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5.9/10   3,135 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Tony Grisoni (written by) &
Brian Ward (written by)
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Release Date:
13 March 2008 (Australia) more
Genre:
Tagline:
There is no escape. more
Plot:
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
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Zeta-Jones takes it all! more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Guy Pearce ... Harry Houdini

Catherine Zeta-Jones ... Mary McGarvie

Timothy Spall ... Sugarman

Saoirse Ronan ... Benji McGarvie
Malcolm Shields ... Leith Romeo
Leni Harper ... Leith Romeo's wife
Ralph Riach ... Mr. Robertson
Olivia Darnley ... Flower Stall Seller
Anthony O'Donnell ... Oily Librarian
Billy McColl ... McTavish
James Holmes ... Ugly Mug

Melanie Harris ... Rose (as Frankey Martyn)
Aileen O'Gorman ... Effie - Elderly Seamstress

Raymond Griffiths ... Music Hall Dwarf
Shaun Mason ... Heckler
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Death Defying Acts: Houdini's Secret (USA) (DVD box title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some sensuality, thematic material, language, violent content and smoking.
Runtime:
97 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Anachronisms: In the scene before Houdini try to communicate with his passed mother via Mary McGarvie, it can be clearly seen there is a vacuum tube that happened to be a 6C33C Russian vacuum tube, which does not exist until the 60s, and further more, that vacuum tube couldn't work anymore, since it was leaked (it has a white layer of powder inside the tube that shows there is air inside). more

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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Zeta-Jones takes it all!, 27 September 2008
8/10
Author: Bruno Costa from Portugal

When I saw the name of the movie ... i thought "what the hell?" but ... anyhow ... a friend of mine was so thrilled that i had to see it.

I started the movie and i liked the way the movie's painted ... the lightening ... very good indeed ... but harry Houdini is not, for sure, the man we see in the movie. In here, he seems like an arrogant man who instantly falls in love with some girl.

Aside from that, Zeta-Jones is once-again great and she kept me following during the movie ... i was really interested and i thought the little girl was also great...

I recommend the movie ... not a brilliant one ... mas one to see when there's nothing better =)

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