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Death Defying Acts
Synopsis
Edinburgh 1926, the great Harry Houdini arrives for the grand finale of his international tour. There, he offers a prize to anyone who can contact the dead and reveal the last words uttered by his dying mother. Mary, a struggling Scottish psychic, and her nine year-old daughter Benji hear of the offer and decide to out-con Houdini. Instantly bewitched, Houdini is convinced that Mary is who he's looking for. Mary soon finds herself seduced by Houdini's charms and drawn into his world of illusion and dark secrets. As the stakes increase, it soon becomes a question of who is out-conning who?
Details
- Year
- 2008
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 97 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Gillian Armstrong
- Producer
- Brian Ward, Marcia Nasatir, Dan Lupovitz, Tony Grisoni, Kirk D'Amico
- Co-Producer
- Brian Ward, Marcia Nasatir, Dan Lupovitz, Tony Grisoni, Kirk D'Amico
- Editor
- Nicholas Beauman
- Screenwriter
- Tony Grisoni, Brian Ward
- Director of Photography
- Haris Zambarloukos
- Production Designer
- Gemma Jackson
- Sound
- Simon Okin
- Music
- Cezary Skubiszewski
- Principal Cast
- Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 23rd October 2007
