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Sep 21, 2021 · Copperfield (born David Kotkin) claimed the point of the disappearing Statue of Liberty trick was that our freedom could be taken away at any moment, which seems a little overly earnest. We're pretty sure the real point was that making giant things disappear is super cool.
Sep 26, 2017 · When the last one happened on live TV in 1983 in front of millions of people watching from home and a couple dozen in person, no one could tell how he made a 310 foot, 225 pound copper statue vanish. Now, however, we finally know.
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Apr 26, 2010 · No camera tricks were used and this was first featured in his 5th television The Magic of David Copperfield V: Vanishing the Statue of Liberty. This illusion is listed by the Guinness...
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His illusions have included the disappearance of a Learjet (1981), the vanishing and reappearance of the Statue of Liberty (1983), levitating over the Grand Canyon (1984), walking through the Great Wall of China (1986), escaping from Alcatraz prison (1987), the disappearance of an Orient Express dining car (1991) and flying on stage for several ...
Apr 9, 2024 · In April 1983, magician David Copperfield set out to do his largest and most impressive trick yet. He made the Statue of Liberty disappear in front of a live audience and the whole stunt aired on television with a reported 50 million viewers tuning in.
Mar 16, 2023 · When David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty vanish on television in April 1983, Americans gasped. The 305-foot, 62,000-pound statue disappeared before a live audience in a magical trick recorded by the Guinness Book of Records as the Largest Illusion Ever Staged.
Poundstone wrote six pages on this trick and included a nifty illustration, but I’ll just give you a basic summary: Copperfield had a setup of two towers on a stage, supporting an arch to hold the huge curtain that would be used to conceal the statue.
