Death defying acts [videorecording] : Houdini's secret

Title:

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[videorecording] : Film Finance Corporation Australia, BBC Films, the UK Film Council and Myriad Pictures present in association with the New South Wales Film and Television Office, a MacGowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films and Zephyr Films production of a film by Gillian Armstrong ; produced by Chris Curling and Marian MacGowan ; written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward ; directed by Gillian Armstrong.

Publication Information:

Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Genius Products, [2008]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.

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Special features: Commentary by director Gillian Armstrong and producer Marian MacGowan; the making of Death defying acts; trailer.

Abstract:

Mary McGarvie is a beautiful con artist who, with the help of her young daughter, fools audiences into believing she is psychic. The legendary magician Harry Houdini comes to town with a skeptic's challenge. He is going to give $10,000 to anyone who can correctly 'channel' his mother's dying words. Mary accepts the challenge. Houdini enters into a passionate affair with the charming clairvoyant even as he prepares for the most dangerous stunt of his career.

Reading Level:

MPAA rating: PG; for some sensuality, thematic material, language, violent content and smoking.

Personal Subject:

Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926-Drama.

Subject Term:

Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Drama.

Channeling (Spiritualism) -- United States -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama.

Estafa -- United States -- Teatro.

Relaciones humanas -- United States -- Teatro.

Genre:

Thrillers (Motion pictures)