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Death defying acts - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Gillian Armstrong
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Movie propaganda
There is no escape.
It is 1926. Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) is the most famous escape artist in the world. The "man behind the performer" is a different story however. It has been 13 years since his beloved mother passed away and his greatest regret is he was not at her bedside when she died to hear her last words. This haunts Houdini, so much so that he offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave and reveal her dying secret. Enter Mary McGregor (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her young daughter. When they learn of the reward, they set their sights on the world's greatest escape artist as their ultimate target. But what begins as a con soon evolves into something much more complicated and dangerous...
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film drama Harry Houdini supernatural spirit medium biography
Persons of interest
- Catherine Zeta-Jones .... Mary McGregor
- Guy Pearce .... Harry Houdini
- Timothy Spall .... Sugarman
- Saoirse Ronan .... Benji
- Silvia Lombardo .... Usherette
- Jack Bailey .... The Red Haired Pilot
- Frankey Martyn .... Rose
- Dodger Phillips .... Voice Of The Press
- Aileen O'Gorman .... Effie - Elderly Seamstress
- Holly Mackie .... Psychic Twin Two
- Cloe Mackie .... Psychic Twin One
- Tony Grisoni .... Screenwriter
- Brian Ward .... Screenwriter
- Gillian Armstrong .... Director
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Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
Death defying acts is like The Prestige but with more tragedy.
The drama, Harry Houdini movie Death defying acts is directed by Gillian Armstrong and stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall.
Government security censorship classification
PG (Mild supernatural themes, infrequent mild coarse language and sex references)
Surveillance time
97 minutes (1:37 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 13 March 2008
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