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مسلسل Houdini مترجم - Episode 1
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00:00:11In one way or another, we all want to escape.
00:00:20When ordinary life shackles us, we need to get away.
00:00:25Get away from boredom, from pain.
00:00:30From fear.
00:00:33But not me.
00:00:36Fear is how I know I'm alive.
00:00:40Unlike other people, I don't escape life.
00:00:47I escape death.
00:00:50Hell of a way to make a living.
00:01:03Yellowstone is not a enemy.
00:01:03I escape.
00:01:03Let's go.
00:01:03Oh, my God.
00:01:40They say when you're going to die, your whole life flashes before your eyes.
00:01:47My name is Eric Weiss, but no one's called me that in a long time.
00:01:53I can escape from almost anything.
00:01:56Handcuffs, straight jackets, you name it.
00:01:58But the one thing I can't seem to escape from is me.
00:02:03Harry? Are you there, Harry?
00:02:11Harry?
00:02:16Can you hear me?
00:02:24I'm the Great Pugini!
00:02:32Harry?
00:02:46White Pugini!
00:02:47She's playing!
00:02:49She's playing!
00:02:57This is Brant!
00:02:57Kerr!
00:02:57This shot!
00:02:57This shot!
00:04:01Oh, where are the entertainment?
00:04:03You know you're late.
00:04:04Yes, it's our mistake.
00:04:05We got lost and I'm very sorry.
00:04:14Up until then, my wife Bess and I performed in a two-bit magic act on the back roads of
00:04:19America.
00:04:20You booked us into a brothel.
00:04:23Oh, honey, let's hear me go upstairs.
00:04:25Let's go.
00:04:26We're not doing this.
00:04:27They hired them.
00:04:28Oh, I'm on hiring us.
00:04:29Come on, let's go.
00:04:30Guys.
00:04:30No, no, no.
00:04:31Hold on.
00:04:31Ladies and gentlemen, the great Houdini will escape from this trunk, confined by these handcuffs.
00:04:40Yeah, here.
00:04:42Here's the handcuffs.
00:04:44Fake.
00:04:46Well, if I had a pair of cuffs from these premises, I would happily...
00:05:06May I ask how it is that you came to possess...
00:05:09I'm a cop.
00:05:12Never mind the trunk.
00:05:16Let's see you get out of these.
00:06:02Let's see you get out of these.
00:06:15You mean like this?
00:06:19I'll be damned.
00:06:25At that moment, I was no longer just a common magician.
00:06:29I became something else.
00:06:31An escape artist.
00:06:36So I came up with a shtick that seemed to impress a crowd.
00:07:00But if I did it without any clothes?
00:07:02Well, then folks really went nuts.
00:07:44you've been drinking honey
00:07:46one glass
00:07:49you got whiskey breath
00:07:50why is he making such a big deal
00:07:52out of everything
00:07:59Larry
00:08:00yes babe
00:08:03we've been at this for two years
00:08:06you ever think maybe it's time to pack it in
00:08:09honey I want you to listen to me
00:08:10I'm not going back to
00:08:12peace work in a necktie sweatshop
00:08:15or be a locksmith
00:08:19I'm not going to live like my old man
00:08:22like I was never here
00:08:26I love my father
00:08:31he was nobody
00:08:34I'm not going to be like him
00:08:37just disappear
00:08:42unless a million people are watching
00:08:46as far back as I can remember
00:08:48I've always wanted to escape
00:08:53my brother Dash and I would get away
00:08:55whenever we could
00:08:56to check out the traveling shows
00:08:58that came to Appleton
00:09:07these will make appetizing shrieks for my dogs
00:09:10now I forewarned that things could get messy
00:09:18Dash couldn't look
00:09:19but me
00:09:20I was hooked
00:09:22mesmerized by the illusion
00:09:24now I will require
00:09:26some assistance from the audience
00:09:28how about you young man
00:09:30me
00:09:31yes please come up
00:09:35now if you'll just pull this table with me
00:09:39it's a very delicate
00:09:40oh
00:09:43I think she's dead
00:09:44why don't you give her a tickle
00:09:49thank heavens
00:09:51pull yourself together
00:09:53one
00:09:53two
00:09:54three
00:09:54voila
00:09:59and applause for my younger sister
00:10:01and suddenly just like that
00:10:04I was somebody
00:10:05a boy that knows no fear
00:10:08I was going somewhere
00:10:09an illusion was my ticket
00:10:11thank you
00:10:17thank you
00:10:26thank you
00:10:50Mama, Mama!
00:10:54Ergie, where bist du gewesen?
00:10:55Look what I kept, Mama.
00:10:58Take it.
00:10:59It's real.
00:11:01Look, I got another one.
00:11:03I learned it.
00:11:04It's magic.
00:11:06Mama, shake me.
00:11:08Shake me.
00:11:09Hotter, Mama, hotter.
00:11:12Shake me, hotter.
00:11:13If not for my mother, I would have gone nowhere.
00:11:16Money for nothing, Mama.
00:11:19One day they'll be cold, Mom.
00:11:21Erich, mein Herz.
00:11:23But she always believed in me.
00:11:37There's up.
00:11:39Holds an Erich her up.
00:11:46Tremel!
00:11:47Tremel!
00:11:47Tremel!
00:11:48Tremel!
00:11:48Tremel!
00:11:57Tremel!
00:11:58Erich!
00:11:59Papa's gonna say the brachot.
00:12:00Come down.
00:12:03Take that off before Papa sees it.
00:12:05What is it?
00:12:06A magician is not really a magician.
00:12:08He's an actor, pretending to be a magician.
00:12:10An actor!
00:12:11Erich!
00:12:12Fifty years ago, Robert Haldin was the greatest magician of all time.
00:12:15Now it's gonna be me.
00:12:17Haldini!
00:12:18The poor children.
00:12:20The children, I have found them.
00:12:22What are you doing?
00:12:25I couldn't have it.
00:12:26Do you have a minute?
00:12:27We need to talk to you.
00:12:28Is there a problem?
00:12:30Can we talk in private?
00:12:40You are six years our rabbi now, and you still haven't learned to speak any English.
00:12:44With all due respect, Rabbi Weiss, this isn't Budapest.
00:12:47This is Wisconsin, and that is why we can no longer employ your services as our rabbi.
00:12:57Some things can hit you in the gut worse than any punch.
00:13:07I made sure I'd never be that weak.
00:13:11I've made some impossible escapes in my life.
00:13:14But my greatest escape was leaving Appleton, Wisconsin.
00:13:20My travels were short-lived, but I learned my trade before reuniting with my family in Brooklyn.
00:13:27My father died soon after.
00:13:29Dash and I teamed up to support Ma with the meager earnings from our new, not-so-spectacular magic act.
00:13:35Come on!
00:13:36Come on!
00:13:37Prepare to be mesmerized by the Houdini brothers.
00:13:41Excuse me, sir. May I borrow your hat?
00:13:42Fine.
00:13:43If I can give you back your watch.
00:13:46You will now give me your hat.
00:13:49Dash, will you clear the contents of this hat?
00:13:51Is that Sonja?
00:13:53Yeah.
00:13:54Yeah.
00:13:59Hit the card!
00:14:00Hit the card!
00:14:01Six suspects.
00:14:14The only thing more devastating than a punch to the gut is an arrow through the heart.
00:14:21I never.
00:14:22I never even saw it coming.
00:14:25I never even saw it coming.
00:14:27I never even saw it coming.
00:14:49I never saw it coming back to my mom.
00:14:50My dad challenged the Duke to a duel, right?
00:14:54Poof!
00:14:55The bullet went right through Duke's brain.
00:14:56Finished.
00:14:58My father had to flee for his life,
00:14:59and that's how our whole family wound up in America.
00:15:03Which is kind of romantic.
00:15:05Yeah. And then he died. Poor man.
00:15:09Yeah. Is Harry Houdini your real name?
00:15:13It is now.
00:15:17What about you?
00:15:19Those two girls you sing with, are they really your sisters?
00:15:23No, we just started performing together this summer.
00:15:25Yeah. Pick a hand.
00:15:29No, not that one.
00:15:33Here, open your palm.
00:15:38Pretty.
00:15:40You're going to have to do better than that if you want to be the greatest magician in the world.
00:15:44Yeah?
00:15:47How about this?
00:16:18Blow on it.
00:16:30Oh! Look at him go.
00:16:39The best runner?
00:16:42Will you marry me?
00:16:46A week later, we tied the knot.
00:16:49That's swell.
00:16:50I guess you could say.
00:16:51I want to show you something.
00:16:52Our wedding night was perfectly suited for us.
00:16:55Harry, what are you doing?
00:16:59Harry.
00:17:05Crouch down.
00:17:06Now, look at that. You're perfect. I knew it.
00:17:08Harry.
00:17:08See? Dash is way too big.
00:17:10All right, now watch your head.
00:17:11Harry.
00:17:13Ow!
00:17:14All right, now lift up the left.
00:17:15What are you doing?
00:17:16It's right here in the middle.
00:17:17Wedding night.
00:17:17You find it?
00:17:18What? Where?
00:17:19It's right here.
00:17:21There you go.
00:17:22Harry.
00:17:24Are you out of your damn mind?
00:17:26Honey, don't talk like that.
00:17:30You don't need to wear so much makeup when you're offstage.
00:17:32You're too cute for that.
00:17:33You don't need that.
00:17:36What about your brother?
00:17:38You'll understand.
00:17:40He'll understand.
00:17:40He knows.
00:17:41He's too big.
00:17:42Anyway, you know what I was thinking?
00:17:43We don't even need to change the billing.
00:17:47The Houdini's.
00:18:02May I now have my key, man.
00:18:27Mrs. Houdini.
00:18:32So Bess and I hit the road with our new collection of eccentric friends.
00:18:38Yes, ma'am.
00:18:52Yes, ma'am.
00:18:55Thanks, ma'am.
00:18:56Yes, ma'am.
00:18:56That's it.
00:18:59drinks.
00:19:06That's it.
00:19:07That's it.
00:19:08Look at that.
00:19:09Now everybody and his brother's doing handcuff escapes, including my brother.
00:19:14There's got to be a better way to make a move.
00:19:18To really hit it big time, I had to step off the stage into the real world.
00:19:23Come on, Sheriff.
00:19:24What do you got to lose?
00:19:25I don't lock folks up lest they break the law.
00:19:27Yeah, well, maybe you just don't have a whole lot of confidence in your jail.
00:19:30Huh, Sheriff?
00:19:34Run along, Mr. Hoo-ha.
00:19:36Ah, this here's a college town.
00:19:37I pull a stunt like that, all the fraternity boys will be after me to do the same with them.
00:19:41I couldn't afford to advertise, so I just used those mavens of mass spectacle.
00:19:46The press, to spread the word.
00:19:47Not if you tell them they have to post bail first.
00:19:51Here's a hundred dollars.
00:19:52Cash on the barrel head.
00:19:54Says you can't hold the incomparable Houdini.
00:19:56Quote.
00:19:57Harry, that's all we have.
00:19:58It's a hundred bucks.
00:19:59It's all yours.
00:20:01Plus...
00:20:03You get to take a free punch.
00:20:06I know you're itching.
00:20:10Come on.
00:20:16Come on, Sheriff.
00:20:18Make it count.
00:20:24Like the man says, that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
00:20:29Well, wonders never cease.
00:20:33Did you get it?
00:20:37Go check your pockets.
00:20:40You sure you want to do this now, Sheriff?
00:20:42It's your funeral.
00:20:51Harry.
00:20:56Here, look.
00:20:58Thanks.
00:20:59Hey.
00:21:01Open your mouth.
00:21:06One more thing.
00:21:08You don't get out.
00:21:09I keep you here overnight for disturbing the peace.
00:21:12Fair enough.
00:21:14Let's go, folks.
00:21:30It was the kiss that was seen across the country.
00:21:35Oscar Wilde, Cy Young, John Philip Sousa, they had nothing on me.
00:21:41Soon, the papers weren't even calling me an entertainer anymore.
00:21:44They were calling me something else.
00:21:49But no matter how big I got, I always knew that my next escape would have to be bigger.
00:21:57I also knew that along the way, someone else was keeping track of all the headlines for me.
00:22:08Bess and I were on a roll, but I was still missing one key ingredient to take my act to
00:22:13the next level.
00:22:31Bess and I were on a roll, but I was still missing one key ingredient to take my act to
00:22:32the next level.
00:22:45These look impressive.
00:22:46State-of-the-art.
00:22:47New York City police are using them.
00:22:49I hear Chief Rohan's got a pair he plans to clamp on you in Chicago.
00:22:52You're Houdini, right?
00:22:53Look at this.
00:22:55It's a rounded key.
00:23:00I've never seen that before.
00:23:01I made it myself.
00:23:02You made it yourself?
00:23:04In my workshop.
00:23:05And look, hides in a shirt cuff too, see?
00:23:08Unbelievable.
00:23:11What else you got?
00:23:16Looks like regular picture wire, totally flexible, but it has teeth.
00:23:20It's a hacksaw.
00:23:26You just destroyed your chair.
00:23:29What's your name, Buster?
00:23:31Jim.
00:23:32Jim Collins from Macon, Georgia.
00:23:34That's where I caught your act.
00:23:35All right, Georgia.
00:23:37You changed my life.
00:23:43Jim, you think you can make an elephant disappear?
00:23:46Sir?
00:23:47Can you get me out of a block of ice?
00:23:49I can make you catch a bullet.
00:23:53Harry, we got a matinee.
00:23:56Give me time, and I'll figure out the elephant.
00:23:59I'll give you time.
00:24:00Full time.
00:24:03Deal?
00:24:04Deal.
00:24:09Honey, this is Jim.
00:24:13Pleasure.
00:24:14Amazing.
00:24:17Dearest Ma, next week I have a big surprise for you.
00:24:22I wish I could be there when you see it.
00:24:24But at the moment, I'm a little tied up.
00:24:28Well, I don't know how they do things in Detroit, Mr. H.
00:24:31But here, in Chicago, we lock a man off.
00:24:36We mean him to stay locked off.
00:24:40Yeah, seems like I've heard that speech before, Chief.
00:24:43You boys having fun?
00:24:46Come on, I'll need some help carrying him.
00:24:53Yeah, great.
00:24:54Good shot, fellas.
00:24:59Good.
00:25:03Now, just to be sure...
00:25:06...
00:25:08Smile for the birdie, fellas.
00:25:13Well, sir, I believe I'll leave you to your prayers.
00:25:24Okay, come on.
00:25:25Come on.
00:25:27Come on.
00:25:28Clear out.
00:25:30Go, move it.
00:25:34Clear out.
00:25:55Houdini!
00:26:02Houdini!
00:26:45what do you think no no not with you as a shooter not in a million years
00:26:51all right where is it let's see it come on jim had been working on what i had hoped would
00:26:59be
00:26:59my greatest escape yet the chinese water torches cell
00:27:16this was the big time the stunt that would finally put me over the top
00:27:29let me try it now boss you just performed three shows you'll be tomorrow i'll get the boys will set
00:27:37it up
00:27:37right now
00:27:43all right
00:27:52all right boys lower
00:27:59come on lock it in there
00:28:15something's wrong
00:28:15whoa whoa pull him up hurry up get him out
00:28:20hurry up it's not
00:28:23hey pull him up
00:28:37break the glass break the glass
00:28:40look out
00:28:41take your jam
00:28:41ugh
00:28:44ugh
00:28:45ugh
00:28:46ugh
00:28:46ugh
00:28:47ugh
00:28:48ugh
00:28:48ugh
00:28:48ugh
00:28:54ugh
00:28:58ugh
00:29:00ugh
00:29:02ugh
00:29:03having a
00:29:04lebih
00:29:04oh
00:29:18huh
00:29:19long can a man hold his breath shall we experiment on the count of three try to
00:29:29hold your breath ladies and gentlemen one two three as you can see seconds tick
00:29:43by very slowly while they do i shall disrobe my ankles will be shackled in a secure set of stocks
00:29:56prepare the stocks after being immobilized i will be immersed head first in the chinese water torture
00:30:04cell captain o'hare of the chicago fire department is standing by with an axe in the event something
00:30:10goes wrong and let's face it ladies and gentlemen there's always that possibility
00:30:27raise it up boys
00:30:54the only way to beat death is to put your life on the line
00:31:16but why was i so compelled to beat death what was i trying to escape
00:31:25bring out the screen one minute
00:31:53two minutes
00:31:54two minutes
00:32:13three minutes
00:32:13what's going on something's wrong
00:32:21three minutes
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00:33:38houdini ideal for our purposes commencing european tour suggest you contact melville
00:33:43soonest hmm houdini speaks german he's an immigrant yes german-speaking hungarian jew
00:33:48mr wilkie houdini's the most famous man in america sure he now makes more money than the
00:33:53president but when all's said and done he's just a magician not well what more natural cover than
00:33:59a traveling entertainer god only knows what the kaiser is planning we don't would be advantageous
00:34:07to have someone next to that unpredictable brain of his what else houdini's very devoted to his
00:34:13mother sends him money every week even when he was broke i like a man who looks after his mother
00:34:19contact melville set it up way before anyone knew it america had teamed up with england to keep an eye
00:34:27eye on the emerging threat from germany an unexpected eye me and so one of the strangest illusions i was
00:34:37ever asked to pull off was something called espionage not a bad fit since a magician can never reveal his
00:34:44secrets i take it you weren't followed mr houdini made sure that i wasn't as instructed
00:34:55your country needs you come alone that's very dramatic you were recommended to us by john wilkie
00:35:03never heard of him well that's as it should be he's director of the united states secret service
00:35:08i'm sir william melville his british counterpart in mi5 how do you do uh may i have him
00:35:23oh i'm definitely going to need some of those
00:35:30are you saying you want me to keep your eyes and ears open that's all depend on it if war
00:35:37comes the
00:35:37united states will fight on the british side what you learn might help postpone that war
00:35:45may be prevented of course you could never reveal your services but you would have the
00:35:50satisfaction of knowing that you had served perhaps even saved your country that's a tall
00:35:57order for a pavilion by the by we took the liberty of revising your passport yeah what was wrong with
00:36:03my old passport we made a slight adjustment to your place of birth
00:36:13kaiser bill has only one good arm as you may already know but it can reach as far as budapest
00:36:19we thought it prudent to make you shall we say all american from now on your place of birth is
00:36:29officially the united states you could run for president sir
00:36:38sir i can't begin to tell you what this means to me
00:36:40you'll think of something in the meantime think of me in loco parentis
00:36:45uh sort of father in residence
00:36:49where were you
00:37:13uh with jim jim didn't know where you were either
00:37:30is it a girl
00:37:33girl
00:37:35no honey
00:37:38where did this come from you you know me better than that
00:37:43who is she
00:37:43there is no she
00:37:45then where were you
00:37:46i can't tell you but
00:37:48i'm sorry
00:37:49i wish i could i can't
00:37:53you gotta trust me
00:37:54i have trusted you harry
00:37:59best
00:38:01honey
00:38:02honey
00:38:04trust me
00:38:07trust me
00:38:10when does illusion become a lie
00:38:13with illusion i could be somebody
00:38:16escape from who i really was
00:38:19but when did running away become so essential to me
00:38:23is that why i was still running
00:38:26from him
00:38:40i guess there are some things in life
00:38:42you never escape
00:38:51not long after i left appleton i became a sorcerer's apprentice
00:38:55what a load of laughs that was
00:39:02come on
00:39:17good kid
00:39:18very good
00:39:19now i'm gonna teach you the floating virgin
00:39:22the thing about the floating virgin
00:39:25of arkansas
00:39:26she was a beautiful girl
00:39:29she was a pale girl
00:39:31but she loved to sleep
00:39:37and when she slept
00:39:39she
00:39:41she
00:39:41floated
00:39:43come
00:39:46come
00:39:48oh
00:39:51oh
00:39:52float
00:39:54float
00:39:56ah sweet little beauty
00:39:57come to me
00:39:59come to me now
00:40:03look at that kid's face
00:40:07Every lesson
00:40:11Every knock across the chops
00:40:12Was a building block towards what I wanted to be
00:40:16But was it worth it?
00:40:18You doing alright out here?
00:40:20Been reading about the bullet catch
00:40:21Oh yeah?
00:40:23Think we should put it in the show
00:40:24It puts you back on top
00:40:25You're good kid
00:40:27Very good
00:40:28But not as good as you think
00:40:32Why won't you do it?
00:40:34It's dangerous
00:40:35As I have reason to know
00:40:36That's why people will eat it up
00:40:38And who would catch the bullet?
00:40:41Me
00:40:43Say another damn word about that bullet catch
00:40:46And I swear
00:40:47I'll leave you behind in the nearest ditch
00:40:53My son
00:40:58He died doing the catch
00:41:06Did you load the gun?
00:41:08And pulled the trigger too
00:41:13Blew the back of his head off and his brains with it
00:41:20My own boy
00:41:27You're a liar
00:41:28Come again?
00:41:29That story's straight out of Houdin's book
00:41:31How he made a traveling magician, Turini
00:41:33Who'd killed his son doing the bullet catch
00:41:35You're a liar
00:41:36Your hero of Houdin was a liar too
00:41:38And by the way
00:41:39It's Houdin
00:41:40Not Houdin
00:41:41Houdin never ran into any magician who killed his son
00:41:44And that book you treat like the gospel
00:41:47There's only enough truth in it to make you believe the lies
00:41:50Because that's how magic works
00:41:52Magicians are liars
00:41:54And the best magicians are the best liars
00:42:05Was the dream I was chasing based on nothing more than lies?
00:42:13I was afraid
00:42:15Terrified of what I might become
00:42:19I embraced it anyway
00:42:20I became Harry Houdini
00:42:22Accepting the truth was just a story made up from a lie
00:42:27It was a hard lesson
00:42:28But it would serve me well
00:42:32My act became the cover story for my spying
00:42:36After five sold out shows in Berlin
00:42:38The Kaiser requested a private performance
00:42:42Very private
00:42:45With your majesty's indulgence
00:42:47I propose a demonstration of famous German marksmanship
00:42:52Would you kindly loan me the use of your most accomplished rifleman
00:42:55In the royal box?
00:43:02You're sure about this, right?
00:43:04What?
00:43:05You're sure, right?
00:43:06I thought you said it was foolproof
00:43:07What?
00:43:09I said you should
00:43:11Never mind, go get it
00:43:12Your majesty may wish to observe through his opera glasses
00:43:16Oh, okay
00:43:22Wiedrich, Oberstleutnant, the Kaiserlichen Army
00:43:24Herr Oberstleutnant, are you a good shooter, Herr Oberstleutnant?
00:43:27Jawohl, mein Herr
00:43:27Great
00:43:28Hand him the rifle
00:43:29I'm sorry, it's so old
00:43:30It's all we can afford
00:43:33Now, as you can see
00:43:34The bullseye stands about
00:43:36Oh, shall we say
00:43:3835 feet from the shooter
00:43:40Herr Oberstleutnant, do you believe
00:43:41That you can hit the bullseye
00:43:43Or shall I move you closer?
00:43:57Child's play, huh?
00:43:58Very well
00:43:59Fire when you're ready, Lieutenant
00:44:06Wonderful shooting, Lieutenant
00:44:08Wonderful
00:44:10I would trust you with my life
00:44:13Bravo
00:44:14Now, let us reload
00:44:17It's quite a production, these old guns
00:44:19As you can see, first we take a measure of powder
00:44:21We pour it down the barrel
00:44:22This is followed by a wad of paper
00:44:26And then the bullet
00:44:33Will you inspect the bullet, Lieutenant?
00:44:38Thank you, Lieutenant
00:44:40The bullet is now pressed down with the bram rod
00:44:44Like so
00:44:46Does that look all right, Lieutenant?
00:44:48Yeah, well
00:44:49Now, one last bit of child's play
00:44:51Jim, hand the Lieutenant the musket
00:44:55Lieutenant
00:44:57Please take aim at the bullseye again
00:45:17I will now attempt to catch the bullet
00:45:21With my teeth
00:45:31I said I trust you with my life, Lieutenant
00:45:33Now you have to trust me
00:45:41Ready?
00:45:52Fire the gun
00:45:55Fire!
00:45:59Fire the gun
00:46:01Pull the trigger
00:46:03Pull the trigger
00:46:17Pull the trigger
00:46:42Pull the trigger
00:46:51that's a bullet
00:46:55thank you excellent shooting
00:46:58excellent thank you your majesty
00:47:03once you know the secret most tricks are
00:47:06simple including this one the bullet is
00:47:10now tamped down with a ramrod like so
00:47:13does that look all right all it took was a magnet at the end of the ramrod
00:47:19thank you
00:47:26catching bullets in my teeth was one thing but espionage remained my european
00:47:31mistress and altogether a different kind of escape
00:47:34welcome to budapest mr houdini my name is riley
00:47:37does your hometown bring back many memories
00:47:41remember you've never been here don't look around you're merely conversing with an old friend
00:47:47how was berlin i understand the kaiser was impressed
00:47:51enough to invite me to watch his cavalry maneuvers
00:47:55i overheard a few things
00:47:59they're building seven new battleships
00:48:01they're not ready yet but they're definitely planning for war
00:48:04they call it the schlieffen plan
00:48:08schlieffen
00:48:10our friend in london will be most interested
00:48:12meantime he sent you a book
00:48:14he knows you'll love to read
00:48:18russian grammar
00:48:21harry thought this would come in handy for your
00:48:23upcoming trip to moscow
00:48:25melville
00:48:30you have a performance
00:48:33sort of
00:48:33my mother arrives on the afternoon train
00:48:36from paris
00:48:37a trip back to the old country
00:48:40how could i possibly explain what i had in mind
00:48:47oh look at this honey
00:48:49sometimes a guy can't even tell his own wife about the plans he has for a new dress
00:48:55but ma deserved the best
00:48:58because the best
00:48:59was what she inspired me to become
00:49:05and i was finally given the chance to thank her for it
00:49:32what's going on
00:49:34queen for a day
00:49:38harry told me people around here thought his mother married beneath her to a failed rabbi
00:49:43and she goes along with these
00:49:45of course
00:49:46to her harry is magic
00:50:06like i told you ma
00:50:09money for nothing
00:50:11didn't i promise
00:50:12didn't i tell you one day it'd be gold
00:50:15baby's my gold
00:50:26hey hello young man
00:50:33your majesty it's an honor to play the palace
00:50:35so kind
00:50:36i'd love to see if i could make one of your family's wishes come true
00:50:39oh
00:50:39would each of you write a special wish
00:50:42on these slips of paper
00:50:45i see your majesty has a faberge egg
00:50:47it's very beautiful
00:50:48would you mind if i place the wishes inside of it
00:50:50thank you
00:50:51thank you
00:50:56and now grand duchess anastasia
00:50:58will you draw one out and hand it to me
00:51:10i just realized i can't read russian
00:51:14would your majesty mind translating for me
00:51:19i'm afraid you will never be able to grant a wish houdini
00:51:23well let me give it a shot your majesty
00:51:25what does it say
00:51:26one of us wishes you would make the kremlin bells ring again
00:51:32impossible
00:51:33houdini
00:51:34the kremlin bells have not rung for
00:51:36a hundred years
00:51:38the ropes are long rotted
00:51:40and the stairs are falling away
00:51:42well if magic were easy your majesty
00:51:44every fool would be doing it
00:51:50what did he uh i'm sorry i i don't know the gentleman's name
00:51:53rasputin
00:51:54rasputin says you are
00:51:56fool
00:51:57fool of
00:51:58ah i get the general idea
00:52:00well
00:52:02we'll see
00:52:41band duchess anastasia come
00:52:47pull the rope
00:52:51pull the rope
00:52:51pull it again
00:52:57pull the rope
00:53:02pull it
00:53:05so even rasputin
00:53:07so even rasputin the man obsessed with religion and mysticism
00:53:11couldn't see through my little parlor trick
00:53:16well wonders never cease
00:53:19hey big guy i bet you'd love to give me a punch
00:53:21punch huh
00:53:21punch
00:53:22punch
00:53:24you know you're itching
00:53:25one thing i learned a long time ago
00:53:29never let them know what's really going on inside
00:53:41thank you
00:53:44thank you
00:54:02if he does he'll lose
00:54:04russia lose against little japan
00:54:05yeah because they all take orders from that rasputin character
00:54:09they do whatever he says
00:54:10it's crazy
00:54:11a mad monk in command
00:54:13why
00:54:13well it seems he's got a little magic act of his own
00:54:15he's the only one who can keep the czar's son from bleeding
00:54:18of course the boy's a hemophiliac
00:54:20they do anything to keep rasputin happy
00:54:22he's not their only problem
00:54:23there's social unrest everywhere
00:54:25in these days the whole place is going to explode
00:54:28yeah so we are
00:54:29very good harry
00:54:30most instructive
00:54:33so tell me
00:54:34how did you get the kremlin bells to ring
00:54:37well that was the only wish i was ready for
00:54:40now grand duchess anastasia
00:54:42will you take one out
00:54:43hand it to me
00:54:47so then i said to her
00:54:49i just realized i can't read russian
00:54:53would your majesty
00:54:53it was snowing so hard i was worried jim wouldn't be able to see the rope
00:55:42they were convinced i had spiritual powers
00:55:49so what are your plans
00:55:51when you return to the states
00:55:54well not until i figure out something new
00:55:56now everybody's copying my routine
00:55:58and my name
00:56:00blondini
00:56:01handini
00:56:01merlini
00:56:04i think you need a new challenge
00:56:07the adelphi theater is just a stone's throw from the german embassy
00:56:11so
00:56:11so
00:56:12we're reliably informed as a copy of the schlieffen plan
00:56:16in the safe
00:56:17in the ambassador's office
00:56:19and what an extraordinary stroke of luck it would be for us
00:56:22if you managed to lay your hands on it
00:56:24you're a perfect alibi
00:56:26handcuffed
00:56:27on stage
00:56:30safer
00:56:39which is how i happen to wind up in one
00:57:01but not that safe
00:57:04it was a different safe
00:57:07the one inside the german ambassador's office
00:57:14let me start from the beginning
00:57:24soon after the act started i wasn't even inside the safe anymore
00:57:33jimmy told the audience that about 10 minutes of air
00:57:36audiences go nuts for a ticking clock
00:57:44where is he
00:57:45he didn't tell me the stage but he promised he'd be back in time to finish the show
00:57:49back from where
00:57:51i really don't know
00:57:53i can't do this anymore this is killing me
00:58:06he made his 10th anniversary and
00:58:09i know he's going to forget
00:58:11i know it
00:58:24i know it
00:58:28but
00:58:28I don't know.
00:58:58I don't know.
00:59:28I don't know.
00:59:32I don't know.
00:59:34I don't know.
00:59:52I don't know.
00:59:55I don't know.
01:00:25I don't know.
01:00:54I don't know.
01:01:10I don't know.
01:01:24I don't know.
01:01:26I don't know.
01:01:40I don't know.
01:01:42I don't know.
01:01:43I don't know.
01:02:18I don't know.
01:02:21I don't know.
01:02:25I don't know.
01:02:38I don't know.
01:02:44I don't know.
01:02:45I don't know.
01:02:46I don't know.
01:02:54I don't know.
01:03:18I don't know.
01:03:21I don't know.
01:03:23I don't know.
01:03:32I don't know.
01:03:35I don't know.
01:03:46What does it say, honey?
01:03:48Read a note, nice and loud.
01:03:51Thank you for the ten most wonderful years of my life.
01:03:58Your loving husband, Harry.
01:04:23Happy anniversary, honey.
01:04:26Happy anniversary.
01:04:29And she thought I forgot.
01:04:33Anyway, thanks for sticking around for the grand finale, folks.
01:04:45Oh, that was swell, honey, huh?
01:04:53That was a surprise.
01:04:54That was all for you.
01:04:56No.
01:04:56No, it was not for me.
01:04:58It's never just for me.
01:05:00It's for them.
01:05:02It's for the act.
01:05:03It is always for the act.
01:05:04And you and I both know it, Harry.
01:05:06No.
01:05:11What are you trying to prove, Harry?
01:05:13How brave you are?
01:05:14How American you are?
01:05:17Just tell me what it is.
01:05:19Tell me what.
01:05:20I don't mean to intrude, but the car's here.
01:05:24You still going to Lady Butler's?
01:05:26Oh.
01:05:27Honey, I'm sorry.
01:05:29I know.
01:05:29It's in our honor.
01:05:31It is in your honor.
01:05:32Sweetheart, let's just make an appearance, okay?
01:05:35I promise.
01:05:3630 minutes tops.
01:05:38It's Lady Butler.
01:05:48That Rasputin character packed quite a wallop, I tell you.
01:05:51He was a regular John L. Sullivan.
01:05:54I could take the punch, but he knocked me out with his vodka breath, you know?
01:06:14Oh, you are very pretty.
01:06:35Yes, sir.
01:06:37Some things can hit you in the gut worse than any punch.
01:06:43Give me your mic.
01:06:55Hi, Harry.
01:06:58Hi, Harry.
01:07:20I'm going to kill myself.
01:07:26Well, that's what I'm always saying.
01:07:29Is that funny?
01:07:31Is it funny?
01:07:32Oh, for heaven's sake.
01:07:35What are you so upset about?
01:07:38You were kissing him.
01:07:41You were kissing him!
01:07:43No, I wasn't.
01:07:44Yes, you were!
01:07:45No, I was not.
01:07:47And until you looked over, you didn't know where I was at that party, and you didn't care.
01:07:51So stop being dramatic.
01:07:53You're my wife.
01:07:55You're the wife of the great Houdini!
01:07:58Really?
01:07:59I thought I was just a woman you put in a trunk and took out when you felt like it.
01:08:11What do you do when you hit rock bottom?
01:08:14You keep digging.
01:08:16You keep digging.
01:08:16Divine creature.
01:08:32See, if you can escape, would you like me to release you?
01:08:41Oh, by this point, I really wasn't up for this.
01:08:52Shh.
01:08:53Be right back.
01:08:55That's when I discovered my next escape.
01:08:58What is it?
01:08:58I don't know.
01:09:00A glorious one.
01:09:06Well, wonders never cease.
01:09:11Houdini.
01:09:16I don't know how these things work in America, but in London, it's considered impolite to keep a lady waiting.
01:09:24What?
01:09:32Uh-huh.
01:09:33Ha, ha, ha.
01:09:36Ha, ha, ha.
01:09:37Ew.
01:09:38Ah.
01:09:44Ha, ha, ha.
01:09:47Ha, ha, ha.
01:09:51Oh.
01:09:59where are you start without me what
01:10:06where are you going keep the chains
01:10:10what are you doing here i had a feeling you believe in get me one of those what do you
01:10:19want
01:10:19an airmobile you know how it is when you fall in love flying is all i could think of this
01:10:29time
01:10:30this is only rival with an airplane and for years it was our carriage to the world
01:10:51but everything changes even flying lost its novelty
01:10:59i was falling back to earth and on earth things were changing too
01:11:14so
01:11:21so
01:11:50but audiences had grown numb
01:11:53to the thrill
01:11:55i hadn't played to a sold out house in quite some time
01:11:58but i wasn't finished escaping not quite
01:12:02you didn't grease the collar
01:12:04yeah
01:12:04like hell
01:12:06this loyalty cost me 10 seconds
01:12:08it's when you do it with the water instead of the milk
01:12:12i'll give you that
01:12:14just because there's nobody out there doesn't mean that the ones that are don't deserve the best of
01:12:17the great houdini
01:12:18you're fired
01:12:20again
01:12:22vaudeville's in trouble
01:12:23nowadays folks are going to moving pictures
01:12:27movies
01:12:29if it was a tough escape the whole movie would be finished by the time i made it
01:12:33and the suspense wouldn't be the same
01:12:36maybe you could fill a smaller theater
01:12:40a smaller theater
01:12:43me
01:12:45saw what are you saying
01:12:50the writing's on the wall harry
01:12:52no i write the damn writing
01:13:13there's a new competition
01:13:21not doing anything
01:13:23he's making him laugh
01:13:26that's all right
01:13:27my audience loves me
01:13:28they'll come back
01:13:31i just need something new
01:13:33what about the elephant
01:13:35it's not an escape
01:13:37it needs to be an escape
01:13:48laugh again
01:13:49and you're fired
01:14:02smaller theater
01:14:03please
01:14:04escapes can't get smaller
01:14:06they have to get bigger
01:14:07people expect more from the great houdini
01:14:09not less
01:14:10maybe people are tired of escapes
01:14:13huh
01:14:15you've done enough of them
01:14:19what kind of tobacco is that
01:14:24mexican
01:14:26pepe gave it to me
01:14:27who?
01:14:28pepe?
01:14:29what?
01:14:30from the band?
01:14:34smells weird
01:14:36he said it would help
01:14:37with my nerves
01:14:44he's white
01:14:50what the heck is bigger?
01:14:52play the grand canyon
01:14:53why don't you?
01:15:09yeah
01:15:10yeah
01:15:10give me room 202
01:15:11Jim
01:15:13bring up some ice
01:15:15no
01:15:16i mean a lot of ice
01:15:42even Mrs. A
01:15:43what the hell is going on in here?
01:15:45language honey
01:15:45please
01:15:46please
01:15:46what are you doing?
01:15:47thanks Jim
01:15:48you got it boss
01:15:49if i can't bring the folks to the theater
01:15:52i gotta bring the theater to the folks
01:15:53what does that mean?
01:15:55well movies can go outdoors
01:15:56so can i
01:15:58oh christ harry
01:16:01harry
01:16:03i gotta pee
01:16:04yeah five more minutes honey
01:16:05it's all yours
01:16:06we've been married 19 years
01:16:07you can watch me pee
01:16:08i don't wanna watch you pee
01:16:17i expected the Mississippi to be cold
01:16:19but this was ridiculous
01:16:21that's that
01:16:25maybe they can cut a hole nice
01:16:26harry
01:16:27no
01:16:28you kill yourself
01:16:2912-15 feet should do it
01:16:32honey
01:16:32don't worry
01:16:33oh honey
01:16:34my ass
01:16:35you want me to stick around
01:16:36to find out if i'm a widow?
01:16:39you may be crazy harry
01:16:41but i'm not
01:16:42sweetheart please
01:16:43go to hell harry
01:16:4615 feet
01:16:49make it 12
01:16:50honey
01:16:51it's just a
01:16:52little ice
01:16:53going to fall
01:17:05you
01:17:05you
01:17:07you
01:17:08you
01:17:09you
01:17:21you
01:17:22you
01:17:22you
01:17:23you
01:17:40Put an ad in the paper and tell people you're going to do something crazy Tuesday at noon,
01:17:44and a thousand people will show up Tuesday at noon.
01:17:47Throw in a chance of me getting killed, you're going to have to beat them back with a stick.
01:18:01It was the wrong moment to start thinking.
01:18:04If I started to think, I might forget who I was.
01:18:10The great Houdini.
01:18:40Are you still down there?
01:18:41Let's go.
01:18:48Let's go.
01:18:50Look further.
01:18:51Let's go too.
01:18:53Look where you are.
01:18:53Can one go?
01:18:53anymore.
01:18:58Look.
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