Posted on 09/01/2014 11:29:18 AM PDT by EveningStar
History Channel's magical miniseries Houdini begins tonight, starring Adrien Brody as the death-defying escape artist in a TV event that traces the arc of Houdini's life from desperate poverty to worldwide fame.
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, adapted by Nicholas Meyer from the 1976 book Houdini: A Mind in Chains — A Psychoanalytic Portrait (written by his father, Bernard C. Meyer).
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Liked it to. Just wish History would come up with something as good as the “Hatfield and McCoys” again.
Yeah, “Hatfield and McCoys” wad good.
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