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Death Defying Acts (2007)

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User Rating: 6.0/10 (964 votes)

Overview

Director:
Gillian Armstrong
Writers:
Tony Grisoni (writer)
Brian Ward (writer)
Release Date:
13 March 2008 (Australia) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | Thriller more
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
NewsDesk:
Catherine Zeta-Jones Promises: I Will Only Get Sexier (From PEOPLE.com. 11 March 2008, 7:30 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
The Most beautiful motion picture of the year more

Cast

 (Credited cast)

Catherine Zeta-Jones ... Mary McGarvie

Guy Pearce ... Harry Houdini

Timothy Spall ... Sugarman
Saoirse Ronan ... Benji McGarvie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Jack Bailey ... The Red Haired Pilot

Aaron Brown ... Sugarman's Assistant
MacKay Crawford ... Young Reporter
James Fiddy ... American Assistant

Martin Fisher ... Concierge

Tim Frost ... Tap Dancer

Campbell Graham ... Reporter
Emma Humphries ... The Chambermaid
Miles Jupp ... Ventriloquist

Silvia Lombardo ... Usherette

Cloe Mackie ... Psychic Twin One

Holly Mackie ... Psychic Twin Two

Frankey Martyn ... Rose
Aileen O'Gorman ... Effie - Elderly Seamstress
Dodger Phillips ... Voice Of The Press
Carol Robb ... Young Woman

Chris Wilson ... Reporter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
DeathDefyingActs (Australia) (poster title)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
UK | Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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35 out of 70 people found the following comment useful:-
The Most beautiful motion picture of the year, 16 October 2007
10/10
Author: giuspatern from Italy

When i went to the screening of this movie,i wasn't so excited. You know, last year there have been severals magicians movies just like "The Prestige", Neil Burger's "The Illusionist, "Next". But i noticed myself that "Death Defying Acts" is not just a simple "magic" movie. It's something "bigger", you know..the story is captivating, fairly, helped by a ligated editing work. I can't spoil you most of the story, but i'm advising you to go and see this when it's gonna be released on screen. Gillian Armstrong gives a touch of real magic directing this impressing, fascinating and thrilling movie, being helped by Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta Jones, that are simply amazing and are "victims" of an unspeakable chemistry that in my opinion should be awarded with an Oscar. 10/10

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how on earth do people in UK watch this film? lady_of_england
'Rumored' late release in the US December 2008 LisaLR1
Kind of a slap in the face to Harry Houdini SPOILER kevin_Samara2004
What the hell is wrong with America?! SexysBack
Release Date! SexysBack
Houdini and a Psychic? thornhill54
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