HOUDINI / Starring TONY CURTIS and JANET LEIGH with Torin Thatcher. On March 15, 1987, the Walt Disney Company aired Young Harry Houdini as part of their recently relaunched 'Disney Sunday Movie' on ABC. This article was first published in Geek Culture. American actor Tony Curtis as Harry Houdini, in biographical film Houdini, 1953. Regardless of the role Affleck will be taking, the film has already garnered significant attention by having Affleck be involved and we can only hope that a film based on one of the greatest magician and illusionist in history will be one that is worth watching. It is likely that Affleck will be taking on either one of these roles. However, what is known is that Houdini’s manager did play a big role in getting Houdini to tour Europe as a magician, and Harry Day, Houdini’s British agent, was integral in turning Houdini into a highly successful star. The actor will instead appear as “a supporting character who is some kind of agent.” Not much else is known about the character beyond that simple statement. However, while Affleck’s involvement with the film is exciting, to say the least, it’s been reported by /Flim that Affleck will, in fact, not be playing the role of Houdini. This includes attempts to escape from items such as handcuffs and straitjackets, to locations like the belly of a whale or boxes submerged underwater. The film will be directed by 10 Cloverfield Lane and Black Mirror director Dan Trachtenberg and is based on William Kalush and Larry Sloman’s book, The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero.īorn in Hungary in 1874, Harry Houdini is a professional magician known for his stunning and grand acts of escape. Oh, please!!!! Finally, may I recommend, if you are sufficiently interested, that you watch the actual interview with the real Conan Doyle on YouTube.Aside from reprising his role as Batman for the upcoming movie version of The Flash, it seems Ben Affleck will be busy with another film project as it’s been announced that he will be starring in Disney’s Harry Houdini movie. José Ferrer The only other decent dramatic treatment of Houdini's life was the TV movie "The Great Houdini" the highly fictionalized Tony-Janet film made me furious! Judging by the reaction to my "useless" review, readers agree with Sir Arthur that he had to do his magic by extra-normal means. The Hungarian-born escape artist jumped off bridges while handcuffed and wearing leg irons, slithered out of sealed milk cans filled with water, and devised a Chinese Water Torture Cell in which. Main cast: Ehrich Weiss / Young Harry Houdini. Holmes was, as a detective generally dependent on his reasoning faculties but Conan Doyle himself never lost his naive belief in the supernatural and spiritualism and insisted Harry had to do his effects by extra-normal means, This, Houdini vehemently denied. Doyle, of course, was the creator and author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. I think the ending is perfect and we can see how Houdini and Doyle became antagonists after their earlier friendship. I don't think it's all that factual but it is essentially true all the same. I too haven't seen the movie since '87 but I remember it as an excellent and surprising film. I haven't included any good stuff in this review because I don't want to ruin it for you when you watch it! I currently own a few copies of this movie that I collect, so please contact me at if you would like one. Eventually he changes his name and becomes the greatest magician in the world. He finds love and finds himself as he learns to look within for his true abilities. He joins a circus and the ring leader becomes a father figure to him while a silent Native American Medicine man is his mentor. This is a very touching scene because he is very close to his brother, and he knows he may not see him again. At the age of 16 or so, Eric Weiss leaves his home and his best friend/brother to pursue his dream of becoming the worlds greatest magician. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. It has you laughing without the use of crudeness and profanity. 'The Magical World of Disney' Young Harry Houdini (TV Episode 1987) Wil Wheaton as Ehrich Weiss, Young Harry Houdini. This is an excellent example of of good clean family humor. He is surprisingly cute as a young teenager. Young Harry Houdini is the best movie Wil Wheaton ever made.
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