Drowning in questionable marketing, Adrien Brody stars as Harry Houdini in the new poster for the History Channel’s upcoming biopic.
The Poster Pundit is back: and this week Pippa Day looks at Houdini.
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Houdini & Doyle puts real-life people into familiar procedural settings, but only occasionally glances at the relationship between the two men.
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Before anyone says anything, yes. Yes, Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle really were a real life twosome, albeit an unlikely one. Doyle, despite making his fortune on the dependably logical Sherlock Holmes saga, was an avowed spiritualist, drawn toward the occult after a number of personal tragedies. Houdini, on the other hand, the rock star illusionist and escape artist, knew humbug when he heard it, spending a good chunk of his career ousting phony mediums and their “powers.”
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A trailer for History Channel's magical miniseries Houdini has surfaced, and it has Adrien Brody trying to escape absolutely everything — including death.
The Lionsgate/A&E Studios four-hour event also stars Kristen Connolly (House of Cards) as Bess, Harry Houdini's stage assistant and wife. Oscar nominee Uli Edel directed the project, which traces the arc of Houdini's life from desperate poverty to worldwide fame.
