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When famous escape artist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) 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 (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her young ‘sidekick’ daughter (Saoirse Ronan) 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. The film is written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward and directed by award-winning director Gillian Armstrong.

2008 · 1h 36m

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When famous escape artist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) 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 (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her young ‘sidekick’ daughter (Saoirse Ronan) 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. The film is written by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward and directed by award-winning director Gillian Armstrong.

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Average 5.2
Reviews 38
Fresh 16
Rotten 22

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Studio
Lionsgate
Released
2008
Run Time
1 hr 36 min
Rated
PG for sensuality, thematic material, language, violent.
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, Australia
© 2007 Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited Limited, British Broadcasting Corporation, the UK Film Council, the New South Wales Film and Television Office, Macgowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films Pty Ltd and Zephyr Films Houdini Limited

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
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English

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English (United States) (SDH)