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Overview
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Pen Densham (written by)
Release Date:
6 December 1998 (USA)
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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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Won Primetime Emmy.
Another 4 nominations
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Pen Densham gets on the court with 'Bill'
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(From The Hollywood Interview. 19 December 2009, 3:11 PM, PST)
Pen Densham gets on the court with 'Bill'
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A movie without magic touches!
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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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Brazil:94 min | Argentina:99 min
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Below average drama which tells the real-life story of Harry Houdini, the man who was known as the greatest wizard of the world. Although the theme here is very curious and interesting, the movie goes on and on only developing a series of performances made by Houdini in his long career. The movie does not give a more deep look in the personality of the controversial magician and the last scene is a obvious and not original approach toward one of Houdini most important concerns: life after death.
I give this a 5 (five).