Death Defying Acts

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/indietopnews.php?id=14383

Only article i could find on it and it's old

Zeta-Jones Peforms Death Defying Acts
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
May 4, 2006


Catherine Zeta-Jones is in talks to star in the Harry Houdini indie biopic Death Defying Acts opposite Guy Pearce, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Described as a lavish period film, "Acts" centers on Houdini during the height of his career in 1926, when he toured the world, amassing large crowds with his elaborate and daring escape performances.

Zeta-Jones is set to play an exotic psychic with whom Houdini embarks on a passionate affair.

Directed by Gillian Armstrong (Little Women, Oscar and Lucinda), the picture is scheduled to start filming in the U.K. later this summer. Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward wrote the screenplay.


http://www.comingsoon.net/forums/

First stills are here though.

Poster

 

[P.B.&Chocolate]

Trailer:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2vzhw_death-defying-acts-trailer_news

And here it one youtube but the audio is off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TctvteoU1VA

Last I saw release was slated for sometime around Christmas,hopefully .

 

[Argyle of Sock]

Ooooo! This looks good. I always like discovering new interesting-looking upcoming movies. It looks like it's focusing mostly on his stage magic and not his film career, which is probably OK. It also looks like it might touch on his debunking spiritualists and on his death as well.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Looks decent, interesting accent on Zeta jones and top hair on Pearcet:

 

[Hunter Rider]

International Trailer

 

[Nirvana]

My girlfriend has been talking about this movie forever. Apparently its out in our countries but not here in the US, wonder why.

 

[tzarinna]

I was fascinated with Houdini when I was a kid. Looking forward to this.

 

[JaD]

Guy Pearce as Houdini?

I'm in!!!

 

[The Man]

Pearce is good and I know nothing about houdini except the magic stuff, could be interesting.

 

[Hunter Rider]

New trailer.

http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/mo...ts_031054/deathdefyingacts_trlr_01_700_dl.mov

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[Nirvana]

Hmmm, a release date has finally been set. Too bad it's only LA and NY.

 

[Heisenberg]

I've seen this, it's not anything to get hyped about. It's a shame.