Taglines: Disguise The Limit.
Pistachio Disguisey is the simple-minded son of the Disguisey Italian family. Pistachio’s father and mother are kidnapped by his father’s arch enemy, Devlin Bowman. Pistachio’s grandfather shows up and tells Pistachio that he, his father, and grandfather are all masters of disguise.
After a lot of hard work, Pistachio masters the art of disguise. He hires an assistant and she helps him uncover Bowman’s plot, stealing priceless artifacts from around the world, ( Liberty Bell, The Declaration of Independence). Pistachio goes to Bowman’s mansion just as Bowman is about to superglue a mask of his face onto Pistachio’s father, so he will go to jail as Bowman escapes. Pistachio foils his plot and wins over his assistant’s heart. Pistachio, his parents, grandparents, wife and stepson live happily ever after.
The Master of Disguise is a 2002 American comedy adventure film directed by Perry Andelin Blake in his directorial debut and written by Dana Carvey and Harris Goldberg. Starring Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin, and Brent Spiner, the film was produced by Adam Sandler through his Happy Madison production company.
The film opened in Australia on July 31, 2002, in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2003, and in the United States on August 2, 2002 in 2,565 theaters and earned $12,554,650 in the domestic box office, ranking third for the weekend, behind Signs and the second weekend of Austin Powers in Goldmember.
The film closed on November 28, 2002, having grossed $40,388,794 domestically and $3,022,207 internationally for a worldwide total of $43,411,001. When the film was released in the United Kingdom, it originally opened at #14, before falling out of the charts completely by the next weekend.
The Master of Disguise (2002)
Directed by: Perry Andelin Blake
Starring: Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin, Brent Spiner, Austin Wolff, Edie McClurg, Maria Canals-Barrera, Rachel Lederman
Screenplay by: Dana Carvey, Harris Goldberg
Production Design by: Alan Au
Cinematography by: Peter Lyons Collister
Film Editing by: Peck Prior, Sandy Solowitz
Costume Design by: Mona May
Set Decoration by: Robert Greenfield
Art Direction by: John B. Josselyn, Domenic Silvestri
Music by: Marc Ellis
MPAA Rating: PG for mild language and some crude humor.
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: August 2, 2002
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