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Death Defying Acts( 2007)

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Overview

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Catherine Zeta-Jones

      Mary McGarvie

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      Guy Pearce

      Harry Houdini

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      Timothy Spall

      Sugarman

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      Saoirse Ronan

      Benji McGarvie

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      Malcolm Shields

      Leith Romeo

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      Leni Harper

      Leith Romeo's wife

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      Ralph Riach

      Mr. Robertson

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      Olivia Darnley

      Flower Stall Seller

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      Anthony O'Donnell

      Oily Librarian

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      Billy McColl

      McTavish

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      James Holmes

      Ugly Mug

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      Melanie Harris

      Rose

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      Miles Jupp

      Ventriloquist

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      Campbell Graham

      Doctor

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      Raymond Griffiths

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      Shaun Mason

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      Tom Cotcher

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      Carol Robb

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      Paul Grunert

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Jul 07 2014
    Houdini Affairs of the Heart and Head. 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. Not a biopic of Harry Houdini, but an episode in his life, Death Defying Acts (a bum steer of a title) is lukewarm across the board. Story charts the years after the death of Houdini’s mother, where he travels to 1920s Edinburgh and falls in with Psychic Tricksters Mary (Jones) and Benji McGarvie (Ronan), a m...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    20000000.00

    Revenue

    8380329.00

    Keywords

    • scotland
    • escape artist
    • clairvoyant
    • woman director
    • 1920s
    • houdini