Ricky Jay
Biography: Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash) was an actor, magician, cardsharp, and film consultant. Ricky's love and deep study of card tricks and deception gained him worldwide fame and respect, and he was often called in to consult for movies and TV shows where deception was a key element of the story. Ricky was an exceptional close-up magician and playing-card handler, but he also acted in movies such as Boogie Nights, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Magnolia, as well as TV shows like the X-Files, HBO's Deadwood, and David Mamet's The Unit, always playing intense characters who seemed to know everything but only handed out information in riddles and suggestions.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 26, 1946
Deathday: November 24, 2018
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Magnolia
1999-12-17
Magnolia
Overview: On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-17
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Tomorrow Never Dies
1997-12-11
Tomorrow Never Dies
Overview: A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-11
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Last Days
2005-06-12
Last Days
Overview: The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-12
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Boogie Nights
1997-10-10
Boogie Nights
Overview: Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-10
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The Brothers Bloom
2008-09-09
The Brothers Bloom
Overview: The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-09
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Mystery Men
1999-08-06
Mystery Men
Overview: When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-06
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House of Games
1987-10-11
House of Games
Overview: A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-11
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Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
1996-12-17
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
Overview: Sleight of hand magician Ricky Jay blends light comedy and close-up magic to entertain a live audience. He discusses everything from the birth of the classic cup and balls trick to 14th century poetry.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-17
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The Spanish Prisoner
1997-12-03
The Spanish Prisoner
Overview: An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-03
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Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
1990-04-19
Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
Overview: Based on Ricky Jay's book of the same title, this TV special was made up of a combination of magic, juggling, amazing feats, stunts and performances, including a musical performance on wine glasses, a human calculator who could determine cube-routes of numbers in her head and an antique acrobatic clockwork doll.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-19
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The Great Buck Howard
2008-01-18
The Great Buck Howard
Overview: When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-18
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Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
2012-10-04
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Overview: The life and career of renowned magician and sleight of hand artist Ricky Jay.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-04
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Ricky Jay Plays Poker
2007-02-13
Ricky Jay Plays Poker
Overview: This is the companion video to Ricky Jay's selection of poker tunes entitled "Ricky Jay plays poker." It features John C. Riley and other famous people, sitting around a table headed by the incomparable Mr. Jay, discussing poker, sleight of hand, and proposition bets.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-13
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Heartbreakers
2001-03-23
Heartbreakers
Overview: Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-23
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Lost Masterpieces of Pornography
2010-06-02
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography
Overview: This lost masterpiece of pornography was recently discovered in a woodworking shop of a Beverly Hills dentist. June Crenshaw (Kristen Bell) was known as the 'sex kitten' of the Supreme Court.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-02
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The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky
1995-06-15
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky
Overview: A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the importance of honor, trust and integrity. Legendary veteran ranger Bill Bell educates the young man and guides him toward manhood. The year is 1919-a time when being a ranger meant more than operating expensive equipment. Forest fires were fought with guts and courage, not chemicals and airplanes. Bill Bell was the toughest ranger in an elite crew of very rugged men. A figure of heroic proportions, he was generally feared and respected by all. It was even rumored that he had at one time killed a sheep farmer, which only fueled his already enormous reputation. The young ranger does everything to remain in the good graces of Bill Bell, the senior ranger he idolizes. Their tentative rapport grows into a friendship through a hilarious and heroic rite of passage in which the younger ranger meets the test-and the woman of his dreams.
Genres: Drama Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-15
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Homicide
1991-05-28
Homicide
Overview: A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-28
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The Automatic Hate
2016-03-11
The Automatic Hate
Overview: When Davis Green's alluring young cousin Alexis appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that a side of his family has been kept secret from him. Against his father’s wishes, Davis travels to rural, upstate New York to meet his other cousins.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-11
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The Prestige
2006-10-17
The Prestige
Overview: A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-17
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Redbelt
2008-04-07
Redbelt
Overview: Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends Mike, gives him a gift, offers him work on his newest film, and introduces Mike's wife to his own - the women initiate business dealings. Then, things go sour all at once, Mike's debts mount, and going into the ring may be his only option.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-07
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Sink or Swim
1997-09-19
Sink or Swim
Overview: Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter between two figures on the balcony of hotel near his flat and decides to write scripts with his writer friends based on what he saw.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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State and Main
2000-08-26
State and Main
Overview: A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-26
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Things Change
1988-10-21
Things Change
Overview: Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-21
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The Water Engine
1992-08-24
The Water Engine
Overview: In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-24
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Heist
2001-11-09
Heist
Overview: Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane, and their utility man, Pinky Pincus, find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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The Making of Last Days
2004-01-01
The Making of Last Days
Overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary of Gus Van Sant's "Last Days."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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That Moment: Magnolia Diary
2000-01-01
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Overview: A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magnolia (1999), containing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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David Mamet on House of Games
2007-08-21
David Mamet on House of Games
Overview: A documentary filmed on location and behind the scenes during the making of David Mamet's 1987 film HOUSE OF GAMES
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-21
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Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay
1996-11-18
Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay
Overview: A documentary about the life and work of sleight-of-hand artist Ricky Jay, with appearances by Ricky Jay, David Mamet and Steve Martin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-18
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Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
2017-07-04
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
Overview: In addition to the insight provided by performers who knew Vernon, including Max Maven, Herb Zarrow, John Carney, Jackie Flosso, Ricky Jay, Steve Freeman and Persi Diaconis, it was an important opportunity for Vernon's children, Edward and Derek Verner, to share their own thoughts and feelings about their father, the magician. It also featured black-and-white silent footage of a younger Vernon demonstrating sleight-of-hand which we had converted and professionally retouched for the film. While the film was very well received, it was only available briefly for purchase as a VHS cassette, which was subsequently pirated. The film pops up regularly online, always low-quality copies of copies shared without any credit to those who made the project possible.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-04
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Incident at Loch Ness
2004-12-17
Incident at Loch Ness
Overview: When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much more than they bargained for. Unexplained sightings of the creature and chaos among the crew create an uneasy feeling that things aren't what they seem.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-17
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Ring of the Musketeers
1992-12-01
Ring of the Musketeers
Overview: Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to become protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses, and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-01
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Doug Henning's World of Magic
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Overview: The December 1976 broadcast of Doug Henning’s World of Magic, hosted by Michael Landon
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Original Language: en
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