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Houdini: With Adrien Brody, Kristen Connolly, Evan Jones, Tim Pigott-Smith. Follow the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin.
Houdini is a two-part, four-hour History Channel miniseries written by Nicholas Meyer and directed by Uli Edel. It premiered on September 1, 2014. The series stars Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini and features the life of the legendary illusionist and escape artist from poverty to worldwide fame.
Houdini: Directed by George Marshall. With Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke. From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.
Houdini is a 1953 American Technicolor biographical film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal and Berman Swarttz, directed by George Marshall, that stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh.
In 1906, Houdini started showing films of his outside escapes as part of his vaudeville act. In Boston, he presented a short film called Houdini Defeats Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt was a famous wrestler of the day, but the nature of their contest is unknown as the film is lost.
Mar 13, 2008 · Death Defying Acts: Directed by Gillian Armstrong. With Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan. On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.
2 h 31 min. TV-14. Starring Academy Award winner* Adrien Brody and Kristen Connolly, HOUDINI, as seen on HISTORY, follows the world-renowned master of escape's transformation from immigrant to superstar.
Tony Curtis gives a winning performance as the great Houdini, the struggling circus performer who emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist. 489 IMDb 6.8 1 h 45 min 1953. X-Ray PG. Drama · Arts, Entertainment, and Culture · Cerebral · Harrowing. Available to rent or buy.
HOUDINI traces the rise and fall of America's most famous magician of all time. Born a humble Hungarian immigrant named Erik Weisz, Houdini (Adrien Brody) is dazzled by a street magician and decides to take up the mysterious arts himself. Soon after, he leaves home and apprentices with a traveling magician, learning the tricks of the trade.
Houdini's Movies. Houdini was involved in cinema almost from the start of the medium and his own career. Starting in 1906, he filmed many of his outdoor escapes and showed them at the start of his vaudeville act. Seeing Houdini usually meant also seeing a movie.
