마술의 사나이

마술의 사나이 (1953)

Houdini

몇 명의 소녀들이 뉴욕 뒷골목을 찾는다. 그 무리들 중 하나였던 베스는 첫 눈에 그 곳의 연예인인 후디니에게 사랑을 느낀다. 곧 베스와 후디니는 결혼하여 같이 마술팀을 구성한다. 하지만 베스는 쇼비지니스를 버리고 직업을 갖자고 애원한다. 그녀의 제안을 거절한 후디니는 유럽을 여행하며 온갖 마술과 탈출 묘기를 보여 상당한 성공을 거둔다. 미국으로 돌아온 그는 디트로이트강 바닥에서 트렁크에서 탈출하는 묘기를 보여 그의 입지를 확보한다. 하지만 최고의 절정기에 후디니는 쇼비즈니스에서 은퇴하고 영적 존재에 대해 심취하게 된다.

개봉일
1953-07-02
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (82)
상영 시간(분)
1시간 46분
장르
드라마, 로맨스, 역사
감독
George Marshall

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Houdini is a 1953 American Technicolor biographical film from Paramount Pictures, produced by George Pal and Berman Swarttz, directed by George Marshall, that stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh. The film's screenplay, based upon the life of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, was written by Philip Yordan, based on the book Houdini by Harold Kellock. The film's music score was by Roy Webb and the cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. The art direction was by Albert Nozaki and Hal Pereira, and the costume design by Edith Head.

Production

In September 1951, it was announced that Paramount had bought The Life of Houdini and that George Pal would produce. Hedda Hopper suggested Orson Welles, who was a magician, would be an ideal star. Pal said he would make it after War of the Worlds.

Barré Lyndon wrote the first screenplay then Philip Yordan wrote another version. The distinguished magician, escapologist, and mentalist Joseph Dunninger, credited as "Dunninger", was technical adviser on the film. Dunninger was a good friend to many notables in the magic community including Houdini himself, Francis Martinka, and Tony Slydini.

In July 1952, Paramount announced that Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh would star under the direction of George Marshall. Curtis was borrowed from Universal, where he was under contract; he said he was delighted to make the film, as he had mainly been in action films up until that time. Leigh was borrowed from MGM. It would be the first time Curtis and Leigh, who were married, appeared together on screen.

To prepare for the role, Curtis trained with magician George Boston for one month. Joe Dunninger did the illusions. Leigh said she and Curtis learned the illusions "so that it wouldn't have to be done with camera trickery. When Tony levitated me, there were no cuts, and there were none during some of the other tricks — they were done "legit"." Leigh said, however, that the escape scenes were "fixed because Tony wasn't Houdini; he didn't have the…

The film was originally meant to be shot in black-and-white, but the decision was made during pre-production to film it in color to take full advantage of the costumes and sets.

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