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film-fan-391-240277 — 9 years ago(December 27, 2016 05:41 AM)

http://www.imdb.com/board/10443543/reference
hello
how have he done the tricks, in real Life Possible?

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AnonymousCritic — 9 years ago(December 27, 2016 07:17 AM)

All of the tricks are based on real tricks but are not realistic, for example
is based on 'Houdin's orange tree' illusion shown here by Paul Daniels
and the ghost trick
is based on 'Pepper's ghost' eg

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film-fan-391-240277 — 9 years ago(December 27, 2016 11:58 AM)

is this really possible with the mirror?

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AnonymousCritic — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 06:09 AM)

No, it is not a mirror, it is a piece of glass at 45°. If you google 'peppers ghost' it will show you or search youtube to see videos like

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film-fan-391-240277 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 12:19 AM)

yes but how can he do this in 19 century?

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AnonymousCritic — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 02:11 AM)

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pepper's+ghost+ninth+century&tbm=isch

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Snaggelpuss — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 05:08 PM)

The water tank is rigged for easy escape as houdini did it.
Telportaion was always done with a double just as modern day lamo magicians do.

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AnonymousCritic — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 05:45 AM)

I assume you are referring to
, how they did it in the film was explained in the plot, but in real life would be performed by running behind the scenery at the back of the stage e.g.
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