DEATH DEFYING ACTS

Mary and Benji, a feisty mother and daughter psychic act, set out to con the greatest con-artist of the age – Harry Houdini.

Feature Film
2007
35mm Colour
93mins
English

Writer/Director

Brian Ward 

Tony Grisoni

Producer

Marian Macgowan

Chris Curling

Cast

Guy Pearce

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Timothy Spall

Saoirse Ronan
 

Edinburgh, Scotland, 1926: Mary and Benji, a feisty mother and daughter psychic act, set out together to con the greatest con-artist of the age – Harry Houdini. But as the obsessive escapologist dices with death, they find themselves seduced by his charms and drawn into his world of illusion and dark secrets. DEATH DEFYING ACTS is a story of passion, redemption and the power of magic.

Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival 2007
(Special Presentation)
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008

Sales

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