Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: Love is inescapable
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release Date: 2007-09-13
- Runtime: 97.0 min
- Budget: $20.0 million
- Revenue: $8.4 million
- Production Companies: BBC Film, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Myriad Pictures, Zephyr Films, MacGowan Films
Cast & Crew
Catherine Zeta, Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan, Malcolm Shields, Leni Harper, Ralph Riach, Olivia Darnley, Anthony O’Donnell, Billy McColl, James Holmes, Melanie Harris, Miles Jupp, Campbell Graham, Raymond Griffiths, Shaun Mason, Tom Cotcher, Carol Robb, Paul Grunert
Synopsis – What to Expect from “Death Defying Acts”
Death Defying Acts is a 2007 British-Australian romantic mystery drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Guy Pearce.
The film is set in Edinburgh, Scotland in the summer of 1926. Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) is in the city to perform his famous escape acts. He is also searching for a medium who can contact his deceased mother, something he has been desperately trying to do since her death.
Meanwhile, Mary McGarvie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is a con artist who is posing as a psychic medium. She is desperate for money and sees Houdini’s offer of a £10,000 reward for anyone who can contact his mother as the perfect opportunity to make some quick cash.
Mary and her daughter Benji (Saoirse Ronan) set up a scam and, with the help of her lover, Angus (Timothy Spall), they make it seem as if they are able to contact Houdini’s mother. Houdini is convinced and decides to put on a show to prove that Mary has genuine powers.
The show is a success and Mary begins to feel guilty about her deception. She and her daughter soon fall for Houdini’s charms and the three of them become close.
However, Mary’s past catches up with her and it soon becomes clear that there is more to her than meets the eye. As secrets are revealed and
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