Penn & Teller Get Killed
Penn & Teller Get Killed is a 1989 black comedy film directed by Arthur Penn, starring the magicians Penn & Teller, who play themselves in a satirical account of what the audience would perhaps imagine them doing in their daily lives. Most of the action involves Penn and Teller playing practical jokes on each other and Penn's girlfriend, Carlotta (Caitlin Clarke). The final joke, as the title implies, has serious consequences for all three. It was the last theatrical film directed by Arthur Penn, and received mostly negative reviews from critics.
Plot
Penn and Teller appear on a television show where Penn jokingly comments that he wishes someone were trying to kill him. Soon after, the magicians are off to a scheduled show in Atlantic City. At the airport, a religious zealot mockingly confronts Penn about his comments from the television show the night before. Teller and Carlotta play a prank on Penn while going through security and Penn gets back at Teller by planting a toy gun on him while at the airport.
More details
| author | Penn Jillette |
|---|---|
| director | Arthur Penn |
| editor | Jeffrey Wolf |
| genre | action comedy-drama |
| keywords | arrest atlantic city bee gees break duct tape femme fatale first time gravity boots hang hired assassin hospital i started a joke joke kidnap kill shoot stab television show think toy gun |
| musicBy | Paul Chihara |
| producer | Arthur Penn Timothy Marx |
| productionCompany | Lorimar Film Entertainment |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | black comedy |