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2014
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Death Defying Acts (2007)
September 13, 20071h 37mEN
6.0
278 votes
Overview
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Director
Gillian ArmstrongWriters
Where to Watch
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Rent
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20.0M
Revenue
$8.4M
Production Companies
BBC FilmAustralian Film Finance CorporationMyriad PicturesZephyr FilmsMacGowan Films
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John Chard
4.0Houdini Affairs of the Heart and Head. Death Defying Acts is directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward. It stars Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and Saoirse Ronan. Music is by Cezary Skubiszewski and cinematography by Haris Zambarloukos. Not a biopic of Harry Houdini, but an episode in his life, Death Defying Acts (a bum steer of a title) is lukewarm across the board. Story charts the years after the death of Houdini’s mother, where he travels to 1920s Edinburgh and falls in with Psychic Tricksters Mary (Jones) and Benji McGarvie (Ronan), a…
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Wuchak
6.0**_Part factual, part fictional accounting of Houdini’s final months in 1926_** The showman (Guy Pearce) visits Edinburgh, Scotland, where he meets a psychic woman and her daughter, who are out to con him (Catherine Zeta-Jones and Saoirse Ronan). Timothy Spall is on hand as Harry’s protective tour manager. "Death Defying Acts” (2007) is not a biopic of Houdini, but rather historical fiction, aka ‘faction.’ Assuming Harry was faithful to his beloved Bessie, it’s offensive to have him romancing a fake spiritualist. All we have are a few words in a diary and no physical evidence of any such…
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