March 24, 1874 october 31, 1926 was a hungarianborn american illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. The great houdini is a 1976 american madefortelevision biographical film which is a fictionalized account of the life of the hungarianamerican escape artist and entertainer harry houdini. This movie had some good actors like michael glaser who did a fantastic job playing houdini. Houdini dvd tony curtis, janet leigh import edition. This is the trailer for the 1953 film houdini starring tony curtis and janet leigh. Born a humble hungarian immigrant named erik weisz, houdini adrien brody is dazzled by a street magician and decides to take up the mysterious arts himself. The great houdinis 1976 nr 10081976 us drama 1h 36m user score. Houdini traces the rise and fall of americas most famous magician of all time. Ich personlich hatte mir ein bisschen mehr spionageauftrage im film gewunscht, macht aber keinen abbruch. Houdini was able to hold his breath for 3 minutes while escaping and wowing the crowds. Houdini is a twopart, fourhour history channel event miniseries written by nicholas meyer and directed by uli edel. He was born in budapest, hungary before his family traveled to appleton, wisconsin in search of more wealth. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
The film was written and directed by melville shavelson and features paul michael glaser starsky and hutch and sally struthers all in the family and originally aired on abc on. The film footage in this wellmade documentary was for many including myself their first look at the real houdini in action. Tony curtis at the time, costars as houdinis wife bess, while angela clarke is seen as houdinis mother. The great houdini tv movie 1976 the great houdini tv. The bluray edition is far superior to the old dvd which made a very good film, even more enjoyable. The great houdini is a 1976 american madefortelevision biographical film which is a fictionalized account of the life of the. Harry houdini was born on march 24, 1874 in budpest, hungary, with the name of ehrich weisz. All advertising for this film incorrectly list the title as the great houdinis. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the us and then as harry handcuff houdini on a tour of europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Houdini, a 2014 play about the life of the brothers houdini this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title houdini.
The films tracks the great magicians rise to fame in the early 1900s, his smashing success in london where he befriends author arthur conan doyle, and his ultimate demise in 1926. I remember watching this movie on tv back in the 70s. The great houdinis 1976 torn between his wife sally struthers and mother ruth gordon, escape artist harry houdini paul michael glaser becomes obsessed with the occult. There is a full list of movies at the sidefx website under the company menu. With paul michael glaser, sally struthers, ruth gordon, vivian vance. Along with the new books, the doug henning specials and the great houdinis, the airing of this first major houdini documentary in the u. The illusionist harry houdini and his wife and stage partner take the magic world by storm. Regarder film the great houdinis 1976 film hd gratuit. Il mago houdini film completo parte 1 video dailymotion. The series stars adrien brody as harry houdini and features the life of the legendary illusionist and escape artist from poverty to worldwide fame.
It stresses the years of persistence, in the face of rejection and hard work, it took for him to create his stardom. An extremely well made tvmovie directed by melville shavelson and starring paul michael glaser as harry houdini. This dangerous stunt had houdini held upside down down in a cell full of water, with his feet were locked up. The making of americas first superhero, the biography by william kalush and larry sloman.
The great houdini 1976 2h biography, drama tv movie 8 october 1976. Although houdini blends fiction with history, it remains the most accurate account of the magicians life and continues to remain the more best of the films thus far. A biography of the renowned escape artist harry houdini. Houdini film contact filmy promocyjne, sesje zdjeciowe. Houdini is a 1998 television film about the life of the magician harry houdini, directed and written by pen densham. The comprehensive novel, published in 2006 by atria. From the opening credits, its obvious that this film is a mashup of period scenes and modern music and. The film was written and directed by melville shavelson and features paul michael glaser and sally struthers and originally aired on abc on october 8, 1976.
A biography of the renowned escape artist harry houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed. This book tells the story of houdinis life and reveals some of the secrets to his greatest tricks. Studiously avoiding covering the same ground as the 1953 houdini theatricalfilm biopic, director mel shavelsons script for great houdinis spends a great deal of time on the conflict between. An orphan in memphis, tennessee has reason to believe that the great houdini might be his father. Hier findest du einen uberblick aller anbieter, bei denen du houdini online. A biography of the renowned escape artist harry houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The story of the great houdini by sid fleischman tells the story of harry houdini, the greatest escape artist ever known.
Tony curtis gives a winning performance as the great houdini, the struggling circus performer who emerged as the worlds most captivating magician and escape artist. Oscarpreistrager adrien brody spielt harry houdini in einer epischen. Rent houdini 1953 starring tony curtis and janet leigh on dvd and bluray. Magician extraordinary, written by beryl williams and samuel epstein, is a biography on harry houdini, the great handcuff king and magician. Soon after, he leaves home and apprentices with a traveling magician, learning the tricks of the trade. It stars johnathon schaech, stacy edwards, paul sorvino and david warner. This biographical film tells the story of harry houdini, from his birth and immigration to the u. Studiously avoiding covering the same ground as the 1953 houdini theatrical film biopic, director mel shavelsons script for great houdinis spends a great deal.
The spiritualism angle so important to the houdini story allows the 1976 film to recreate houdinis meetings with true believer sir arthur conan doyle. The film follows houdinis progress from sideshow entertainer to high. Escape the story of the great houdini by sid fleischman. The mystery of harry houdinis lost film meet dorothy dietrich in hollywood.
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