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Desi Arnaz, Elizabeth Daily, Gabriel Dell, Griffin O'Neal, Hal Williams ...( see more  see more... ) , Jackie Coogan , Joan Hackett , John P. Ryan , M. Emmet Walsh , Raul Julia , Teri Garr

A minor league Houdini-esque escape artist, teenager Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) boasts to local cops that he can free himself from prison within one hour. Childhood flashbacks reveal Danny's famil...( read more  read more... )y history -- he had an aunt and uncle who were escape artists in vaudeville -- and that the boy might just have the stuff to pull off the stunt. Desi Arnaz and Raul Julia co-star as a corrupt mayor and his troubled son. Caleb Deschanel directs.

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PG, 93 min.

Directed by: Caleb Deschanel

Release Date: May 28, 1982

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DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005

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  • terris85017
    March 7, 2009
    terris85017
    Hmmmm what a cast. DOn't think I have seen this one???
  • SaintFrancisofAssisi
    June 5, 2008
    SaintFrancisofAssisi
    Not interested in watching this.
  • nicholasvargo1
    September 21, 2007
    nicholasvargo1
    The same year Francis Ford Coppola released 'One From the Heart', he also presented 'The Escape Artist', a fantasy about magic co-written by Melissa Matheson, who wrote 'E.T.', and directed by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel (the father of actress Zooey Deschanel) from a book by ...( read more)David Wagoner. The story centers around Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal, the son of Ryan O'Neal) who wants to be an escape artist, just like his father (Harry Anderson), who was second only to Houdini. Then, everything goes awry when he pickpockets the wallet of the mayor's son Stu (Raul Julia), which had important things in it belonging to his father, who is the corrupt mayor (Desi Arnez). Soon, he is mixed up in business he shouldn't be in, but he begins to find out what really happened to his father and who he can really trust in the world. It might not sound interesting, but it is worth a look nonetheless. The best thing about this movie, besides most of the performances, is the music score by Georges Delerue (who composed the music for 'A Little Romance' and 'Joe Versus The Volcano'), which is so beauttiful that I wouldn't be surprised as the movie was ending to find you hunmming it. That's how good it is. It's an interesting undiscovered gem that is wonderful to watch. Give it a try.

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