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 dangerous stunt of his career.
Publisher:Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by Genius Products, [2008]
General Note: English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.Special features: Commentary by director Gillian Armstrong and producer Marian MacGowan; the making of Death defying acts; trailer.Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.Title from container.
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.
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MPAA rating: PG; for some sensuality, thematic material, language, violent content and smoking.