Death defying acts Houdini's secret

Curling, Chris (Added Author). MacGowan, Marian. (Added Author). Grisoni, Tony. (Added Author). Ward, Brian (Brian Walter) (Added Author). Armstrong, Gillian, 1950- (Added Author). Pearce, Guy, 1967- (Added Author). Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 1969- (Added Author). Spall, Timothy, 1957- (Added Author). Ronan, Saoirse, 1994- (Added Author). Film Finance Corporation Australia. (Added Author). BBC Films (Added Author). UK Film Council. (Added Author). Myriad Pictures (Added Author). New South Wales Film and Television Office (Added Author). MacGowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films (Firm) (Added Author). Zephyr Films. (Added Author). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan. (Cast).

Summary: Mary McGarvie is a beautiful con artist who, with the help of her young daughter, fools audiences into believing she is psychic. The legendary magician Harry Houdini comes to town with a skeptic's challenge. He is going to give $10,000 to anyone who can correctly 'channel' his mother's dying words. Mary accepts the challenge. Houdini enters into a passionate affair with the charming clairvoyant even as he prepares for the most dangeros stunt of his career.

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Genius Products, [2008]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. Special features: Commentary by director Gillian Armstrong and producer Marian MacGowan; the making of Death defying acts; trailer.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Haris Zambarloukos ; editor, Nicholas Beauman ; music, Cezary Skubiszewski.
Participant or Performer Note:	Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG; for some sensuality, thematic material, language, violent content and smoking.
System Details Note:	DVD, widescreen (letterbox, enhanced); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	This disc is copy protected.
Language Note:	English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.