Houdini (miniseries)
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on | Houdini: A Mind in Chains: A Psychoanalytic Portrait by Bernard C. Meyer, M.D. |
| Written by | Nicholas Meyer |
| Directed by | Uli Edel |
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| Theme music composer | John Debney |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) |
Gerald W. Abrams Andras Hamori Ildiko Kemeny |
| Cinematography | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Editor(s) | Sabrina Plisco David Beatty |
| Running time | 174 minutes |
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| Distributor | History |
| Release | |
| Original network | History |
| Original release | September 1 – September 2, 2014 |
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Houdini is a two-part, four-hour History channel event miniseries written by Nicholas Meyer and directed by Uli Edel. It premiered on September 1, 2014, at 9 pm EDT. The series stars Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini and features the life of the legendary illusionist and escape artist from poverty to worldwide fame.
The miniseries follows the man behind the magic as he finds fame, engages in espionage, battles spiritualists and encounters the greatest names of the era. The drama will chronicle the life of a man who can defy death through his stunts, his visions and his mastery of illusion.
History first announced the development of a Houdini biopic miniseries with Adrien Brody attached to star on April 10, 2013. The series was officially green-lit on August 19, 2013, with Kristen Connolly announced as Brody's co-star and Uli Edel as director. The screenplay was to be penned by veteran author and filmmaker Nicholas Meyer, based on the 1976 book Houdini: A Mind in Chains: A Psychoanalytic Portrait by his father, Bernard C. Meyer.Patrizia von Brandenstein and Karl Walter Lindenlaub were also announced as production designer and cinematographer, respectively. On September 17, 2013, it was announced that actor Evan Jones had been added to the cast as Houdini's assistant Jim Collins.
Filming on the miniseries began on September 30, 2013. It was shot entirely in Budapest, Hungary (coincidentally the real Harry Houdini's birthplace), which executive producer Gerald W. Abrams described as having "more turn-of-the-century architecture—that's the 19th century—than almost any city in Western culture." Brody, who had studied magic as a child, performed many of the show's stunts himself, including the suspended strait jacket escape and the famous Chinese Water Torture Cell.
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