The Master of Disguise

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The Master of Disguise
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Directed by	Perry Andelin Blake
Produced by	Barry Bernardi Sid Ganis Todd Garner Alex Siskin
Written by	Dana Carvey Harris Goldberg
Starring	Dana Carvery, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin, Brent Spiner
Music by	Marc Ellis
Cinematography	Peter Lyons Collister
Editing by	Peck Prior, Sandy Solowitz
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	August 2, 2002
Running time	80 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$16,000,000^[1]
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The Master of Disguise is a film released in 2002 starring Dana Carvey, James Brolin and Brent Spiner.

The plot is centered on Carvey as "Pistachio Disguisey", a member of a family with supernatural skills of disguise. The patriarch of the Disguisey family (Brolin) is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman (Spiner) in an attempt to steal a variety of priceless artifacts.

The movie was thought to be a massive critical and financial failure. The plot was considered sophomoric even for a purported children's movie, compounding the fact that there were several "disguises" that would clearly not be recognized by youngsters (Tony Montana from Scarface, for example). In addition, there were many indications that the film was rushed; for example, there are scenes hinted at in the trailers that do not appear in the actual movie. Also, the cinematography and special effects are considered quite poor for a movie released in 2002, especially when the camera very obviously turns away from a Disguisey as he is coming out of/going into a disguise.

As of February 2005, the film is listed among the Internet Movie Database's "Bottom 100" movies, meaning that it is considered one of the worst films ever made among voters at that website. However, as of April 2006 it no longer appears on the list.

The role of Pistachio Disguisey was originally offered to Jim Carrey

Taglines:

He can get into any disguise... getting out is another story.
1,000 Faces... And Not A Single Clue.
Disguise The Limit.
Am I not turtley enough for the turtle club..!? TURTLE, TURTLE! I'm going back into my shell.