Meyer's book Houdini: A Mind in Chains : A Psychoanalytic Portrait, this is a look at not only what he did but why he did it. (The production is now making its way to DVD.) Though it's more than 60 years later, the new Houdini doesn't rely on camera tricks to wow its audience, but on Brody's talent. Academy Award winner Adrien Brody stared in a two-part television mini-series, Houdini for the History Channel.
Tony Curtis starred in a popular bio-flick in the early 1950s and for many contemporary viewers, that film remains the benchmark performance. “America’s Next Top Model” (9 p.m., The CW): Um, this could be awkward: On tonight’s edition, the contestants take part in another photo shoot, during which they’re given only a string to wear.Harry Houdini, the 19th century illusionist and escape artist, has been the subject of various biographies. The film features Dylan Everett as Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Sam Kindseth as Dustin Diamond (Screech!), Julian Works as Lopez, Allyssa Lynch as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen and Tiera Skovbye as Berkley. This new film tells the story of six unknown actors, including Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley, who were thrust into the spotlight in the early ’90s when they were cast in the popular sitcom. Time for a nostalgic trip back to Bayside High School. “The Unauthorized Saved By the Bell Story” (9 p.m., Lifetime): Hormone alert. The film traces Houdini’s public stunts as they grow more spectacular and risky, while also trying to delve into what made him tick. Oscar winner Adrien Brody stars as the escape artist who rose from humble circus side shows to become America’s first world-renown superstar. “Houdini” (9 p.m., History Channel): “Fear is how I know I’m alive,” the title character of this two-part miniseries says as he explains what motivated him to spend his life defying death.
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