Houdini: TV Miniseries (Released to Television USA 2014)

 

Ben Meyers’ Summary Rating: 4.1|5.0 Starsìììì Ben Meyers Summary of Houdini: Television Miniseries—provocative watch—accesses the tremendous acting skill of Adrien Brody and maximizes those skills to the fullest. This is not the usual story about Houdini and fleshes out his bio by using thinking patterns other Houdini stories do not employ. Not superficial. Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images Storyline  Reflections on the life, times, and why of Houdini.  Additional Thanks  Thank you to Director Uli Edel for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Gerald W. Abrams, Andras Hamori, and Lidiko Kemeny. Cast includes Adrien Brody and Kristen Connolly. Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?  Yes. Good work for all involved. Video Critique Available Here: Ben Meyers Episode 1/Part 1 Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.1|5.0 Starsìììì  Part 1—This is so well done that part 2 does not have to beg for its presentation. Storyline  At a very early age Houdini along with his brother Dash practice, to proficiency, magic tricks.   Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?  Yes. The story is exceptionally well-written and integrates a high human factor into its story. Audiences will care about outcomes of stunts because they are not presented outside of the human part of this life. Good work for all involved.   Ben Meyers Episode 2/Part 2 Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.1|5.0 Starsìììì  Part 2—even more interesting than part 1—focuses on career survival/revival and upheavals in family life.   Storyline  Houdini continues to do stunts. works at a circus for a while, and endeavors to reconcile the death of his mother.  Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?  Yes. Complete. The conclusion is outstandingly done. Ben Meyers