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Blogcast #6: Houdini Optical Illusion on National Geographic Brain Games
Posted onMarch 27, 2019byHoudini
By Tom Interval In 2013, National Geographic’s Brain Games commissioned artist Pete Fecteau to create a Rubik’s Cube mosaic of the Houdini two-face optical illusion I made that year. I wrote about it at the time, and that’s the subject of today’s blogcast. Hope you … Continue reading →
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“Nearly Dying for a Living”
Posted onSeptember 10, 2014byHoudin
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By Tom Interval
Adrien Brody as Houdini, jumping into a very cold river in a scene that did not happened in real life. (Photo: A+E Networks) (Click to enlarge)
It’s the dead of winter. Thousands of gawking spectators flood a bridge spanning the frozen river below. The crowd braves the bone-splitting cold for only one reason: to see a man die.
Of course, they might not admit that, but death is what draws them there. Or at least the possibility of it. But escaping the Reaper under these conditions is nothing new for Harry Houdini, arguably the most renowned magician, escapologist, and showman the world will ever know.
With the crowd’s train-wreck gaze upon him, Houdini is handcuffed and locked into a wooden crate, which is slowly lowered toward a hole in the otherwise ice-covered water. The supporting chain snaps and the mob gasps as the crate plunges into the water and sinks to the bottom of the river.
Within seconds, Houdini deftly sheds the cuffs and escapes the
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Houdini (miniseries)
2014 television bio-drama miniseries
Houdini is a two-part, four-hour History Channelminiseries written bygd Nicholas Meyer and directed by Uli Edel. It premiered on September 1, 2014. The series stars Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini and features the life of the legendary illusionist and escape artist from poverty to worldwide fame.
Plot
[edit]The miniseries follows the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era. The skådespel will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions and his mastery of illusion.
Cast
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[edit]History first announced the development of a Houdini biopic miniseries with Adrien Brody attached to star on April 10, 2013.[2] The series was officially green-lit on August 19, 2013, with Kristen Connolly announced as Brody's co-star and Uli Edel as director.[1] T