Highly recommended: John Cox's Wild About Harry - Where Houdini Lives blog, a tremendously comprehensive site, Dean Carnegie's The Magic Detective Blog where he just finished a Houdini-thon of articles, Houdini in The New York Times, a terrific essay available here on Houdini on the internet, and thank you to David Saltman who commented below to bring our attention to the amazing The Houdini File site! Even though the special isn't online, the transcript and ancillary materials for the PBS American Experience documentary on Houdini still are, available here. To delve further into the world of Harry Houdini, there are some awesome resources available on the web. Will Brody brood or cajole? History's Houdini purports to examine more of the psychological makeup of the world greatest magician which could make the 4-hour miniseries either a fascinating adventure or a tedious and prolonged slog. Brody is also a lanky guy, not physically a match at all for Houdini and it will be interesting to see if this disconnect makes a difference. Houdini himself was about 5'6', Curtis three inches taller, Glaser one more than that, Schaech one more than Glaser, and Brody towers over all at 6'1', making him a full head taller than the real Harry. Will Oscar-winner Adrien Brody succeed in bringing his version of Harry Houdini to greatness? For one thing Brody is the tallest of the Curtis-Glaser-Schaech-Brody Houdini portrayers.

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