Release date: July 11, 2008 (NY, LA)
Studio: Third Rail Releasing (The Weinstein Company)
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Screenwriter: Tony Grisoni, Brian Ward
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: DeathDefyingActs-movie.com
DVD: Not Available
Plot summary: When famous escape artist Harry Houdini arrives in Edinburgh and offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave, a beautiful but deceptive psychic and her young 'sidekick' daughter take the challenge. As Houdini spends time with this mysterious woman, he is beguiled by her charms, and what begins as a con evolves into a far more complicated and dangerous affair.
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