Death Defying Acts

     

Death Defying Acts2007

Stars: Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Rating: PG
Runtime: 97 minutes

Death Defying Acts is a 2007 British-Australian supernatural romance film, directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It concerns an episode in the life of Hungarian-American escapologist Harry Houdini at the he… more »


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Benji McGarvie:
[with Scottish accent] When I was very small, I had a gift. I saw things other folk did nae see. It was like looking into deep water and seein' things on the other side. As I grew up, the gift vanished, just like my mam said it would. And I saw the world as it really was - with all its sweet lies and trickery. The the great Houdini came into our lives, and changed everything forever.

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