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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.
- (11K)
- Drama, History, Romance
- Gillian Armstrong
- 2008-03-13
A movie about a con artist and her daughter who try to trick Harry Houdini into revealing his mother's dying words for a reward. They fall in love with him, but he is killed by a mysterious assailant after a show in Montreal.
A 2008 film about a psychic swindler who challenges Houdini to a mind-reading game. Critics and audiences panned the movie for its dull plot and unconvincing performances.
- (39)
- Gillian Armstrong
- PG
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
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.
About this movie. arrow_forward. When famous escape artist Harry Houdini arrives in Edinburgh and offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from...
David Mamet's An Interview is an oblique, mystifying interrogation. A sleazy lawyer is forced to answer difficult questions and to admit the truth about his life and career. The why and where of the interrogation provide a surprise ending to this brilliant twenty minute comedy.
