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Overview

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5.6/10   223 votes
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Director:
Pen Densham
Writer (WGA):
Pen Densham (written by)
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Release Date:
6 December 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
He made a life out of cheating death
Plot:
The life and times of escape artist/magician Harry Houdini. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Opening This Week: Dot-com days, period magicians, Eddie (sigh) Murphy
 (From IFC. 15 July 2008, 4:59 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
"Believe"... in what exactly? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Johnathon Schaech ... Harry Houdini
Stacy Edwards ... Bess Houdini

Paul Sorvino ... Blackburn
Rhea Perlman ... Esther
David Warner ... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mark Ruffalo ... Theo

Grace Zabriskie ... Mrs. Weiss

Ron Perlman ... Booking Agent

Karl Makinen ... Jim Collins
Judy Geeson ... Lady Doyle
Frank McRae ... Usher

George Segal ... Beck

Emile Hirsch ... Young Houdini
Curt Lowens ... Samuel Weiss

Jack McGee ... Street Vendor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Believe (USA) (working title)
Believe: The Houdini Story (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Brazil:94 min | Argentina:99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
USA:Unrated | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Trilogy Entertainment Group more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
"Believe"... in what exactly?, 30 April 2005
3/10
Author: Tressa Breen from United States

This is a TV movie covering the career, life and afterlife of the illusionist Harry Houdini. It is a romanticized skeletal treatment, covering the basics of the man (raised in poverty, self taught magician, life long mother issues, medium debunker) without any real depth or showing anything new. It is a well done enough production, recreating some of Houdini's daring feats, and the acting is decent (and Jonathon Schaech certainly looks fit enough to pull off Houdini's escapes and high tolerance for pain) but ultimately it is a frame without a portrait, non revealing of the Ehrich Weiss behind the Harry Houdini.

Favorite Line: "I fell in love with Ehrich Weiss; I put up with Harry Houdini."

Worth a rent if you have a mildly curious about Houdini itch to scratch and an hour and a half free.

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