tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post3827456638052993559..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: DreamWorks buys Houdini/Conan Doyle thriller, Voices from the DeadJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-70017239195695830192011-03-16T12:00:52.431-07:002011-03-16T12:00:52.431-07:00I just found a reference in a 1975 Genii to propos...I just found a reference in a 1975 Genii to proposed Houdini-Conan Doyle movie that said John Housman would play Doyle. Never got made, obviously.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-83129087912256723012011-02-13T16:09:12.693-08:002011-02-13T16:09:12.693-08:00Interesting view in the book "The secret life...Interesting view in the book "The secret life of Houdini" by Kalush and Sloman - specifically on the theory of association to undercover work and development of debunking the spiritualist movement of which Conan Doyle was a leading exponent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-60803261226634213362011-02-10T17:35:36.360-08:002011-02-10T17:35:36.360-08:00Not that fictional movies need to be historically ...Not that fictional movies need to be historically accurate, but if you assume the movie is set in the early to mid-1920s, when Doyle and Houdini knew each other, Doyle would be in his early to mid-60s and Houdini would be mid- to late 40s.<br /><br />Maybe Geoffrey Rush with a moustache could play Doyle. Not sure about Houdini. If Robert Duvall were a good 30 years younger than he is ...Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13165354691502222362011-02-10T13:14:48.765-08:002011-02-10T13:14:48.765-08:00One of my favorite games: Who would play each part...One of my favorite games: Who would play each part? <br />Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Conan Doyle. But who for Houdini?J.J. Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10086712140953281417noreply@blogger.com