only failing to find the money nine times.
Redbelt (2008)
, 1h40Directed by David Mamet
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Combat libre
Actors Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga, Rodrigo Santoro, Joe Mantegna
Roles Marty Brown
Rating66%
While closing his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu studio one evening, martial arts teacher Mike Terry (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is approached by attorney Laura Black (Emily Mortimer), who is seeking the owner of the vehicle she accidentally sideswiped. Off-duty police officer Joe Collins (Max Martini), who was receiving a private lesson from Mike, sees that Laura is distressed and tries to take her coat. Startled, Laura grabs Joe's gun and fires it; shattering the studio's front window. To avoid having Laura charged with attempted murder, Mike and Joe agree to conceal the event.
The Illusionist (2006)
, 1h50Directed by Neil Burger
Origin Republique tcheque
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Rating74%
In Vienna, Austria-Hungary, 1889, a magician named Eisenheim (Edward Norton) is arrested by Chief Inspector Walter Uhl (Paul Giamatti) of the Vienna Police during a magic show involving necromancy. Later, Uhl explains the story of Eisenheim's life to Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell).
The Prestige (2006)
, 2h10Directed by Christopher Nolan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Rebecca Hall, Piper Perabo
Roles Milton
Rating82%
The film begins with a magician (Michael Caine) performing a vanishing bird illusion for a young girl explaining that each trick has three parts: The Pledge, where the audience is presented with an ordinary object; The Turn, where the object is turned into something extraordinary; and The Prestige, where the object is brought back.
Last Days (2005)
, 1h37Directed by Gus Van Sant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, LGBT-related films, Musical films
Actors Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green, Ricky Jay, Rodrigo Lopresti
Roles Detective
Rating56%
Grunge rocker Blake escapes rehab and walks home through a long forest, also swimming through a lake then lighting a fire for the night. The next day, he gets home and changes his clothes. He walks around in the house with a shotgun pointing it at his sleeping roommates Scott, Luke, Asia, and Nicole. He is greeted by Yellow Pages representative Thadeus A Thomas who talks to him about placing an ad in the upcoming book. He receives a phone call from his record company telling him that he and his band (Which also has Scott and Luke) have to do another tour and they have to make those dates. He goes upstairs and falls asleep on the floor in one of the rooms. Asia now waking up finds him asleep and two boys at the door. Scott and Luke answer the door and the two boys are there to talk to them about their church down the street. Blake changes into different clothes and leaves the house going to the shed outside as the christian boys leave.
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
, 1h34Directed by Zak Penn
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Documentary, Adventure, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Kitana Baker, Werner Herzog, Ricky Jay, Gabriel Beristain, Crispin Glover, Jeff Goldblum
Roles Self - Party Guest
Rating64%
After a mysterious shot of a body floating in Loch Ness (reprised near the end), Incident at Loch Ness flashes back to the beginning of a documentary called Herzog In Wonderland being directed by John Bailey with an overview of Herzog's work as he himself begins work for a separate documentary to be called Enigma of Loch Ness, in which he is exploring the Loch Ness Monster myth. Throughout the film, Herzog asserts the Loch Ness Monster is merely a creation of a collective psychological need in society.
Heartbreakers (2001)
, 2h3Directed by David Mirkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Gene Hackman, Anne Bancroft
Roles Dawson's Auctioneer
Rating61%
Max and Page Conners (Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt) are a mother-daughter con artist team. When the film opens, the Conners are finishing a con on Dean Cumanno (Ray Liotta), an auto-body shop owner and small-time crook. The con, which the Conners have played many times before on other men, involves Max marrying Dean, passing out on their wedding night to avoid consummating the marriage, and then Page (posing as Dean's secretary) luring Dean into a compromising position to justify Max's immediate divorce and hefty settlement. The con is a success.
Heist (2001)
, 1h49Directed by David Mamet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Politic
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay
Roles Don 'Pinky' Pincus
Rating64%
Joe Moore runs a ring of professional thieves, which includes Bobby Blane, Don "Pinky" Pincus and Joe's wife Fran. During a daylight robbery of a New York City jewelry store, Joe's face is captured by a security camera after he takes off his mask in an attempt to con/distract the store's last remaining employee. As both the picture and a witness can identify him, Joe chooses to retire from crime and plans to disappear on his sail boat with his wife, living off their share of the heist.
State and Main (2000)
, 1h45Directed by David Mamet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about films, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Clark Gregg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patti LuPone, William H. Macy
Roles Jack
Rating66%
Havoc is wrought on the inhabitants of a small New England town by a troubled film production. After the leading man's penchant for underage girls gets them banished from their New Hampshire location, the crew relocates to the small town of Waterford, Vermont, to finish shooting "The Old Mill".
Magnolia (1999)
, 3h1Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about cancer, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Tom Cruise, Jeremy Blackman, Melinda Dillon, April Grace, Luis Guzmán, Philip Baker Hall
Roles Burt Ramsey / Narrator
Rating79%
The narrator recounts three instances of incredible coincidences and suggests that forces greater than chance play important roles in life.
Mystery Men (1999)
, 2hDirected by Kinka Usher
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films
Actors Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Stiller, Jenifer Lewis, Greg Kinnear
Roles Vic Weems
Rating60%
In the metropolis of Champion City, the would-be superhero team of Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), The Shoveler (William H. Macy), and The Blue Raja (Hank Azaria) attempt to make a name for themselves, but their suspect skills make them ineffective, and they find themselves upstaged by the city's most successful superhero, Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear). However, Amazing is finding that his effectiveness at fighting crime has practically made his job obsolete, and without any worthy adversaries remaining (some of them are either dead, in exile, or still in jail), his corporate sponsors are beginning to pull their funding. To create a need for himself, Amazing uses his alter ego, billionaire lawyer Lance Hunt, to argue for the release of insane supervillain Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush). The plan backfires; once reunited with Tony P (Eddie Izzard) and his Disco Boys, Casanova Frankenstein blows up the insane asylum, captures Amazing, and prepares to unleash a doomsday device: the "Psycho-frakulator", which lethally bends reality. Mr. Furious, while spying on Casanova Frankenstein's mansion, discovers Amazing's capture and informs the others.
Boogie Nights (1997)
, 2h36Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about television, Films about pornography, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy
Roles Kurt Longjohn
Rating78%
In 1977, Eddie Adams is a high school dropout who lives with his stepfather and emotionally abusive alcoholic mother in Torrance, California. He works at a Reseda nightclub owned by Maurice Rodriguez, where he is discovered by porn director Jack Horner, who auditions him by watching him have sex with Rollergirl, a porn starlet who always wears skates. After a heated argument with his mother about his girlfriend and sex life, Adams moves in with Horner at his San Fernando Valley home.