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Au-delà de l'illusion

Titre original : Death Defying Acts
  • 2007
  • PG
  • 1h 37min
NOTE IMDb
5,8/10
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Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones in Au-delà de l'illusion (2007)
This is the theatrical trailer for Death Defying Acts, directed by Gillian Armstrong.
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DrameL'histoireRomanceThrillerDrames historiquesThriller psychologiqueTragédie

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueOn a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.

  • Réalisation
    • Gillian Armstrong
  • Scénario
    • Tony Grisoni
    • Brian Ward
  • Casting principal
    • Catherine Zeta-Jones
    • Guy Pearce
    • Timothy Spall
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  • NOTE IMDb
    5,8/10
    11 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Gillian Armstrong
    • Scénario
      • Tony Grisoni
      • Brian Ward
    • Casting principal
      • Catherine Zeta-Jones
      • Guy Pearce
      • Timothy Spall
    • 38avis d'utilisateurs
    • 53avis des critiques
    • 48Métascore
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 5 victoires et 7 nominations au total

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    Catherine Zeta-Jones
    Catherine Zeta-Jones
    • Mary McGarvie
    Guy Pearce
    Guy Pearce
    • Harry Houdini
    Timothy Spall
    Timothy Spall
    • Sugarman
    Saoirse Ronan
    Saoirse Ronan
    • Benji McGarvie
    Malcolm Shields
    Malcolm Shields
    • Leith Romeo
    Leni Harper
    Leni Harper
    • Leith Romeo's wife
    Ralph Riach
    Ralph Riach
    • Mr. Robertson
    Olivia Darnley
    Olivia Darnley
    • Flower Stall Seller
    Anthony O'Donnell
    Anthony O'Donnell
    • Oily Librarian
    Billy McColl
    • McTavish
    James Holmes
    • Ugly Mug
    Mel Harris
    Mel Harris
    • Rose
    • (as Frankey Martyn)
    Aileen O'Gorman
    • Effie - Elderly Seamstress
    Raymond Griffiths
    Raymond Griffiths
    • Music Hall Dwarf
    Shaun Mason
    Shaun Mason
    • Heckler
    Tom Cotcher
    Tom Cotcher
    • Boxer's Manager
    Joanne Cummins
    • Houdini Fan #1
    Carol Robb
    • Houdini Fan #2
    • Réalisation
      • Gillian Armstrong
    • Scénario
      • Tony Grisoni
      • Brian Ward
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    7merylmatt

    Fiction from Fact, Very Enjoyable

    I really did not care that this was not a factual account of Houdini's life. There are some truths in the depiction of Harry (some actual B&W footage is used of his acts and his debunking of mystics). It was enjoyable, had beautiful cinematography, elements of humor a story of love and life...however implausible it may be, it does not detract from elegance of watching Catherine Zeta Jones(Mary McGarvie) try to support herself and her daughter, matching wits with the great Houdini.

    Catherine displays a grace and style combined with fire and drive. Her daughter provides moments of comedic relief and there is tension between Catherine and Guy Pearce - should she win the money at any cost, allow herself to fall in love, what is in the afterlife? This was entertainment based on Houdini, a platform to tell a story which I thought was well done.
    8gradyharp

    A Satisfying Mixture of Fact Embellished with Fiction

    Gillian Armstrong makes fine movies: she is a director who knows how to tell stories and enhance what appears on the surface to be reality with a healthy dose of fantasy. Her sense of pacing and image creation adds substance to her tales that sometimes border on bizarre.

    DEATH DEFYING ACTS uses the character of Harry Houdini as the stimulus of to tell a story about the folk of Edinburgh, Scotland at a time when stage shows were embraced much the way America was using vaudeville - an escape from the rather dreary state of living to a world of entertainment and love of magic. Mary McGarvie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and her daughter Benji (Saoirse Ronan) survive in Edinburgh by picking pockets not merely for cash but for information to use in their act in the little theaters. Mary does exotic dances then uses her 'gifts' to see into the 'other world' of people in the audience ( Benji does the investigative work and is the prompter for the séance like acts Mary performs). Their idol is Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) and when they learn Houdini is coming to Edinburgh to 'perform', they discover Houdini is promising $10,000 to anyone who can prove they have the ability to look into the future (or past). Houdini's manager Sugarman (Timothy Spall) arranges Houdini's water tank escape acts and other acts of 'magic', and when Mary and Benji arrange to meet Houdini, Sugarman is aware they are charlatans. How Mary and Benji work their way into Houdini's belief system and love life with their con game forms the meat of the sparing.

    The atmosphere of the film is well captured by cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos who understands who to balance the mire of the streets of 1926 Edinburgh with the gorgeous fantasies used during Houdini's escape acts. The musical score by Cezary Skubiszewski is a terrific mixture of Scottish tunes and instruments with solid melodramatic mood music. Pearce, Zeta-Jones, Spall and Ronan turn in excellent performances. This is an unjustly overlooked film that, while not being a masterpiece, serves up a fine story well told. Grady Harp
    7siderite

    Could have been better

    Another magician movie? But The Illusionist and The Prestige were great movies, so why not? Catherine Zeta Jones plays a foxy, yet poor, mother, scamming away through life pretending to be a psychic. When Guy Pearce's Houdini comes into town to prove or disprove the existence of the paranormal, they come into contact.

    It is both a sad and a hopeful movie. A little too "psychic" for me and too little about the true nature of Harry Houdini except his fascination for his dead mother. The script itself does not lend itself to praise, but the atmosphere and realisation are top notch.

    Bottom line: watch it when you are in a mood for a rom-drama, but you don't care much about the subject.
    Chrysanthepop

    Truth Defying Facts

    Gillian Armstrong's 'Death Defying Acts' is somewhat of a letdown. It tells the fictional story of a poor but beautiful psychic-wannabe and Houdini through her daughter's point of view. One must be warned that this film is fictional and thus, Pearce's Houdini does not bear much resemblance to the real one. This one lacks the enigma that made the real Houdini so fascinating. Nor does 'Death Defying Acts' stay true to the historical facts. The focus is much more on the psychic aspects (which wasn't that well explored either). The romance between Houdini and Mary is a little repetitive as it moves back and forth between trust and mistrust and then it becomes confusing. There was something lacking. On the plus side, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan and Catherine Zeta-Jones perform well. The sensual Zeta-Jones does part of a scintillating dance as well. Guy Pearce performs good sometimes but he looks confused in many other scenes. The visuals and cinematography are stunning. The background score is whimsical and pleasing. Overall, it is an average movie that could have been better. One ought not to watch 'Death Defying Acts' as a true account but rather try to enjoy it as a work of fiction.
    6DICK STEEL

    A Nutshell Review: Death Defying Acts

    What had drawn me to watch Death Defying Acts, is that it's a story with Harry Houdini, arguably the greatest illusionist and escape artist of our time. A few days ago I was browsing through a book which revealed the secrets behind his brand of death defying acts, and really he's a man of science, engineering and most of all, a performer to bring to life the act of fooling an audience into believing his stunts. Sure there's an element of danger, but with proper risk assessment and safeguards, they strip away all the mystique that serves to confound.

    But contrary to the title, there's nothing really death defying about the movie, as it treaded on safe ground and doesn't dwell any more on the illusions that it has to. In fact, you can count the number of stunts which involve Harry Houdini, and the filmmakers left that for another biographical movie that someone else should pick up on. What we have instead are glimpses into the man's personal life, and Guy Pearce provided quite an intense and charismatic Houdini with personal demons of his own to do battle with, though the story seemed to rein him in from dwelling too much on that aspect, and preferred to have a more romantic tale weaved in.

    The romanticism of the movie is not with his illusions, but with a single parent who's a psychic of sorts, relying on her street smarts to get her own act going. Catherine Zeta-Jones plays Mary McGarvie, who has to rely on her wits to build credibility for her stage character. Together with daughter and sidekick Benji (played by Saoirse Ronan of Atonement fame), the mother and daughter team tries hard to make a living from their acts, but realize that they're by no means close to Houdini's widespread fame and fortune.

    However, Houdini himself throws a gauntlet to all psychics far and wide, that whosoever can accurately reveal what his late mother had last said to him, will inherit US$10,000. His purpose it seems is to reveal that the majority of these soothsayers are tricksters in disguise, until of course he meets the luminous Mary, and affairs of the heart throws him off course. Naturally, Mary and Benji find themselves up against the best in the business, but when your back is against the wall, there's nothing much to lose it seems.

    As mentioned earlier, this movie's more of a character study of the master magician, and explores things like his guilt because of dedication to his craft and performance, as well as his questionable motives in being attracted to the fictional Mary McGarvie. Narrated by the character of Benji, we see things through a child's eyes, and perhaps therein lies the loss of some pathos in the romantic angle of it. On one hand, it isn't your classic romantic story, while on the other, it doesn't seem to want to preach the method, rationale and mindset of Houdini himself.

    So what emerged is a mixed bag. Beautifully shot, but again falling on the emptiness of its effort in trying to allow the audience to feel for the characters. At least Timothy Spall, who plays Mr Sugarman, Houdini's manager, allowed for some light moments as the guarded and wary person that he is. And credit goes to keeping the ending quite right too.

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    • Anecdotes
      Guy Pearce spent six weeks learning Houdini's tricks from magician Ross Skiffington.
    • Gaffes
      The opening scene reveals the partially built arches of the Sydney Harbour Bridge behind Houdini as he is lifted to the surface of the water. Houdini died in 1926. Construction of the arches did not commence until 1928.
    • Citations

      [last lines]

      Benji McGarvie: [narrating] The great Houdini changed our lives. And for a wee short while, we taught him how to love. And me and Mam, we had the here and now. And we had each other.

    • Connexions
      Referenced in Lock Out (2012)
    • Bandes originales
      The Flowers of Edinburgh
      (uncredited)

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    Détails

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    • Date de sortie
      • 13 mars 2008 (Australie)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
      • Australie
      • États-Unis
    • Langues
      • Anglais
      • Hongrois
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Death Defying Acts
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Fortune Theatre, Russell Street, Covent Garden, Westminster, Greater London, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(McTavish's Music Hall - exterior)
    • Sociétés de production
      • Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
      • Myriad Pictures
      • BBC Film
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    • Budget
      • 20 000 000 $US (estimé)
    • Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 5 665 $US
    • Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
      • 3 561 $US
      • 13 juil. 2008
    • Montant brut mondial
      • 8 396 245 $US
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    • Durée
      • 1h 37min(97 min)
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    • Mixage
      • Dolby Digital
    • Rapport de forme
      • 2.35 : 1

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