DEATH DEFYING ACTS Guy Pearce: DVD NEW

Love Is Inescapable.

In Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) is the most famous performer in the world, but

the "man behind the performer" is haunted by the loss of his beloved mother. Obsessed with

contacting her from beyond the grave, Houdini offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can

reveal her dying words to him something which only he knows.

Enter the beautiful but deceptive Mary McGregor (Catherine Zeta Jones), who delivers a

psychic act that is part burlesque and part occult. Her young daughter Benji (Saoirse Ronan)

assists by providing the information Mary needs to convince the audience of her connection

to the afterlife. What began as a con, evolves into a far more dangerous affair as Houdini is

overwhelmed by Marys mysterious charm. But as Harry attempts the most spectacular stunt

of his career, everyone wants to know how will the Great Houdini escape.