Here’s the trailer for Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries & Mentors of Ricky Jay which, as you might expect, is a biopic about Jay and his career as one of the world’s best magicians.
The film had its premiere at the New York Film Festival and is set for a staggered release across the country, the dates of which are here. Hit the jump for the full trailer and synopsis.
Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor (often a mischievous presence in the films of David Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson)—and a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. DECEPTIVE PRACTICE traces Jay’s achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4 with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Featuring rare footage from his 1970s TV appearances (doing 3-card Monte with Steve Martin on The Dinah Shore Show) and told in Jay’s inimitable voice, this is a remarkable journey inside the secretive world of magic and the small circle of eccentrics who are its perpetual devotees.
