Death Defying Acts | |
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Directed by | Gillian Armstrong[1] |
Written by | Tony Grisoni[1] Brian Ward[1] |
Produced by | Chris Curling[1] Marian Macgowan[1] |
Starring | Guy Pearce[1] Catherine Zeta-Jones[1] Timothy Spall Saoirse Ronan[1] |
Narrated by | Saoirse Ronan |
Cinematography | Haris Zambarloukos |
Edited by | Nicholas Beauman |
Music by | Cezary Skubiszewski |
Production companies | FFC Australia BBC Films UK Film Council Myriad Pictures NSW Film and Television Office Macgowan Lupovitz Nasatir Films Zephyr Films |
Distributed by | Lionsgate UK (United Kingdom)[2] Dendy Films Becker Entertainment (Australia)[2] Third Rail Releasing (United States) Myriad Picures (Overseas) |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Australia |
Language | English |
Box office | $8,380,329 |
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. It was screened in a special presentation at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.