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Plot Summary:
On November 27, 2000, Blaine began a stunt called "Frozen in Time", which was covered on a TV special. Blaine stood encased in a massive block of ice located in Times Square, New York City. He was lightly dressed and seen to be shivering even before the blocks of ice were sealed around him. A tube supplied him with air and water while his urine was removed with another tube. He was encased in the box of ice for 63 hours, 42 minutes and 15 seconds before being removed with chain saws. The ice was transparent and resting on an elevated platform to show that he was actually inside the ice the entire time.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration:
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The Magic Of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces (1995)
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This is the 16th and penultimate CBS Copperfield TV special, which six years later will be followed by the 17th and last one, Copperfield: Tornado of Fire (2001). The special is introduced by a voice offstage who talks about Barclay House, the set of the penultimate illusion of the special. The illusion in question is composed by four phases and the first of them consists in turn of four parts. All the phases regard the presence and manifestation of ghosts and spirits remained in the upper room which somehow escaped the destruction of a house that burned down because of a lightning during a storm. The room has a pentagonal shape and has been rebuilt on the stage, on which David Copperfield brings two boys and a girl from the audience. Then he asks the boys to tie his hands, back and neck, and then the ankles to the legs of a chair inserted into the room. This condition serves to prevent Copperfield from moving himself into the room itself and manipulating objects within it. Meantime.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, History, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
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Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End (2005)
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Operating under the adage that wetter is better, Penn and Teller: Off the Deep End goes where no magic show has ever gone before--deep underwater on the floor of the Caribbean Sea! The original bad boys of magic, Penn & Teller, take their unique combination of magic and comedy to the Bahamas! Teller, the silent straight man, performs the most dangerous tricks including escaping from a straight jacket amidst a school of hungry sharks, as the tall and talkative Penn explains the secrets behind their amazing feats of illusion and trickery such as sawing a glamorous mermaid in half and dolphin s slight-of-bottlenose. In their show-stopping finale, Penn & Teller make an entire 75-foot submarine disappear before your very eyes! Deep beneath the surface of the sea, where even the smallest trick becomes profoundly more difficult, an Penn & Teller s talents more than meet the challenge, leaving their audiences (and at times, their assistants) gasping for breath.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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This is the 15th CBS Copperfield TV special, introduced from Caesars Palace by David Copperfield himself, who describes an escapology number which would be performed in this location as the last feat of the special and is inspired by an illusionist of the past, Harry Houdini. Two assistants put a strait jacket on Copperfield and then wire his feet on some ropes fixed to a round platform which in turn is fixed to three ropes which will raise all in air, so Copperfield will come to be upside down, dangling in the air at 10 stories (or 33 meters, or 108 feet) on the stage. At this point the assistants set fire to the platform and to the three ropes. In addition, on the stage they place exactly under Copperfield two rectangular frames which support vertically dozens of steel and sharp spears, and then they also set fire to them. Copperfield has about two minutes to free himself and to grab a lifeline before the fire breaks the three ropes and drops him on the spears. So, the illusions.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
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The Magic Show (1983)
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The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall. It starred magician Doug Henning. Produced by Edgar Lansbury, it opened on May 28, 1974 at the Cort Theatre in Manhattan, and ran for 1,920 performances, closing on December 31, 1978. Henning was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and director Grover Dale was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. In 2001, a filmed performance staged especially for the cameras in 1980, directed by Norman Campbell at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto, was issued on DVD by Image Entertainment. This production, originally intended for cinema release, differed notably from the original Broadway production, with several of the most memorable songs, such as "West End Avenue" and "Solid Silver Platform Shoes", removed. Doug Henning reprised his original starring role, while Didi Conn co-starred as Cal.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Comedy, Musical
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Duration: 105 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, black and white
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
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Duration: 89 min
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Some people with a strange cat arrive in a small village. The cat wears glasses, and when someone takes them off, she can color people, according to their nature and mood. The grown-ups of the village consider the cat to be dangerous, but the kids just love her….
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
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Duration: 104 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 580
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 438
Genere: Biography, Drama
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 134
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 103
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 536
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 367
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 629
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 231
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
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If you act like an animal, you just may become one!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 752
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 84000
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