Sentences with phrase «rance holloway»

Burt (Carell, «Get Smart») and Anton (Buscemi, «Rampart») were childhood outcasts who found a common bond in magic, specifically the instructional video of legendary magician Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin, «Argo»).

First, he takes a job as an entertainer at an old folks» home, where he happens to meet his childhood hero Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin), the old - school magician whose magic set first set Burt on his path.

Burt's bad luck and obstinance leads him to a nursing home gig where he rediscovers the magician who made him into what he is today, Rance Holloway (Arkin), and rediscovers the passion he had as a child.

Eventually Burt ends up at a retirement home for Vegas performers where he meets his idol Rance Holloway (Arkin), who tears apart Burt's technique and lack of passion.

He (played as a kid by Mason Cook) and his only friend, Anton Marvelon (played by Luke Vanek), are too nerdy to be liked by the popular guys in the «burbs, but they bond over a magic set designed by Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin — shown in the set's video looking a quarter - century younger, a tribute to the make - up department).

Since childhood, Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton have been partners in magic, fellow outcasts in a world they yearn to dazzle with feats of illusion taught to them by their hero, Rance Holloway (who once appeared on «The Merv Griffin Show,» we learn from watching one of his»80s - era promos).

Alan Arkin lights up the screen a little later on, playing the one - and - only Rance Holloway — the famous magician who inspired Burt and Anton to become magicians themselves.

Wilde plays magician's assistant Jane, while actor Alan Arkin co-stars as Rance Holloway, the magician who convinced Wonderstone to pursue the same career.

Burt goes bankrupt and the only work he can find is in a home for old entertainers, where he meets his childhood hero Rance Holloway (Alan Arkin), now a cantankerous old git.