![]() ![]() One of his groundbreaking showstoppers: the Chinese Water Torture Cell, in which he was suspended and shackled upside down in a tank of water. ![]() As his fame grows, his desire to top himself becomes an obsession. In one, he bets a police chief he can escape from his jail cell. JOHNATHON SCHAECH Two years after his breakout role in the 1996 movie, That Thing You Do he played the title character in the TNT TV-movie Houdini. Harry builds a career with stunts designed for maximum press coverage. Along the way, he dumps his brother as a partner and gains a showgirl wife, Bess (a fine Kristen Connolly, “House of Cards”).Īs an omen of things to come, on their wedding night, Harry asks her to slip into a trunk - for a trick, of course. ![]() Houdinis magical feats of strength captivated. The two quickly marry, and with her at his side, the. Inspired by itinerant magicians, the boy develops a collection of tricks. This 2-part event follows the world-renowned master of escapes transformation from immigrant to superstar. Movie Info While working as a Coney Island entertainer, Harry Houdini (Tony Curtis) meets and falls madly in love with Bess (Janet Leigh). The clever opening finds Harry shackled and ready to jump from a bridge into icy waters, then backtracks to Harry’s youth, where he struggled with a disapproving rabbi for a father and relied on his mother for adoration. History’s two-part “Houdini” stars Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody (“The Pianist”) as the Great Harry Houdini, perhaps the world’s greatest celebrity exactly 100 years ago. You’ll almost believe in magic - the magic of a miniseries to capture the tics and tricks of a complicated, driven man. ![]()
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