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Overview
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Writers:
Tony Grisoni (written by) &
Brian Ward (written by)
Release Date:
13 March 2008 (Australia) more
Tagline:
There is no escape. more
Plot:
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
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(22 articles)
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Could have been better more (21 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 (as Frankey Martyn) |
| Aileen O'Gorman | ... | Effie - Elderly Seamstress |
 | Raymond Griffiths | ... | Music Hall Dwarf |
| Shaun Mason | ... | Heckler |
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Also Known As:
Death Defying Acts: Houdini's Secret (USA) (DVD box title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some sensuality, thematic material, language, violent content and smoking.
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Runtime:
97 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:PG | Ireland:PG | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG | New Zealand:PG | Finland:K-7 | Hong Kong:IIA | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Mexico:B | Peru:14
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Anachronisms: In the scene before Houdini try to communicate with his passed mother via Mary McGarvie, it can be clearly seen there is a vacuum tube that happened to be a 6C33C Russian vacuum tube, which does not exist until the 60s, and further more, that vacuum tube couldn't work anymore, since it was leaked (it has a white layer of powder inside the tube that shows there is air inside). more
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Another magician movie? But The Illusionist and The Prestige were great movies, so why not? Catherine Zeta Jones plays a foxy, yet poor, mother, scamming away through life pretending to be a psychic. When Guy Pearce's Houdini comes into town to prove or disprove the existence of the paranormal, they come into contact.
It is both a sad and a hopeful movie. A little too "psychic" for me and too little about the true nature of Harry Houdini except his fascination for his dead mother. The script itself does not lend itself to praise, but the atmosphere and realisation are top notch.
Bottom line: watch it when you are in a mood for a rom-drama, but you don't care much about the subject.