so7:2023 24:49 Now You See Me (frm) - Wikipedia WixiPeDIA ‘The Free Encyclopedia Now You See Me (film) Now You See Me is a 2013 American heist film'4! directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, and Edward Ricourt and a story by Yakin and Ricourt. It is the first installment in the Now You See Me ‘ies. The film features an ensemble cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Isla_Fisher, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Michael Caine, Common, and Dave Franco. The plot follows an FBI agent and an Interpol detective who track and attempt to bring to justice a team of magicians who pull off bank heists and robberies during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. ‘The film premiered in New York City on May 21, 2013 before its official release in the United States on May 31, 2013, by Summit Entertainment. The film received mixed reviews with criticism being focused on the ending, but became a box office success, grossing $351.7 million worldwide against a budget of $75 million. The film won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Thriller Movie and also received nominations for the Empire Award for Best Thriller and the Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film and Best Music. Asequel, Now You See Me 2, was released on June 10, 2016. Plot Magicians J. Daniel Atlas, Merritt McKinney, Henley Reeves, and Jack Wilder each receive a tarot card leading them to a New York City apartment, where they discover hologram technology with instructions from an unknown benefactor. A year later, at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, they perform as "The Four Horsemen” in a show funded by insurance magnate Arthur Tressler. Their final trick appears to transport an audience member inside the vault of the Crédit Républicain bank in Paris. Stacks of euros are drawn into the vault’s air vents and showered on the Las Vegas crowd; the trick is shown to have actually happened as the Paris vault is found empty of its recent shipment of Euros. FBI agent Dylan Rhodes and French Interpol agent Alma Dray seize and interrogate the Horsemen about the robbery but, having no evidence to hold them, have no choice but to release them. They turn to Thaddeus Bradley, a former magician turned magic debunker. Thirty years ago, Lionel Shrike, a magician exposed by Thaddeus, attempted to relaunch career, but died inside a safe during a failed escape trick. ‘Thaddeus demonstrates how the Horsemen used a mock vault hitpslien. wikipedia orgivekiNNow You See_h (im) Now You See Me Directed by Screenplay by Story by Produced by Starring ‘Theatrical release poster Louis Leterrier Ed Solomon Boaz Yakin Edward Ricourt Boaz Yakin Edward Ricourt ‘Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci Bobby Cohen Jesse Eisenberg Mark Ruffalo Isla Fisher Mélanie Laurent Morgan Freeman Woody Harrelson Michael Caine Common 18so7:2023 24:49 Now You See Me (fm) - Wikipedia under the Las Vegas stage, and explains that they stole the Dave Franco money before it arrived at the bank, replacing it with flash paper designed to look like the money, which ignited when the Ciematography Larry Fong vents were activated without creating any smoke or residue. Mitchell He reveals that they manipulated the audience participant Amundsen (who was intentionally selected beforehand) to attend the show, where he was hypnotized into helping to perform the Fdited by Robert Leighton final trick, also revealing that he was actually dropped into the Vincent duplicate vault below the stage. Tabaillon Thaddeus and the FBI follow the Horsemen to their next show Brian Tyler in New Orleans, where the magicians transfer more than $140 Production ‘Summit million from Tressler's private accounts to certain members in companies Entertainment the audience, composed of people whose insurance claims KO Paper were denied by Tressler’s company in the wake of Hurricane Products Katrina. Rhodes attempts to capture the magicians, but members of the audience who were hypnotized tackle him Distributed by —_Lionsgatel'] when he says a certain word, allowing the magicians to escape, Release dates May 21, 2013 and a vengeful Tressler hires Thaddeus to expose them for (New York City) robbing him. Alma suspects the Horsemen are connected to "the Eye", a Freemason-like, elite group of magicians so skilled May 31, 2013 that many think they have access to real magie, who steal from (United States) the rich to give to the poor. Alma also suspects that there may Running time 115 minutes] be someone helping the Horsemen. Country United States Discovering that the Horsemen replaced Dylan's cell phone Language English with a bugged clone, allowing them to remain ahead of the gudget $75 milion(3K11 investigation, the FBI track Dylan's real phone to the New York apartment, where three of the Horsemen escape while _80x office $351.7 million!" Jack stays back to destroy their documents. Pursued by the authorities, he loses control of his car in a fiery crash on the Queensboro Bridge. Unable to save Jack, Dylan recovers papers pointing to the Horsemen's next crime: stealing millions in cash from the Elkhorn Company's safe. After answering a call from Thaddeus, Dylan suspects that Alma may be helping the Horsemen, which she denies. The FBI head to the Elkhorn Company, but find the safe missing (having been loaded on a truck under orders of one of the FBI agents, who was also hypnotized) and intercept it, only to discover that it contains nothing but balloon animals; it is revealed to be a decoy. They converge on the Horsemen's final show at 5 Pointz, where the magicians appear with a farewell message to the crowd. As they leap off the roof, Alma disrupts Dylan's attempt to shoot them; the Horseman disappear in a shower of counterfeit money. The real money from the Elkhorn safe is found in Thaddeus’ car and he is apprehended, presumed to be an accomplice with the Horsemen. Dylan visits him in jail, and Thaddeus deduces that the Horsemen duped the FBI into following the duplicate safe, allowing Jack, who faked his death using a decoy car and a cadaver stolen from a morgue, to break into the real safe (which was in fact never stolen but was actually hidden behind a giant mirror to trick the FBI into thinking that it was, indeed missing) and frame Thaddeus with the stolen money. Thaddeus realizes that Dylan is the mastermind behind the Four Horsemen's plots, which proves Alma’s suspicions correct. At the Central Park Carousel, Daniel, Merritt, Henley, and Jack are welcomed by Dylan as the newest members of the Eye. Meeting Alma in Paris at the Pont des Arts, Dylan reveals 's son, and that he masterminded the Horsemen tricks as retribution for his father's death: the Elkhorn Company's faulty safe led to the accident; Thaddeus Bradley who ruined his father's career; and the Crédit hitpslien. wikipedia orgivekiNNow You See_h 218wori029 2148 Now You See Mo (fim) -Wikipaia Républicain and Tressler’s insurance company denied his father's life insurance. Alma, having fallen in love with Dylan, agrees to keep his secret and they attach a love lock to the railing, throwing the key into the Seine. Ina mid-credits scene, the Horsemen drive to a deserted junkyard, and find a set of locked crates with the symbol of the Eye. Cast = Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas: An arrogant illusionist and street magician, and the ostensible leader of the Four Horsemen. = Woody Harrelson as Merritt Mckinney: A hypnotist, mentalist, and a self-prociaimed psychic. Originally more famous in his youth, his manager brother absconded with all his money, leaving McKinney with a long hard trek back to his former glory. Middle-aged, McKinney is the oldest of the Four Horsemen, = Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves: An escapist and stage magician. She is also Danny's former assistant and ex-lover. = Dave Franco as Jack Wilder: A sleight of hand illusionist, street magician, and a talented impressionist of other people's voices. Additionally, he is a pickpocket, and is able to pick locks. In his early twenties, Jack is the youngest of the Four Horsemen. = Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes: an FBI agent struggling to capture and bring the Four Horsemen to justice for their unique heist agenda. = Mélanie Laurent as Aima Dray, a French Interpol agent who is partnered up with Dylan to investigate the Four Horsemen = Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley, a former magician who, for thirty years, has profited by revealing the secrets behind other magicians’ tricks. = Jessica C. Lindsey as Hermia, Thaddeus Bradley's assistant. = Michael Caine as Arthur Tressler, an insurance magnate and the Four Horsemen's sponsor. = David Warshofsky as Cowan, an FBI agent. = Michael Kelly as Agent Fuller, an FBI agent who serves as Dylan's sidekick = Common as Agent Evans, Dylan's supervisor at the FBI. = José Garcia as Etienne Forcier, the account holder at the Crédit Républicain de Paris. = Caitriona Balfe as Jasmine Tressler, Arthur Tressler's young wife. = Conan O'Brien as himself Elias Koteas appears, uncredited, as Lionel Shrike, a magician who drowned while performing an escape trick thirty years earlier. Production On October 25, 2011, Summit Entertainment announced the release date for Now You See Me for July 18, 2013.5] On November 3, 2011, the company revealed the film's first synopsis and teaser poster,!61 On January 16, 2012, shooting began in New Orleans, Louisiana, which lasted until March 26, 2012.17] Additional filming took place in New York City on February 13!8! and in Las Vegas from April 9, 2012 to the following day.[91 hitpsffen.wikipedia.orlwikiNow_You_See_N aiswori029 2148 Now You See Mo (fim) -Wikipaia Isla Fisher "nearly drowned" while filming the water tank scene. "My chain got stuck. I had to really swim to the bottom; I couldn't get up. Everyone thought I was acting fabulously. I was actually drowning,” she said during an interview on Chelsea Lately. "No one realized I was actually struggling.” A stuntman standing nearby used a quick-release switch to save her. 01 Music The official soundtrack, titled Now You See Me (Original | Now You See Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), for the film was composed by Motion Picture Brian Tyler and was released by Glassnote Records on May 28, Soundtrack) 2013 for physical purchase and digital download." The film's soundtrack song "Entertainment", performed by French rock Soundtrack album by Brian Tyler band Phoenix, was featured in the film's end credits. Released = May 28, 2013 Recorded 2013, Soundtrack Genre Soundtrack | Length 51:21 All music is composed by Brian Tyler, except where noted. Label lassnote Records No. Title Music Length Producer _Brian Tyler 3. Now You Bee Mer Brian Tyler 526 Brian Tyler soundtrack ie Four Horsemen rian Tyler Nroneh 3. "Now You See Me Brian Tyler 4:49 chronology (Reprise)" fron Man 3 Now You Standing 4, "Sun" (Jesse Marco Remix) Two Door 4:45 (2013) See Me Up Cinema Club (Original (2013) 5. "Now You Don't” Brian Tyler 4:21 Motion 6. "Entertainment" Phoenix 3:38 Picture 7. "Sleight of the Mind" Brian Tyler 4:45 Soundtrack) 8. "Now You See Me" (Robert Brian Tyler 3:40 (2013) DeLong Remix) 9. "Welcome to the Eye" Brian Tyler 5:49 Singles from Now You See Me 10. "Codec" Zedd 6:01 (Original Motion Picture 14. "Cineramascope" (featuring Galactic 314 Soundtrack) Trombone Shorty and Corey Henry) 1. "Entertainment" 12, "Now You See Me" Brian Tyler 4:19 Released: 19 February 2013 (Spellbound Remix) Total length: 51:21 Release ‘The film premiered in New York City on May 21, 2013 before its official release in the United States on May 31, 2013 by Summit Entertainment. hitpsffen.wikipedia.orlwikiNow_You_See_N ais‘worr2023 24:43 Now You See Me (fim) -Wikpecia Now You See Me was released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 3, 2013 through Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The Blu-ray release contains an extended version of the film featuring ten additional minutes."1 It also contains two featurettes: a behind-the-s Magic’, plus 30 minutes of deleted scenes,31 Reception Box office the U.S. and ion, against a By the end of its box office run, Now You See Me had grossed $117.7 million i Canada and $234 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $351.7 mi budget of $75 million.) The film had a successful box office run, placing second behind Fast & Furious 6 and taking $29,350,389 on its opening weekend from 2,925 theaters. By the end of June, it had grossed double its production budget.) The film stayed in the top 10 of the North American box office for six weeks after release.[44] ‘The biggest markets in other territories were France, China, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom and Australia where the film grossed $25.7 million, $22.9 million, $21.2 million, $17.1 million, $16.8 million and $16.1 million, respectively.51 Critical response Now You See Me received mixed reviews from crities. The most common criticism is that various plot points were insufficiently resolved at the film's conclusion, leaving some questions unanswered or answered unclearly (although some suggested that this was intentional, leaving room for a sequel).!"6! On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 50% based on 173 reviews, with an average rating of 5.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Now You See Me's thinly sketched characters and scattered plot rely on sleight of hand from the director to distract audiences."7] On Metacritic , the film has a score of 50 out of 100, based on reviews from 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".'8! Audience polls conducted by CinemaScore give the film a grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.49) peter Hammond from Movieline wrote, "Pure summer movie magic—literally. More fun than Ocean's 11, 12, and 13 combined. You won't believe your eyes—and that's the point."20l The film was criticized for its twist ending, with several critics citing it as too farfetched and illogical. Critic Lee Cassanell claimed the creators "ran out of top hats and rabbits and decided to saw their audiences’ brains in half."24] Eric D. Snider was more positive towards the rest of the film, but felt that "Ihe story mov ination; the destination, unfortunately, hitpslien. wikipedia orgivekiNNow You See_h 58so7:2023 24:49 Now You See Me (frm) - Wikipedia is a disappointing wreck."(22! Kent Garrison was far more critical, claiming the film to rely on "one of the worst, if not the worst twist in cinema history, and literally erases everything that it builds up to,"[231 Accolades List of awards and nominations Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient Result | Ref, People's Choice Awards | January 8, 2014 Favorite Thriller Movie | Now You See Me | Won Empire Awards 30 March 2014 Best Thriller Now You See Me Nominated 4] Best Thriller Film Now You See Me | Nominated ‘Satum Awards lune 26, 2014 Best Music Brian Tyler Nominated [25] Sequel On July 3, 2013, after the box office success of the film, Lionsgate's CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed that there would be a sequel to the film with production beginning in 2014 for an unspecified release date.[26] Louis Leterrier stated that he would return to direct the sequel;(27) however, in September 2014, it was confirmed that Jon M. Chu would replace Leterrier as director. Eisenberg, Ruffalo, Harrelson, Franco, Caine and Freeman were set to reprise their roles for the sequel. Fisher was unable to participate because of her third pregnancy and was replaced by Lizzy Caplan. The film was released on June 10, 2016, titled Now You See Me 2281 On October 2, 2014, Michael Caine said in an interview that Daniel Radcliffe would be playing his son in the film.!29) Filming began in late November.!2°] On May 22, 2015, Lionsgate revealed the details about the development of the sequel, when CEO Jon Feltheimer announced that they had "already begun early planning for Now You See Me 3."'3# References 1. "Now You See Me (2013)" (https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nowyouseeme.htm). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 3, 2016. 2. "NOW YOU SEE ME (12A)" (https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/now-you-see-me-2013-1). British Board of Film Classification. May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013. 3. Kaufman, Amy (May 30, 2013). 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External links = Official website (http://www.nowyouseememovie.com) = Now You See Me (https://www.imdb.comititle/tt1670345/) at IMDb = Now You See Me (https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v542494) at AllMovie = Now You See Me (https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nowyouseeme.htm) at Box Office Mojo Retrieved from “https:i/en.wikipedia.org/wiindex,php?title=Now_You_See_Me_{film)Boldid=1160646146" hitpslien. wikipedia orgivekiNNow You See_Me_(fim) a8