Houdini's Death Defying Acts ( Death Defying Acts: Houdini's Secret )

Houdini's Death Defying Acts (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Death Defying Acts: Houdini's Secret
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Gillian Armstrong

Written By:
Tony Grisoni
Brian Ward

Actors:
Guy Pearce ..... Harry Houdini
Catherine Zeta-Jones ..... Mary McGarvie
Timothy Spall ..... Sugarman
Saoirse Ronan ..... Benji McGarvie
Malcolm Shields ..... Leith Romeo
Leni Harper ..... Leith Romeo's wife
Ralph Riach ..... Mr. Robertson
Olivia Darnley ..... Flower Stall Seller
Anthony O'Donnell ..... Oily Librarian
Billy McColl ..... McTavish
James Holmes ..... Ugly Mug
Melanie Harris ..... Rose
Aileen O'Gorman ..... Effie - Elderly Seamstress
Raymond Griffiths ..... Music Hall Dwarf
Shaun Mason ..... Heckler

Synopsis:

Times are tough for theatrical performer Mary McGarvie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) for in her psychic stage act that she performs in Edinburgh with her daughter Benji (Saoirse Ronan) for all the scamming they do to secure the necessary information to put one over on their audiences, the theatres close and the two are left to live in the caretaker's house in a cemetery. When Mary discovers that the great Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) is touring the Scottish Iles and will do a show in Edinburgh she is interested in meeting him, especially since the great magician has advertised that he will give $10,000 dollars to the person who can connect to the spiritual world. Houdini has spent the last few years uncovering all the fake mentalist he has met to communicate with his dead mother. He is carrying guilt at not being present when his mother died and when he meets Mary at an audition he his struck by how much she looks like his departed mom. Mary and Benji spend many days with Houdini and his manager Mr. Sugarman (Timothy Spall) trying to discover personal facts that they can use to convincingly present some séance for the great Houdini, but Mary and Harry fall in love and the emotional connection changes between them.

During Harry Houdini's tour of Britain in 1926, the master escapologist enters into a passionate affair with a Scottish psychic. The psychic and her daughter attempt to con Houdini during a highly publicized séance to contact his mother whose death has haunted him for many years. However all does not go to plan...

Period drama about the fictional romance between Harry Houdini and Mary McGarvie, a Scottish con artist who is determined to win a psychic challenge held by the magician.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 July, 2012.

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