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Death Defying Acts is a British-Australian 2007 supernatural romance film, directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It concerns an episode in the life of Hungarian-American escapologist Harry Houdini at the height of his career in the 1920s.
Guy Pearce is opening up about the one film he says should have received more recognition — and why he believes it flopped. Produced by Myriad Pictures and distributed by The Weinstein Company ...
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On March 8, 1995, Allen's one-act play Central Park West [126] opened [127] off-Broadway as a part of a larger piece titled Death Defying Acts, [128] with two other one-act plays, one by David Mamet and one by Elaine May. Critics described Allen's contribution as "the longest and most substantial of the evening". [129]
One-act play Opened as part of the off-Broadway three-play compilation Death Defying Acts (other two plays written by Elaine May and David Mamet) First published in 2003 as part of Allen's collection Three One-Act Plays: 2003 Riverside Drive: One-act play Opened on 15 May 2003 as part of the off-Broadway two-play compilation Writer's Block
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The jaw-dropping act featured Goodwin suspended 20-40 feet in the air in a straitjacket hanging by his feet from a wire. Two cars were suspended on either side of him swinging back and forth.
Removed from Armstrong's usual subject matter, Death Defying Acts portrays a moment in the life of 1920s escape artist Harry Houdini in the style of a supernatural, romantic thriller. It received a modest earning at the box office, and was part of a special screening at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival [2]