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Death Defying Acts is a British-Australian 2007 supernatural romance film, directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It concerns an episode in the life of Hungarian-American escapologist Harry Houdini at the height of his career in the 1920s.
Mar 13, 2008 · Death Defying Acts: Directed by Gillian Armstrong. With Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan. On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.
In 1926, 13 years after his mother's death, illusionist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) has begun debunking mystics, psychics and others who claim to have paranormal powers. He offers US$10,000 to anyone who can quote his mother's dying words to him.
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Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Upon arriving in Edinburgh, Scotland for a series of mind-boggling performances, master illusionist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) offers an impressive cash reward to any...
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Sep 13, 2007 · 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.
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1926: Mary and Benji, a feisty mother and daughter psychic act, set out together to con the greatest con-artist of the age – Harry Houdini. But as the obsessive escapologist dices with death, they find themselves seduced by his charms and drawn into his world of illusion and dark secrets.
