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CALL NUMBER |
$1. |
TITLE |
Death defying acts [videorecording] / Film Finance Corporation Australia, BBC Films, the UK Film Council and Myriad Pictures present in association with the New South Wales Film and Television Office, a MacGowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films and Zephyr Films production of a film by Gillian Armstrong ; produced by Chris Curling and Marian MacGowan ; written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward ; directed by Gillian Armstrong. |
IMPRINT |
Hong Kong : Edko Films Ltd. [distributor], [2009?]. |
DESCRIPTION |
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
NOTE |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. |
NOTE |
Special features: Theatrical trailer; photo gallery; cast and crew filmographies. |
CREDITS |
Director of photography, Haris Zambarloukos ; editor, Nicholas Beauman ; music, Cezary Skubiszewski. |
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. |
AUDIENCE |
IIA, not suitable for children. |
LANGUAGE |
In English with Traditional Chinese subtitles. |
SUBJECT |
Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Drama. |
SUBJECT |
Action and adventure films. |
SUBJECT |
Channeling (Spiritualism) -- United States -- Drama. |
SUBJECT |
Feature films. |
SUBJECT |
Fiction films. |
SUBJECT |
Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama. |
SUBJECT |
Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Drama. |
SUBJECT |
Thrillers (Motion pictures). |
DISCIPLINE |
Fiction. |
OTHER AUTHOR |
Armstrong, Gillian, 1950-. |
OTHER AUTHOR |
Curling, Chris. |
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Grisoni, Tony. |
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MacGowan, Marian. |
OTHER AUTHOR |
Pearce, Guy, 1967-. |
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Ronan, Saoirse, 1994-. |
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Skubiszewski, Cezary. |
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Spall, Timothy, 1957-. |
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Ward, Brian. |
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Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 1969-. |
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BBC Films. |
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Edko Films. |
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Film Finance Corporation Australia. |
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Genius Entertainment. |
OTHER AUTHOR |
MacGowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films (Firm). |
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Myriad Pictures. |
OTHER AUTHOR |
New South Wales Film and Television Office. |
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UK Film Council. |
OTHER AUTHOR |
Zephyr Films. |
OTHER TITLE |
880-01 Chinese title on disc label/container: Mo fa mei liao yuan. |