HOUDINI'S DEATH DEFYING ACTS

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• Release Year: 2007
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: The year is 1926, and Houdini (Guy Pearce) is an international superstar. Not only does the illusionist's otherwordly ability to bend reality hold audiences completely enthralled, but his easy charm finds him winning the hearts of his growing legion of fans as well. Isolated by fame and drowning in regret over having not been present to hear his mother's last words, Houdini sets out on tour in Scottland and announces that he will pay $10,000 to anyone who can prove spiritual contact with his deceased mother. But in his determination to prove that there is life after death, he becomes tha target of countless charlatans, scam artist and self-proclaimed spiritualists. Stunning psychic Mary McGregor (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her daughter/ sidekick Benji (Saoirse Ronan) seem remarkably sincere in their supernatural talents, yet that doesn't mean that the pair doesn't have their own ulterior motives for making a conncetion with the world famous magic man.
• Cast: Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan, Malcolm Shields, Leni Harper, Ralph Riach, Olivia Darnley, Anthony O'Donnell, Billy McColl, James Holmes, Melanie Harris, Aileen O'Gorman, Raymond Griffiths, Shaun Mason, Tom Cotcher, Joanne Cummins, Carol Robb, Mark Carter, MacKay Crawford, Paul Grunert, Graeme McKnight, Aaron Brown, Martin Fisher, Emma Humphries, Miles Jupp, Tim Frost, Cloe Mackie, Holly Mackie, David McKail, Maev Alexander, Richard Dean, Rod Arthur, Alan David, Lorraine Hilton, Dodger Phillips, Campbell Graham, Jack Bailey, Justin Flagg, Che Grant, Graham Curry, James Fiddy, Steve Lately, Silvia Lombardo, Leonard Silver, John Warman, Chris Wilson, Gillian Armstrong
• Director: Gillian Armstrong
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Equinoxe Films
• Media Format: Movie