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Following in the footsteps of houdini, the amazing randi spent a career freeing himself from straightjackets and others from the fantastical claims of faith healers, psychics, and other charlatans through his own brand of trickery. This is a featurelength documentary about the worldfamous magician, escape artist, and worldrenowned enemy of deception, james randi. An honest liar is a 2014 biographical feature film documentary, directed and produced by justin weinstein and tyler measom, written by weinstein, greg otoole and measom, produced through left turn films, pure mutt productions and part2 filmworks, and distributed by abramorama. An honest liar, a documentary about the debunker james randi. The film documents the life of former magician, escape artist, and. As a magician and escape artist, randi has baffled and delighted audiences everywhere. Whats the story james the amazing randi enlists two fake psychics, steve shaw aka banachek and michael edwards, and fools researchers for two years, making them think the duo has legitimate psychic powers such as spoon bending and moving objects in a sealed transparent container. And lets assume she has put on a few pounds and the honest answer might be, yes. Quite unexpectedly jeopardized by honest billie and siberian russian.
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An enthralling exploration of the contest between deception and truthtelling in one singular mans personality. A professional magician with a long career on stage and american television, the octogenarian has delighted several generations with acts of astonishing prestidigitation and escapes from seemingly impossible traps. Executive produced by greg henry gill holland stephanie levy, p. Jun 03, 2015 an honest liar is a feature documentary about the worldfamous magician, escape artist, and worldrenowned enemy of deception, james the amazing randi. Why an honest liar is a mustsee documentary on netflix. An honest liar is a documentary about the worldfamous magician, escape artist, and enemy of deception james the amazing randi. But when there is a shocking revelation in randis personal life, it isnt clear whether randi is still.
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An honest liar is a fascinating look at what the truth means, and how it means different things to different people. Released 2014, an honest liar stars james randi, alice cooper, neil degrasse tyson the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. Its also a reminder that no one has a monopoly on it. These peoplepsychics, faith healers and con artistsclaim to be able to do something that randi says they cant. House that jack built, the 2018 i am legend 2007 i inside, the 2003. Jul 15, 2015 in an honest liar, escape artist, magician, and debunker james randi investigates the world of professional deception.