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Mood:
- AtmosphericExciting
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Plot:
- Obsessive QuestCons and ScamsWizards and MagiciansDishonestyMind and SoulPerformer's LifeSupernatural AbilityRedemption more...
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Genres:
- DramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20s20th Century
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Place:
- Scotland
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Praise:
- Award Winner
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Style:
- Voice Over
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Attitudes:
- SeriousSemi Fantastic
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Houdini's Death Defying Acts, 2007
English, Hungarian
UK, Australia
Profile of Houdini's Death Defying Acts
The mood of Houdini's Death Defying Acts is atmospheric and exciting. The plot centers around wizards and magicians, an obsessive quest, and cons and scams. It is a drama and period movie. Stylistically, Houdini's Death Defying Acts includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious. The setting is Scotland. Houdini's Death Defying Acts happens in the 1920s. The movie is known for being an award winner.
Summary of Houdini's Death Defying Acts
Celebrated director Gillian Armstrong (MY BRILLIANT CAREER, LITTLE WOMEN) helms this film about Harry Houdini's romance with a con woman. In his attempts to contact his dead mother, the magician (Guy Pearce) meets a beautiful psychic named Mary (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who isn't all she appears. Joined by her daughter (ATONEMENT's Saoirse Ronan), Mary tries to con Harry out of his $10,000 reward, an effort which is complicated by the love that grows between them. Set in 1926, this lush period drama also stars Timothy Spall (ENCHANTED).
Details
| Language: | English, Hungarian |
| Country: | UK, Australia |
| Release date: | 11 July 2008 |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
Cast and Crew
as Harry Houdini
as Mary McGarvie
Photos
Critics Reviews
The New York Times
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- by: Neil Genzlinger
Variety
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- by: Dennis Harvey
