It is 1926 and famed escape artist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) is touring Britain. However, his well-received performances hide the...
It is 1926 and famed escape artist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) is touring Britain. However, his well-received performances hide the pain he still feels towards the loss of his mother, a wound that is opened further when he becomes romantically entangled with a Scottish psychic and con woman (Catherine Zeta-Jones.) A highly publicised seance is arranged so that Houdini may contact his mother one last time. Of course the occasion is not what it appears and things do not go according to plan. Movies centred on magic performers, such as The Illusionist and The Prestige, have been popular at the box office, and now one of the industries most respected female directors, Australian Gillian Armstrong, presents her offering to what is almost becoming a genre in itself.
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Death Defying Acts | Details
- Runtime
- 97
- Genre
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Country of origin
- UK, Australia