The Magic of David Copperfield XII: The Niagara Falls Challenge (1990)
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- 48min
- Comedy, Family
- 30 Mar 1990 (USA)
- TV Special
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy.
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David Copperfield | ... |
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Kim Alexis | ... |
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Penn Jillette | ... |
First Camera Retrieve (uncredited)
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Teller | ... |
Second Camera Retriever (uncredited)
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Directed by
David Copperfield | ... | (as David Kotkin) |
Michael Dimich |
Written by
Ted Blumberg | ... | () |
David Copperfield | ... | () (as Seth Kotkin) |
Produced by
Greg Sills | ... | producer |
Editing by
Brent Carpenter | ||
Chuck Meyers | ||
George Verschoor |
Production Design by
John Shaffner | ||
Joe Stewart |
Costume Design by
Lydia Harmon | ||
Raymond Lee |
Makeup Department
Tobi Britton | ... | make up: for Kim Alexis |
Alfonso 'Noe' Gonzales | ... | make-up and hair (as Alfonso Noe Gonzales) |
Production Management
Christopher Giordano | ... | executive in charge of production (as Chris Giordano) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terri McCoy | ... | associate director |
Art Department
John Gaughan | ... | illusions designer and constructor |
David Mendoza | ... | illusions designer and constructor |
Sound Department
David E. Fluhr | ... | post production audio (as David Fluhr) |
Terry McCauley | ... | audio |
Paul Sandweiss | ... | audio |
Special Effects by
John Frazier | ... | special effects |
Rocky Gehr | ... | special effects |
Richard Stutsman | ... | special effects |
Tony Vandenecker | ... | special effects |
Richard L. Hill | ... | special effects crew (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
David N. Banks | ... | camera operator (as Dave Banks) |
Mike Boisclair | ... | key grip |
Gary Childs | ... | camera operator |
Robert A. Dickinson | ... | director of photography (as Bob Dickinson) |
Sam Drummy | ... | camera operator |
Hank Geving | ... | camera operator |
Dean Hall | ... | camera operator |
David Levisohn | ... | camera operator (as Dave Levisohn) |
Simon Miles | ... | director of photography |
Bill Philbin | ... | camera operator |
Hector Ramirez | ... | camera operator |
Pattie Stone | ... | moving light programmer/operator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Jamie Battista | ... | stage manager |
Mark Beard-Witherup | ... | staging supervisor |
Doug Bennett | ... | creative contributions |
Kim Beringer | ... | production stage manager |
Sherrie Castleberry | ... | assistant to David Copperfield |
Mike Caveney | ... | creative contributions |
Kevin Dallmeyer | ... | magic squad |
Paul Daniels | ... | illusion design |
Gary Darwin | ... | creative contributions |
Dan Garrett | ... | creative contributions |
Paul Gertner | ... | illusion design |
Debi Giudice | ... | production coordinator |
James Handi | ... | creative contributions |
Franz Harary | ... | illusion design |
Andre Kole | ... | creative contributions |
Martin Lewis | ... | illusion design |
Pamela Lopez | ... | assistant to the producer |
Barry Marder | ... | creative contributions |
Richard Rasmussen | ... | magic squad |
Jeff Schaen | ... | magic squad |
John Serio | ... | magic squad |
Kenneth Shapiro | ... | technical director |
Joanie Spina | ... | choreographer (as Joan Spina) |
Jim Steinmeyer | ... | illusion design |
Kyle Stencovage | ... | magic squad |
Don Wayne | ... | magic consultant |
Andre Webber | ... | magic squad |
Michael Webber | ... | creative contributions |
Timothy Wenk | ... | illusion design |
Tim White | ... | illusion manager |
Keith Winikoff | ... | technical director |
Karen Wood | ... | production coordinator |
Thanks
Paul Colangelo | ... | special thanks |
Mario Cuomo | ... | producers wish to thank (as Mario M. Cuomo governor) |
Larry Fischer | ... | special thanks |
John Fisher | ... | special thanks |
Doug Henning | ... | special thanks |
Tom Howland | ... | special thanks |
Laurian Justice | ... | special thanks |
Ira Katz | ... | special thanks |
Orin Lehman | ... | producers wish to thank (as Orin Lehman commissioner) |
Bob Lowe | ... | special thanks |
Howard G. Malley | ... | special thanks (as Howard Malley) |
Jonathan Pendragon | ... | special thanks (as Jonathon Pendragon) |
Patti Person | ... | special thanks |
Mario J. Pirastro | ... | producers wish to thank (as Mario J. Pirastro director) |
Albert Rettig | ... | special thanks (as Al Rettig) |
Jeff Ross | ... | special thanks |
Andrew Sabul | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- CBS (1990) (United States) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Greene, Crowe & Company (remote facilities)
- Omni Video (remote facilities)
- Complete Post (post production facilities)
- Compact Video (post production facilities)
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation (producers wish to thank)
- Orange County Performing Arts Center (production assistance provided by)
- Harley Davidson Motorcycles (production assistance provided by)
- Prospect Park, Niagara Frontier Region (producers wish to thank)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
This is the 12th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced by a voice offstage who describes the location of the escape that David Copperfield will perform in this special as his last challenge: the Niagara Falls. Just like his 5th special, this one is not introduced by a host. During the opening credits Copperfield reaches the stage from the backstage on his Harley Davidson, ready to use it to perform the first illusion. So, the illusions performed are: "Motorcycle Vanish", "Camera Trick" (aka "Camera Vanish"), "Cardiographic" (aka "Card From Paper"), "Slicer", "Misled" (aka "Pencil Through $100 Bill"), "Walking Through A Mirror", "Ring On The Hourglass", "Memories" (aka "The Attic") and then "Niagara Falls Challenge". For this feat Copperfield has his hands and feet chained to an axle which is almost entirely covered by a yellow steel box (leaving only his hands and legs exposed) and then suspended in midair by chains inside a cubic platform built over a raft. A Jet Ski is attached to the raft, and the raft is set on fire, raised from the lawn and dropped in the middle of the river, at about 152 meters, or 500 feet, from the falls. Copperfield has less than 60 seconds to escape from the box, detach the Jet Ski and rise upstream before the raft goes over the edge of the falls, with a vertical drop of about 51 meters, or 167 feet. This feat has been filmed in long take and is one of the few escapes no more repeated. This is the first CBS Copperfield TV special produced by his own production company DCDI Productions, that will also produce all the following ones. Written by Lorenz-pictures |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | David Copperfield always negates to recur to camera tricks for his illusions. In this special he finally decides to perform an illusion using a camera, illusion just called "Camera Trick" (aka "Camera Vanish"), in which he makes disappear a CBS genuine camera, that he hides in a proper container. The camera transmits on a monitor present on the stage live images of the stage itself until few seconds before the container opening, and it appears empty: the camera is missing. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into La grande magia di David Copperfield (1994). See more » |
Soundtracks | Where the Streets Have No Name See more » |