Now you see me movie11/11/2023 ![]() The location is the dependable Pont Bir-Hakeim, linking the Champ de Mars district with Passy. The Roosevelt Hotel, by the way, is also featured in Taylor Hackford's 2005 biopic Ray, with Jamie Foxx as legendary singer Ray Charles.īriefly, it’s off to Paris for the rational explanation of the bank heist. ![]() Which is a little bit odd, considering the rather nice surrounding in which they meet is Domenica, the restaurant of the beautifully restored (post-Katrina) 1920s Roosevelt Hotel, 123 Baronne Street in – erm – New Orleans. Rhodes and Dray set up a meeting with professional illusion expert and debunker Thaddeus Bradley ( Morgan Freeman), who points them in the direction of New Orleans, for the Four Horsemen’s next gig. Strictly conforming to the timeless law of cinematic police procedure, an outside investigator is sent in to annoy the chief investigator and, in this case, it’s glamorous Interpol agent Alma Dray ( Mélanie Laurent). Without admitting the possibility of teleportation, though, there’s not a lot the Horsemen can be charged with. This is Vegas, so when the Horsefolk are dragged off for questioning, it’s not to the traditional rundown, grimy copshop, but to the glitzy new state-of-the-art Lloyd D George Federal District Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Boulevard South, opened in 2002. Now You See Me location: the Horsemen are taken in for questioning: Lloyd D George Federal District Courthouse, Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas Five blocks of the street, once known as Glitter Gulch, are now enclosed by a canopy to provide the Fremont Street Experience, a light-and-sound spectacle. Still showcasing the glitz of Vegas, it’s outside the venerable Golden Nugget casino on Fremont Street in the old section of town, that Inspector Dylan Rhodes ( Mark Ruffalo) is flummoxed by a phone call informing him about the bank job. Disappointingly, the Oz decor is long gone but Leo, the MGM lion, still stands guard. When it opened in 1993, the MGM Grand was a Wizard of Oz themed casino, and housed the largest hotel in the world. The venue, from which they appear to rob the vault of a Parisian bank with the aid of a teleporter helmet, and shower their delighted audience with banknotes, is the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89109. ![]() Skipping forward a year, the plans seem to be paying off with the foursome fronting a glitzy Las Vegas magic show, bankrolled by humongously rich businessman Arthur Tressler ( Michael Caine). The building’s entrance is 92 Orchard Street. The faded apartment block in which they are confronted with extravagantly theatrical blueprints is actually on the northeast corner of Orchard and Broome Streets, in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Along with street magician Daniel Atlas ( Jesse Eisenberg) and professional stage illusionist Henley Reeves ( Isla Fisher), they receive mysterious invitations to an address on ‘East Evans Street’ in Manhattan. Meanwhile, aboard a tour boat on New York’s East River, Jack Wilder ( Dave Franco) is less successfully pulling off spoonbending tricks. ![]() The Café, now open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, grew from a humble coffee stand established in the New Orleans French Market in 1862. It’s here that mentalist Merritt McKinney ( Woody Harrelson) hustles an errant husband with his cold reading shtick in the Café du Monde, 800 Decatur Street, opposite Jackson Square in New Orleans, LA 70116. ![]() New Orleans continues its relentless bid to become Movie Centre of the Universe as the production’s base. Now You See Me location: Merritt McKinney exploits his cold reading skills: Cafe Du Monde, Decatur Street, New Orleans | Photograph: wikimedia / Infrogmationįorget the plot holes and improbable twists, and just enjoy the hugely enjoyable ride with the Four Horsemen. ![]()
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