Death Defying Acts
| Death Defying Acts | |
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| Directed by | Gillian Armstrong |
| Written by | Tony Grisoni Brian Ward |
| Produced by | Chris Curling Marian Macgowan |
| Starring | Guy Pearce Catherine Zeta-Jones Timothy Spall Saoirse Ronan |
| Narrated by | Saoirse Ronan |
| Cinematography | Haris Zambarloukos |
| Edited by | Nicholas Beauman |
| Music by | Cezary Skubiszewski |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate (United Kingdom) Dendy Films (Australia) |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Australia |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $8,380,329 |
Death Defying Acts is a 2007 supernatural romance film, directed by Gillian Armstrong, and starring Guy Pearce and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It concerns an episode in the life of Hungarian-American escapologist Harry Houdini at the height of his career in the 1920s. It was screened in a special presentation at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.