Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Houdini / directed by Uli Edel ; written by Nicholas Meyer ; producer, Ildikó Kemény ; executive producers, Gerald W. Abrams, Andras Hamori.

Edition:

Extended edition.

Publisher, Date:

Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate

Description:

2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video

Summary:

Before David Blaine and David Copperfield, there was one man whose name was synonymous with being the master of illusion and escape - Harry Houdini. It follows the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Grigori Rasputin. The drama will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions and his mastery of illusion.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 -- Drama.

Escape artists -- United States -- Drama.

Magicians -- United States -- Drama.

Immigrants -- United States -- Drama.

Biographical television programs.

Historical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Television mini-series.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.