If has a total runtimeof 2 hours 20 minutes, a great cast, and high production design. I honestly wish Houdini would have been a film. Houdini (2014) miniseries review: -Houdini is a two-part seriesfollowing the life and career of Harry Houdini, played by Adrian Brody.Mainly focusing on his rise to fame and career as a major entertainer,Houdini looks at various elements of his life, such as his marriage,family, rivalries, and of course, escape magic tricks. The History Channel should be truly ashamed. There is NO legitimate analysisof the character of Harry Houdini here. It is a characterture created to enhance thereputation of two members of the family Meyer. Please do not think that this pastiche has anything at all to do withthe real Harry Houdini. Apparentlycreating fiction and passing it off as analytical thinking is a familytrade. If the nameNicholas Meyer is familiar to you it may be because he is the author of"The Seven Percent Solution" in which he portrayed Sherlock Holmes as adelusional drug addict who hallucinated his deductions. Itis a copy of a copy of an opinion based on little evidence. His work was then taken by his son, Nicholas Meyer, and turned into ascreenplay for the History Channel. To do this he would cherry-pick facts and anecdotes writtenby others about his subject (and therefore hearsay) to gain "insight"into their true character. His specialty, apparently, was towrite books about historical figures based on his "analysis" of theircharacters. This disgrace started with the late Bernard C. I miss the days when actual history was told on The History Channel, itseems ratings out-weigh history anymore.for shame! Adding anaccomplished actor was a great ploy, but misleading the public isheinous. The History Channel should be moreaccurate and provide viewers with a more factual representation ofhistory. I am appalled by the obviousfalse truths this story evokes. Please do not allow these patheticauthors to spoon-feed you this drivel. Houdini's story is worthy of your attention, please do research on yourown and discover his greatness. I am embarrassed for the writers who embellished this awesomestory. Hollywood's depiction is to sell DVD's not to tell thetruth. Thewriters should be ashamed of this version as it pales in comparison tothe REAL story. It is a sad story of the man and his family. I cannot agree more! I have read EVERYTHING about Houdini in the last30 years and this is simply a poor representation of a great magician.The writers took every rumor and manufactured a story beyond whatactually happened. From a biographicalpoint of view you may want to look elsewhere.
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Overall: A series worth watching for entertainment. Adrien Brody is good enough as Harry Houdini and his narration, thatyou can hear throughout the episode, contributes to the dramatictension that you may think that the show is lacking because of its verymodern presentation. Also he wants to makehis life count, so in this version he becomes an international spy whouses his performances in Germany and in Russia to gather intelligencebefore the first world war.
Harry Houdini is presented as a bigger than life character who quicklybecomes rich and famous with his wit and boldness.
The music is a mix of classic instruments, heavy metal guitars andsynthesizers and adds to the modern feel of the show. It evenhas some CSI-like visuals where you get to see how the muscles of theabdomen react to a direct punch and other similar graphics that usuallyappear in the CSI franchise. Quick editing, fancy graphics and lots of slow motion effects.
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