0:02:59 > 0:03:01Come on, Harry.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Don't do this to me again!
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Up! Up! Get the bloody thing up now!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39CHEERING
0:03:41 > 0:03:43HOOTER BLARES
0:03:55 > 0:04:01'For some, the Four Winds and the sea bowed down before the Great Houdini.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03'He was a god.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05'That's what it said in my comics.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08'If you were Houdini, you wouldn't be living
0:04:08 > 0:04:12'in a place with a leaking roof, worrying how to pay the coal man.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15'And you wouldn't be sitting on a damp step outside the pawnshop
0:04:15 > 0:04:18'waiting for your mam to hawk her wedding ring.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20'Yet again. No.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25'You'd be inside somewhere warm and cosy eating cake.'
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Rosa, we've got work to do.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30That's the wedding ring, back in the window, is it?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Only good use I ever had for it.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Mary McGarvie, a dream come true.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- Not for you.- Oi! Leave my man alone, ya' gypsy strumpet.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I wouldn't have your hand-me-downs if you paid me.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Tarted-up hussy.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46You frigid old piss-pants!
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Floozie.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Bloody circumcision.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- What?- It's in the Bible.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Oh, give me that.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06'We were a real double act, my mam and me.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11'It was just us against the cruel world, living by our wits.'
0:05:14 > 0:05:19'Scuse me. 'Scuse me, sir.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- Sorry.- Over here, Rose!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- I told you to wait on the corner. - Here you are, sir.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Thank you.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39- You'll be after your usual posy of violets, Mr Robertson?- Aye.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41There were always her favourites.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Oh, pockets, eh?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- Thank you, my dear. - Thank you, see you tomorrow.
0:06:00 > 0:06:06"To Charles, with never ending love, your Violet."
0:06:09 > 0:06:12'You play the game or you go under.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14'That's what Mam always said.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18'And if it wasn't for her, we would have drowned long ago.'
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Deceased, Violet Robertson.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Died of heart failure.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29You're that unfortunate?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32It was your long-lost aunt a week ago, was it not?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35My condolences, Mrs McGarvie.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37You're so kind.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40You'll be wanting to...
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Examine the records, no doubt?
0:06:43 > 0:06:48The information you need may be on the tenth shelf.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Or even the 11th.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00It's the details of those dear departed one later cherishes.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Don't you think?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Cherishable details, Mrs McGarvie.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07How right you are.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Hello again!
0:07:32 > 0:07:33Courtship. Who's the baboon?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Who are you calling a baboon, you wee...
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Enough monkey play. No juveniles with us, I trust.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Then this is your last chance to see
0:07:43 > 0:07:49the Tantalising Princess Kali and her Dusky Disciple.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:07:53 > 0:07:55EASTERN MUSIC PLAYS
0:07:55 > 0:07:57CHEERING AND WOLF-WHISTLING
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Oh, be still, girl!
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- At least that's one of you decent! - Hurry! Hurry!
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Where've you been?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Sorry!
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Kali kasbah magicaram.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- I'm receiving a message. - About time, eh?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I sent it a week ago!
0:09:13 > 0:09:15LAUGHTER
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I see a flower...
0:09:18 > 0:09:23- (Gallery, front.) - Is there anyone here named...
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- ..Rose?- 'Aye! Up here! She's up here!
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Darlin', get up!
0:09:29 > 0:09:33That's a lovely pair of red knickers you're wearing tonight, Rose!
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Oh!
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- Get away with you!- Prove her wrong, hen! Wooh!
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- Show us!- Go on, Rose!
0:09:42 > 0:09:43There is one I can see...
0:09:43 > 0:09:49Such a lady. Like a queen.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52The lady's in a garden.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57A beautiful garden.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58(Third row.)
0:10:01 > 0:10:04She's like a flower herself.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Not a rose.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09A deep, dark flower.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Violet.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Violet's all alone.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22But there's a space beside her for another.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26One left behind in this world.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29For a moment, I saw a funny wee man in a bowler hat.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Why, it's Mr Charles Chaplin!
0:10:34 > 0:10:35No.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Another Charles.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Charles Robertson.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Charles!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Charles!
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Oh, I'm sorry, Charles.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Violet says you're not looking after yourself. Those cuffs are frayed.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Violet!
0:10:59 > 0:11:00She wants to say something.
0:11:01 > 0:11:08She says...she's sorry her heart wasnae stronger.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Do you understand what she means, Charles?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13It's how she went!
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Her heart gave out.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18It's true. It's true.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Tick-tock, tick-tock.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Who's the one who's lost his clock?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Have you lost something, Charlie? - I lost my watch!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31It comes.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33It comes!
0:11:33 > 0:11:36From another world, it comes!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39It comes!
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Now!
0:11:40 > 0:11:43GASPS
0:11:45 > 0:11:47There is an inscription, oh wise one.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50No, no, no. Don't tell me!
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I can see it.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56"To Charles,
0:11:56 > 0:12:02"with never-ending love. Your Violet."
0:12:11 > 0:12:14There's a chill wind in the garden.
0:12:14 > 0:12:20- Violet has to go.- Oh, no.- Until we meet again. Goodbye, Charles.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Goodbye.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Goodbye.- Oh, don't go, Violet. - Don't cling to her, Charles.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Be patient.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- Until you meet again. - 'A glimpse of the afterlife?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35'Or just a glimpse of mam? It didn't matter.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37'We gave them what they wanted.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40'Showbiz isn't all it's cracked up to be.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43'The manager skedaddled and owed us for a whole month.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46'Mam said, "See? That's men for you!"
0:12:48 > 0:12:50'And so we ended up livin' in a graveyard.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53'A wee bit before our time.'
0:12:55 > 0:12:57What have you got to laugh about?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59The theatre's closed.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Those comics won't fill your tummy.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03It's just a wee bit of fun, mam!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Oh, you sound just like your father.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08"Just a wee bit o' fun, hen."
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Then all of a sudden, there was you!
0:13:10 > 0:13:11THUNDER RUMBLES
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Hurry up!
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Mr Houdini was the greatest trickster of them all.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26And the whole world loved him for it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29You couldn't imagine someone like that could want for anything at all.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Feet off!
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Oh, go on, Mam. Read to me.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48It just says what's in the picture. You can read it yourself.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51"On her death bed, Houdini's beloved Mother...
0:13:51 > 0:13:55"...spoke her last words to the Great Man himself.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01"Do Spirits Return? Houdini says, 'Prove it!'
0:14:03 > 0:14:06"Now famous psychics try to discover those secret words."
0:14:20 > 0:14:25"10,000 for whoever transmits his mother's last words."
0:14:25 > 0:14:28No-one could pull off that one, could they?
0:14:29 > 0:14:33How much is 10,000?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40He's coming here! To Edinburgh!
0:14:43 > 0:14:45So he is.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47'Me and mam thought we could take on anyone.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49'Even the Great Houdini.'
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Harry.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- You still here?- Where else?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23You look fine, Harry.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Come on.
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Let's go!
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Hurry up! Hurry up!
0:15:48 > 0:15:51CHEERING
0:15:55 > 0:15:57CHEERING
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Hello, Edinburgh!
0:16:33 > 0:16:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Houdini!
0:16:40 > 0:16:42GASPS
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Mr Houdini! We love you, Mr Houdini! We love you! We love you!
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Welcome back to Scotland, Mr Houdini.- Thank you, son.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59- That monster Nessie still here? - Aye, she's still here.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Well, tell her this time, Harry Houdini will tie a knot
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- in her tail and fling her into the Ocean. - What about 10,000, Mr Houdini?
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Are you psychic? I never met a reporter who didn't know the truth before it happened.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- I don't know about that.- You put me in touch with my mother, it's yours.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17- Still in good shape?- Never better. - They say you can take a punch from any man.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22- Get rid of these freeloaders. - Scared of my boy's punch?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I'll take your punch, sonny!
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Now, ladies and gentlemen, give us some room, please.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30(Watch yourself, Harry, this mob can smell blood.)
0:17:30 > 0:17:33HE INHALES DEEPLY
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Go on, son!
0:17:39 > 0:17:43CROWD GASPS
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Have you done it yet? - CHEERING
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Good luck, Houdini!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57'Yes, the whole world loved Mr Houdini.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59'But it could never be enough.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02'There was something dark inside him.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05'And poor Mr Sugarman's job was to keep that dark side at bay.'
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- It's such an honour to have you with us.- Hey!
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Be careful with that trunk, you schmuck!- Sorry, sir!
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- Mr Houdini's very tired after his journey. - I'll deal with it, boss.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Come on. Quick as you can. Quick as you can. There!
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Carefully.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28A dollar? Thank you, sir. Thank Mr Houdini!
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Harry. Are you all right?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36HE GRUNTS
0:18:36 > 0:18:38HE COUGHS
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Harry!
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Are you all right?
0:18:42 > 0:18:46I think I can wipe my own ass, Mr Sugarman, thank you.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56It's OK, Morry. Nothin' to worry about.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59The golden goose is still laying.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03"Houdini's Mother Dies.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05"Houdini In Mourning.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13"Houdini Finds Hope In Spiritualism.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18" 'It's a fake,' says Houdini.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23"Very private man.
0:19:33 > 0:19:39"My greatest ambition is to live and die being worthy of the mother who bore me."
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Another believer Mrs McGarvie,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I'm always happy for you to
0:19:51 > 0:19:56probe the higher shelves for...those cherishable details.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02SHE COUGHS
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I already have all the details I need.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Listen to this.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19"Madame Claire de Lune, psychic extraordinaire, respectfully accepts
0:20:19 > 0:20:21- "Mr Houdini's psychic challenge." - Clair de who?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Claire de Lune, it's French goddamn it,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26get yourself an education, Sugarman.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29What do you think? I look like a fruit?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Like a fruit, you look beautiful, Harry.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- No, I look like a fruit. - They've got class, I like them.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37You want to look like a fruit, you wear them.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41And as well you know I got an education,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44in law and business management, I got a diploma.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46I bought it in your glorious country.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Harry, everyone's a fake.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52As soon as you scratch the gold leaves all of these so-called psychics
0:20:52 > 0:20:55are just made of lead, it's all hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- So?- So, why waste our time?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I don't want to be remembered for a bunch of dumb stunts.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04For once this ain't about chains and padlocks it's about science.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06It's about proof.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09HE WINCES
0:21:09 > 0:21:11You're pushing yourself too hard, Harry.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Get off me.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14See this?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17This is from the Scientific American.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18The Scientific American.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21And my psychic experiment is science.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Showbiz is showbiz, Harry.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31It's not about science, it's about nickels and dimes. Nickels and dimes.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Yeah, well, you look after the nickels and dimes
0:21:34 > 0:21:36and I'll look after the science.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46DISTANT FACTORY HOOTER BLARES
0:22:05 > 0:22:08'Mistress of the skies, that was my mam.'
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Madam.
0:22:10 > 0:22:17'She could just pluck a character off a shelf and act her as swish as the best of them.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22'And just about managed to convince herself.'
0:22:36 > 0:22:38LIFT BELL PINGS
0:22:48 > 0:22:50They've got two hours to check the tank.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53The boys will be set by the time we get there.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- Curtain's at eight.- How's security?
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Like Mrs Glam with a headache.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Of course...
0:23:16 > 0:23:18"I'm with you, my Harry, even in dreams.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22"Your little darling wife, Bess."
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Little darling wife.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Excuse me.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58He's mine, I do Mr Houdini. Who do you think you are?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Who do I think I am?
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I'm the one who does all the bloody work around here.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12CROWD APPLAUDS
0:24:35 > 0:24:37You little thief.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Come here!
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- I was just looking. - Yeah, sure you were.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45That's our audience you're kicking in the pants there, Mr Sugarman.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I'm sure she's OK, you can let her go.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50What's your name, kid?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Lost your voice, huh?
0:24:54 > 0:24:58When did you last hear it? Oh, wait, I know.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01IN GIRL'S VOICE: "Help! Help! I'm in here.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04"I'm in here. I'm in here. Come on, open up.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07"Open up, open up. Open up."
0:25:07 > 0:25:09How's that for size?
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Want a sandwich? - Yes, please, Mr Houdini.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Ah, the voice fits. A little gummed up still, but it works. What else can you say?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19My name's Benji, Mr Houdini.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22Benji Mr Houdini? I'd drop the second part it's already spoken for,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24just plain Benji sounds good to me.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Just Plain Benji isn't much of a name either.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Well, we have a comedienne here, Mr Sugarman.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Maybe she can do the warm-up. HE GROANS
0:25:32 > 0:25:35I'm not a comedienne, Mr Houdini.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36No? What do you do for a living?
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Rob banks, train fleas, dance the Highland fling?
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Steal from dressing rooms?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I'm a psychic.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Well, more a sort of disciple.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50A psychic sidekick, huh?
0:25:50 > 0:25:53The tantalising Princess Kali and her dusky disciple.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58- That's you, huh?- We were top of the bill at McTavish's Palace.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Top of the bill at the Palace, eh?
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Well, I think I have a little something for you too.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Tonight's performance, don't be late.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09SHE GIGGLES
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Thanks, Mr Houdini.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14MR SUGARMAN CLEARS THROAT
0:26:16 > 0:26:20My mam doesn't do tricks, like, it's real, Mr Houdini.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25- It's no jiggery-pokery. - I'm sure she's great, kid, goodbye.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27- She's got the gift.- Bye-bye now.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:37 > 0:26:43Fellow travellers, dear friends, modern science tells us that life
0:26:43 > 0:26:47had its beginnings in the gloomy depths of the great oceans.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Our own little lives are but a brief gasp before we plunge back
0:26:51 > 0:26:56down into that dreamy darkness from which there's no return.
0:26:56 > 0:26:57Or is there?
0:26:57 > 0:27:01I, Harry Houdini, shall discover the truth for all of us.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Naked we emerged from that sea of the unconscious
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and that is how I now propose to travel.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Lights, please.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Ladies and gentlemen,
0:27:26 > 0:27:31I entreat you do not attempt to hold your breath in emulation of me.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41May God guide me and have mercy on my immortal soul.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42HE INHALES
0:27:43 > 0:27:45AUDIENCE GASPS
0:27:49 > 0:27:51THEY HOLD THEIR BREATH
0:28:11 > 0:28:13AUDIENCE MUTTERS
0:28:18 > 0:28:19SHE EXHALES
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Mum.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Mum.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Harry.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12It's taking too long.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Get him out!
0:29:16 > 0:29:18AUDIENCE GASPS
0:29:18 > 0:29:19CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Bravo. Bravo.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33SHE GIGGLES
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Nearly two minutes over.- And that's two minutes you didn't know about.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41You don't have to do this, you don't have to push yourself every time.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42Yes, I do.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05# I met Houdini, I met Houdini... #
0:30:05 > 0:30:08I met him, Ma.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12He's got these eyes that just burn through to the back of your head.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13He's incredible, Ma.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22You got caught.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27What did I tell you?
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Rule number one, never get caught.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40So what did you find out?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Or were you too busy making eyes at him?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Do you think I like living like this?
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Surrounded by grime and filth and other people's hand-me-downs.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I want new things...
0:30:53 > 0:30:55nice things...
0:30:55 > 0:30:57I want 10,000.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Did you find out anything, Mam?
0:31:08 > 0:31:11There wasn't a single personal thing in his hotel suite.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Like he doesn't exist.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16He had a fancy trunk with his initials on.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19The kind of trunk you keep your secrets in.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Big trunk.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24That only takes a tiny wee key.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Now where would Mr Houdini keep a key like that, eh?
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Mmm. And this.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36His mother.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41It's a start, I'll busk the rest.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Eat your tea, now.
0:31:53 > 0:31:58- Next.- Good afternoon, Mr Houdini.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Perhaps a secret message. It's from your mother.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05It's in Hungarian, isn't it, Jock?
0:32:05 > 0:32:09You should have done your homework, Hamish, she didn't speak Hungarian.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11She spoke German. Next.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- You're a hoofer. - Aye, sir, a hoofer I am.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32We're interviewing psychics.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Think of a number...
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Message from your mama, very cold, very cold.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Message, little Harry, growing old, growing old.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47THEY CHANT
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Macbeth, act one, scene one, right?
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Right, thank you very much, ladies, we'll let your mother know.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Out you go. Thank you, now, very good.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- She'll never forgive you, Harry. - What did you say?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Forgive me for what? I never hurt her in my goddamn life.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- What the hell's she talking about, Sugarman? - 10,000 American dollars,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13that's what she's talking about, Harry.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16If God ever permitted an angel to walk the earth it's my mother.
0:33:16 > 0:33:21- Ah, the psychic's sidekick. - Do I have permission to kick our audience in the pants this time?
0:33:21 > 0:33:25Come on, kid, clear off. Mr Houdini's had enough for one day.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- Come on.- It's not me, I told you.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30It's my mam.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36I'm sorry for the intrusion, Mr Houdini. Mr Sugarman, is it?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38HE GRUNTS
0:33:40 > 0:33:42We have a psychic act, me and my daughter, here.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Not such a wonderful act, really.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48I wear somewhat of a revealing costume.
0:33:48 > 0:33:54I pretend to see those on the other side, sometimes I really do.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58My mother would have called it a travesty, waste of a God-given gift,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01she used hers for healing, didn't she, Benji?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Maybe I should have made more of mine, but...
0:34:04 > 0:34:07there's no man at home and there's bread to put on the table.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15I'm sorry, Mr Houdini, I'm so deeply sorry for your loss.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Last night I dreamed a dream.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24I saw someone I've never met, in a place I've never been.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28A lady in a garden.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32Her hair was silver and she was small,
0:34:32 > 0:34:35wearing a black dress.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38And she was waving as if...
0:34:38 > 0:34:40beckoning someone to her.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Does it mean something to you, Mr Houdini?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45It means you read the New York Times, Mrs er...
0:34:45 > 0:34:47McGarvie.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49It was the Herald Tribune, actually.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51That picture was syndicated all-over.
0:34:51 > 0:34:52Sometimes it works.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Sometimes you have to help it along, is that a sin?
0:35:00 > 0:35:02I read a page...
0:35:05 > 0:35:07..I hear words...
0:35:07 > 0:35:08yet spoken.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15But they all seem like shapes
0:35:15 > 0:35:17and colours to me now.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25I'm sorry. Did you say something?
0:35:25 > 0:35:26No, I...
0:35:28 > 0:35:31It's you...
0:35:31 > 0:35:34I think you're the one we've been waiting for.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36'It was as if the earth stopped turning.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39'That's what they say in the great romances, isn't it?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43'But we didn't know the half of it.'
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Are you sure you know what you're doing, Harry?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Oh, come on. It's got to be a sign.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07You were there, you saw her.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Change that to scrupulous scientific conditions.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13- Scrupulous?- Mm.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21There are more things in heaven and earth
0:36:21 > 0:36:24than in all your audit books, Mr Shakespeare.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26More than 10,000?
0:36:28 > 0:36:34Mr Harry Houdini announces the most extraordinary experiment ever staged
0:36:34 > 0:36:39by modern science that will prove beyond all reasonable doubt
0:36:39 > 0:36:41the existence of an afterlife.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43APPLAUSE
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Sealed inside this envelope,
0:36:49 > 0:36:55Mr Houdini has written the last words spoken to him by his dear departed mother.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Known only to him, and shared with no-one.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02APPLAUSE
0:37:04 > 0:37:08This safe will be lodged at the Royal Bank of Scotland
0:37:08 > 0:37:12until the day of the psychic experiment, which will
0:37:12 > 0:37:16be conducted under scrupulous scientific conditions
0:37:16 > 0:37:18in front of the world's press.
0:37:18 > 0:37:24Mr Houdini intends to contact the departed soul of his beloved mother.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Oh!
0:37:31 > 0:37:33We've died and gone to heaven.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Look at the castle, Mam!
0:37:44 > 0:37:46And I can see right up Princes Street
0:37:46 > 0:37:48all the way to the Scott Monument.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Oh. It smells of heather, and it's all free!
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Nothing in this world is free.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Come Sunday, if we don't deliver the secret words
0:37:59 > 0:38:03that Mr Houdini wants to hear, all this goes - just vanishes.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07But he's taken a real shine to us. The plan's working.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10That's as maybe.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11But something is going on.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13It's too easy.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15I didn't do a thing.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16KNOCKING
0:38:16 > 0:38:17Benji!
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Oh. Come in.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Madam, from Mr Houdini.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- Why, thank you very much.- Madam.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39What does it say?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44He's invited me to take luncheon.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Mam, this is it!
0:38:46 > 0:38:48This is what we want.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53But what does Mr Houdini want?
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Would you stop skipping for a minute?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59SCREECHING, WHOOPING
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Excuse me, we've got kids here!
0:39:10 > 0:39:14Women and children, you've got male and female in the same cage here!
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- Ought to be a law against it. - It's nature, Mr Sugarman.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Well, maybe nature should learn a bit of decency.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- Monkeys are just like you and me. - You speak for yourself.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26You're no different - the great Houdini says jump and you jump.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28You're just a dancing monkey.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31Let's go and look at the aquarium,
0:39:31 > 0:39:36they've got sharks and underwater tortoises and all sorts.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Do you want to know something, sweetheart?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41What's that, Mr Sugarman?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46You ain't going to take my Mr Houdini for that ten grand.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59'Mam and I were keeping them guessing.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04'Luckily, men are fools for a bit of glitter and a borrowed frock.'
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- Madam.- Mrs McGarvie.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Forgive the intimacy of our little restaurant.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13News hounds are everywhere.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16I've never stayed in a place like this before.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Something to tell the grandchildren!
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- You got the flowers OK? - Oh, enough for a wedding.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26- Won't you sit down, please? - Men don't spend money on flowers
0:40:26 > 0:40:28just because they enjoy the smell of them.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Oh, I just meant to be friendly. Are you sure you won't sit down?
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Is this part of the audition?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Sit down, please.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Oh.
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Pick anything you like.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04It's all in foreign...
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Do what I do - pick a high number, you can't go wrong.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14That, I'll have that one, please.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17That's bread, madam.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- I'll have the same, bread all round. Plain and simple.- Of course, sir.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Bread, plain and simple.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25And champagne for the lady, best in the house.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Mrs McGarvie, this isn't me, all of this.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33I was raised in Appleton, Wisconsin.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I sold paper, shined shoes and did conjuring tricks.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Just a regular Joe. - You've done your research, right?
0:41:39 > 0:41:43You know everything there is to know about me already.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Not everything.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50A little old-fashioned, maybe, but I like them. If you'll allow me...
0:41:59 > 0:42:01I'm not a wee girl, Mr Houdini.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Harry, please.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10What is it you want, Mr Houdini?
0:42:10 > 0:42:13I want to treat you as the lady you so clearly are.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21- That's all? - You're special, Mrs McGarvie.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22You have a gift.
0:42:22 > 0:42:28'The truth was she couldn't read him and she let him get under her skin.'
0:42:28 > 0:42:31We went on the big wheel and Mr Sugarman was sick.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Back where I come from, Mr Sugarman, we always acknowledge a lady.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Mrs McGarvie, I do apologise.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42I hardly recognised you.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49I don't have the time, or the inclination, to figure out what it is you really want.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54So I'll just leave you and Mr Sugarman to your silly games.
0:42:54 > 0:42:55- Mrs McGarvie, please.- Benji.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Mrs McGarvie!
0:42:57 > 0:43:01Harry, come here. Harry, you run after her now, make a scene,
0:43:01 > 0:43:04it'll be all over the papers in the morning.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Then where is your great experiment?
0:43:41 > 0:43:45Harry! Rise and shine.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Harry!
0:43:47 > 0:43:48- What time is it?- It's late.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50What did you let me sleep through for?
0:43:50 > 0:43:52Get yourself a louder bell, Sugarman.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00Gentlemen of the press, one o'clock, worshipful company of locksmiths,
0:44:00 > 0:44:042.30 and St Andrew's orphanage, four o'clock.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09- Let's buy a bunch of shoes for the kids.- Shoes?
0:44:19 > 0:44:21It's all right, Mam, he's going to be ages.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29Sorry, Mam, I couldn't help it.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Come on, kid. Harry, do you want me...
0:44:34 > 0:44:36You want to look inside Pandora's box, huh?
0:44:36 > 0:44:39Take a peek at the real Houdini?
0:44:42 > 0:44:46All yours. No psychic gifts required.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48No?
0:44:50 > 0:44:52You disappoint me.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56Here was me thinking you was the genuine article,
0:44:56 > 0:44:59solid gold, through and through.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01I was embarrassed to ask.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03I just needed something.
0:45:03 > 0:45:08A personal item, a wee token, a handkerchief, that's all.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12You see, it helps me channel the energy, my psychic energy.
0:45:12 > 0:45:13Your psychic energy?
0:45:13 > 0:45:17I've seen mediums, crystal gazers, palmists, spirit guides,
0:45:17 > 0:45:21theatres fit to bust with psychic energy, Mrs McGarvie,
0:45:21 > 0:45:22and do you know something?
0:45:22 > 0:45:25Until someone proves me wrong, it's all moonshine,
0:45:25 > 0:45:29con artists and cheap chiselers out to fleece poor folks
0:45:29 > 0:45:31looking for a little peace of mind.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34So that's what this whole charade's about?
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Proving the great Houdini wrong.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42I wasn't referring to you personally, Mrs McGarvie.
0:45:46 > 0:45:50- Here. For your...psychic energy. - Thank you.
0:45:52 > 0:45:5710,000 doesn't mean much to you, does it? It's just a game.
0:45:57 > 0:45:58Don't mean that much to me?
0:45:58 > 0:46:01When I was a kid, we used to sleep seven in a bed half this size.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05Harry Houdini knows what it means to be cold and hungry and without a dime.
0:46:05 > 0:46:11The difference is you left all that behind, didn't you?
0:46:12 > 0:46:15This is the latest in slumber science I'll have you know,
0:46:15 > 0:46:17internally sprung, just like me.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23You never sleep that peaceful again, do you?
0:46:23 > 0:46:27I don't think I've slept right since I was nine years old.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30- Not at all?- Not a wink since I got a bed to myself.
0:46:30 > 0:46:34You should start inviting people in!
0:46:34 > 0:46:36I just can't hardly remember the old days.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39The real days.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Like it was somebody else's dream.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48Would you like to see something real, Mr Houdini?
0:46:50 > 0:46:52VIBRANT FOLK MUSIC
0:47:10 > 0:47:12- How am I doing? - Oh, you could pass for a native.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15When in Rome, that's what my ma always used to say.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17I wish you could have met her.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19You'd have got on like a house on fire.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23Don't go giving away too much about her. They'd say we cheated.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27Cheated? No. I'm not like those fakers, Mary, those cheap chislers.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30I'm like you - just trying to earn an honest dollar.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Heads or tails?
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Um...you choose.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40Then I choose neither.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43My penny for your dollar.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45- Heads or tails?- You choose.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53Magic.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Magic.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Don't you love it?
0:47:57 > 0:48:00I used to practise card tricks and table magic eight hours a day.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04- Really?- I studied locks and handcuffs for five years. I got to know them all back to front.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07I used to run ten miles a day, push weights for two hours.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10- You couldn't have had much time for anything else.- I made time.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Do you know, when I was a kid, I was Eric, prince of the air.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17I told Mama I'd be a flyer, done that, told her I'd be a movie star, done that too.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20Swore I'd be the greatest escape man in the world.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23Made all my wishes come true, but I had my own piece of immortality.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25Mr Houdini, sir, could I get your autograph?
0:48:25 > 0:48:28Of course you can.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34- Thank you.- Shh. Quiet.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36(Thank you!)
0:48:38 > 0:48:41You're OK - you've got your own piece of immortality right there.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43- Who, Benji?- Yeah.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47You don't have children, I can tell. They make you old before your time.
0:48:47 > 0:48:51That ain't so, you're the living proof.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55The tantalising Princess Kali and her dusky disciple.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58- Sounds like a fun act.- Hard graft.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02If I fail, we starve.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Well, I fail and I die.
0:49:12 > 0:49:16I don't think you want to get involved with someone like me, Mr Houdini.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Well, maybe I do.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30EXCITED CHATTER
0:49:40 > 0:49:42LAUGHTER
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Ready?
0:49:51 > 0:49:53- Come on!- Ha-ha!
0:49:55 > 0:49:56Wait for me!
0:50:03 > 0:50:05- It's locked! - Are you sure about that?
0:50:08 > 0:50:10After you.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Benji! Stay away from the edge!
0:50:33 > 0:50:38Look at that! It's beautiful.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Ladies and gentlemen!
0:50:46 > 0:50:49I am to be suspended from the roof
0:50:49 > 0:50:52of the very heavens with neither net nor harness.
0:50:52 > 0:50:57Only a five-strand rope will prevent me from plummeting earthwards,
0:50:57 > 0:50:59dashing my brains to a thousand pieces.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02May God have mercy on my immortal soul.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06No!
0:51:16 > 0:51:18Oh, no, I can't.
0:51:18 > 0:51:19Oh, come on.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22A foot in both worlds.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Oh, I can't look.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49Mary...
0:51:51 > 0:51:53I guess I want to make it last.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57No!
0:51:57 > 0:51:59Mam!
0:52:01 > 0:52:04THEY GIGGLE
0:52:04 > 0:52:06HE WHISTLES
0:52:06 > 0:52:08How did you do that?
0:52:09 > 0:52:10Magic.
0:52:15 > 0:52:16Ladies and gentlemen.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18Ladies and gentlemen!
0:52:18 > 0:52:20I beg your indulgence.
0:52:20 > 0:52:24The Maestro Houdini has been taken ill with the condition
0:52:24 > 0:52:28- of severe nervous exhaustion. - AUDIENCE BOOS
0:52:28 > 0:52:31There will be... There will be a refund available from noon tomorrow.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34ANGRY SHOUTING
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Mr Houdini sends his regrets...
0:53:00 > 0:53:04'To look into deep water and see things on the other side.
0:53:04 > 0:53:08'Mr Houdini would've given anything to do that.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10'It's a gift some are given,
0:53:10 > 0:53:12'whether you want it or not.'
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Mam!
0:53:29 > 0:53:33Help me! Mam!
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Not asleep?
0:53:59 > 0:54:05- What happened...with him? - Nothing happened with him.
0:54:05 > 0:54:06Harry's a gentleman.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11So you didn't get the key, then?
0:54:11 > 0:54:14I'm not sure I care so much about the key any more.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18We're in it for the money, remember.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21Not for a roll in the hay like you did with my dad.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27'That was when I saw it for real.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29'Mam was in love.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32'And the trouble with love is this -
0:54:32 > 0:54:35'some people get left out.'
0:54:35 > 0:54:37"Harry Houdini Disappears."
0:54:37 > 0:54:39"Harry Houdini Misses Show."
0:54:39 > 0:54:41"Harry Houdini Messes Up."
0:54:41 > 0:54:43This whole psychic thing is taking over.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Do you hear me? It's taking over!
0:54:47 > 0:54:51These are from your wife. Did you remember you had a wife?
0:54:51 > 0:54:52She's wiring you twice a day
0:54:52 > 0:54:56and you're going ga-ga over some schiksa with a cute line in chat!
0:54:56 > 0:54:59Mrs McGarvie's a lady. And I won't have you forget it.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03We've got to get our priorities in order.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08All right, Harry. I quit.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13You want to play poker with me, Morry?
0:55:15 > 0:55:18First, I'm "pushing it to the wire".
0:55:20 > 0:55:22And now the "psychic thing" is taking over.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26About time you got your priorities sorted, don't you think?
0:55:30 > 0:55:32C'mon, buckle me up.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08Put your shoulders back.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12You're walkin' like an old man, ya moustache Pete.
0:56:21 > 0:56:25'It was up to me and Mr Sugarman to keep things on the right path.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31'The Great Houdini had fallen for Mam, all right.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34'But it was as if he didn't want to admit it.
0:56:34 > 0:56:35'Or couldn't.
0:56:49 > 0:56:53'Maybe the secret that Mr Houdini had locked away in his heart
0:56:53 > 0:56:56'was going to be a way out for all of us.'
0:57:12 > 0:57:13KNOCKING
0:57:19 > 0:57:23Mr Houdini gets some funny ideas in his head sometimes, you know.
0:57:23 > 0:57:25Seven year itch, Mr Sugarman?
0:57:25 > 0:57:28All marriages go through a rocky patch.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30Mr Houdini has a most exceptional marriage.
0:57:30 > 0:57:34Mr and Mrs Houdini are soul mates. They're like brother and sister.
0:57:34 > 0:57:38- There's the problem, then.- That sort of talk give you a thrill, does it?
0:57:38 > 0:57:40What do you want, Mr Sugarman?
0:57:40 > 0:57:41What do I want?
0:57:44 > 0:57:45Do you know what this is?
0:57:47 > 0:57:52This is 500 Scottish pound notes.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56I want you to take them and I want you to disappear.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04- I'm not sure I want to disappear. - Yeah, you do.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07What schtick you going to pull to earn that 10,000, eh?
0:58:07 > 0:58:09It's not going to happen. It's specific.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13Specific words he wants to hear. Take the money.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15It's not on offer forever.
0:58:15 > 0:58:19If I fail Mr Houdini's challenge, you'll never see me again anyway.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21So why are you so worried?
0:58:23 > 0:58:25He's right.
0:58:25 > 0:58:28- You are special. - Thank you very much.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32You don't know how special.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34You have no idea.
0:58:37 > 0:58:40But you're going to find out.
0:58:40 > 0:58:42You don't scare me, Mr Sugarman.
0:58:44 > 0:58:46We're going dancing.
0:58:46 > 0:58:48Dancing?
0:58:48 > 0:58:51Oh! Oh, yes.
0:58:51 > 0:58:53It's a dance he's taking you on, all right.
0:58:56 > 0:58:59You're way out of your depth on this one, Mrs McGarvie.
0:58:59 > 0:59:00Believe me.
0:59:25 > 0:59:27Shh! We're all incognito.
0:59:27 > 0:59:30Polka. Polka! Come on, dance. We've all got to dance.
0:59:30 > 0:59:32Shake a leg, Mr Sugarman.
0:59:36 > 0:59:40Come on, you old moustache Pete.
0:59:40 > 0:59:43What do you think? Do people choose the night to do strange things,
0:59:43 > 0:59:46or is it the dark that makes them act funny?
0:59:46 > 0:59:47- It's the night, Harry.- Of course.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50You do things you wouldn't normally do.
0:59:50 > 0:59:52Ask all kinds of questions.
0:59:52 > 0:59:56Like the ones you never asked last night?
0:59:56 > 0:59:57Foxtrot.
0:59:59 > 1:00:00I've had enough.
1:00:03 > 1:00:09Like men friends? Fathers? Mr McGarvies? You never asked.
1:00:09 > 1:00:11Maybe I didn't want to know the answers.
1:00:14 > 1:00:16Waste of time, all three of them.
1:00:20 > 1:00:23Haven't seen him this crazy...
1:00:23 > 1:00:25since his mother died.
1:00:26 > 1:00:28That's not crazy, Mr Sugarman.
1:00:28 > 1:00:30That's love.
1:00:35 > 1:00:37You're a good dancer.
1:00:37 > 1:00:39I've never danced like this before.
1:00:39 > 1:00:41I thought you'd have a girl in every port.
1:00:41 > 1:00:44No. Tango.
1:01:05 > 1:01:06You'll be leaving, won't you?
1:01:06 > 1:01:10Montreal. Final date. You'll go home.
1:01:10 > 1:01:15- Chicken soup for supper.- Is it Mrs Houdini who makes this soup?
1:01:16 > 1:01:18Cook makes the soup.
1:01:18 > 1:01:21Mrs Houdini serves it up. You'd like her.
1:01:21 > 1:01:24I can't see us washing dishes together.
1:01:24 > 1:01:26Maid does the dishes.
1:01:26 > 1:01:27Things change, Mary.
1:01:27 > 1:01:31I'm the Great Houdini. I make things the way I want them to be.
1:01:31 > 1:01:33- You can't.- Oh, I can. Believe me.
1:01:33 > 1:01:35Stop it.
1:01:35 > 1:01:37This is real. I'm real.
1:01:37 > 1:01:40- What's happening to me? - You're dancing, Mary.
1:01:40 > 1:01:42Well, I don't want to dance any more.
1:01:49 > 1:01:51Hey.
1:01:51 > 1:01:52Don't worry, kid.
1:01:52 > 1:01:54There's no future in it.
1:01:56 > 1:01:59I've got something that might interest you.
1:02:14 > 1:02:16Mam!
1:02:20 > 1:02:23Mr Sugarman doesn't like you.
1:02:23 > 1:02:25Says you're just a gold-digger.
1:02:25 > 1:02:29You don't listen to any word that Mr Sugarman says. Got it?
1:02:29 > 1:02:30But, Mam...
1:02:30 > 1:02:33- Mam.- What?
1:02:33 > 1:02:35Mr Sugarman's on our side.
1:02:45 > 1:02:47Go on, Mam...
1:03:03 > 1:03:04A dress.
1:03:19 > 1:03:22- It's his mother.- She looks like you.
1:03:22 > 1:03:26You're the absolute image of her, when she was young.
1:03:26 > 1:03:28Took my breath away.
1:03:28 > 1:03:35Our Mr Houdini was closer to his mother than most sons ever dream of.
1:03:38 > 1:03:42Maybe all this does something for you? Hm?
1:03:42 > 1:03:46Like I said, Mrs McGarvie, way out of your depth.
1:03:56 > 1:04:00- I thought you people were smart. - We are.
1:04:00 > 1:04:02We're here for the star prize.
1:04:02 > 1:04:04But you need the words.
1:04:04 > 1:04:06You need his mother's dying words.
1:04:06 > 1:04:08- It doesn't matter, Mam.- No, no.
1:04:08 > 1:04:11I'd put on his Mam's pinny if I had to.
1:04:11 > 1:04:15I'd dress him, feed him, clean him, whatever it takes.
1:04:15 > 1:04:17You want me gone?
1:04:17 > 1:04:20Well, you better start helping me, Mr Sugarman.
1:04:20 > 1:04:23If anyone knows the words, you do.
1:04:23 > 1:04:27- You win the ten grand and you disappear, right? - That was always the deal.
1:04:29 > 1:04:32I used to be a nice man, you know.
1:04:32 > 1:04:39Can you believe it? I just got old and mean.
1:04:46 > 1:04:48There aren't any words.
1:04:48 > 1:04:51At least, if there were, Harry Houdini never heard them.
1:04:51 > 1:04:55He was doing a show. Oh, he talks like he was there.
1:04:55 > 1:04:58He gives you every detail, makes himself weep.
1:04:58 > 1:05:00I've heard it a million times.
1:05:00 > 1:05:03His big regret. His deepest guilt.
1:05:03 > 1:05:05The moment his mother needed him most...
1:05:07 > 1:05:09..he wasn't there.
1:05:15 > 1:05:17'At last.
1:05:17 > 1:05:20'All Mr Houdini's secrets were out in the open.
1:05:23 > 1:05:28'The question was, what would Mam do with his future?
1:05:28 > 1:05:30'Give him a glimpse of the afterlife,
1:05:30 > 1:05:34'or a bitter-sweet taste of the here and now?
1:05:34 > 1:05:36'Love or money?'
1:05:38 > 1:05:41The safe is untouched. You have my word on it.
1:05:41 > 1:05:44Aye, Chief Constable. Good.
1:05:44 > 1:05:50Mr Houdini asks that you wear his mother's wedding dress, Madam,
1:05:50 > 1:05:53in order to channel the psychic energy, you understand.
1:06:00 > 1:06:03Look at it, child.
1:06:03 > 1:06:05Just look at it.
1:06:08 > 1:06:12He doesn't want me. He just wants his mama.
1:06:18 > 1:06:23- Mr Houdini!- Mr Houdini!- What do you hope to prove by this experiment?
1:06:23 > 1:06:24Ah, the psychic reporter.
1:06:24 > 1:06:27- We know the truth before it happens, right?- Not this time.
1:06:27 > 1:06:30This experiment is a battle between love and death, gentlemen.
1:06:30 > 1:06:32Is death final, or will love triumph?
1:06:32 > 1:06:37- Place your bets, please!- What odds would you put on that, Mr Houdini?
1:06:37 > 1:06:42Well, there's a headline, boys. Houdini says, "Is Death Final?" THEY LAUGH
1:06:43 > 1:06:47Ladies and gentlemen. Fellow investigators.
1:06:47 > 1:06:51The aim of the Scottish Institute for Psychical Research
1:06:51 > 1:06:53is to evaluate the evidence for the paranormal
1:06:53 > 1:06:56under the strictest scientific conditions.
1:06:56 > 1:07:01I assure you, ladies and gentlemen, no phantom escapes us.
1:07:01 > 1:07:04- LAUGHTER We want Houdini! - I'm tired of waitin'!- Come on!
1:07:04 > 1:07:06CROWD BAYS
1:07:09 > 1:07:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:07:16 > 1:07:20As my dear mother lay dying,
1:07:20 > 1:07:23departing this Earth for a better place,
1:07:23 > 1:07:25she spoke her last sweet words to me.
1:07:25 > 1:07:29Her devoted son.
1:07:29 > 1:07:31Those words are engraved upon my heart.
1:07:31 > 1:07:34My heart, ladies and gentlemen.
1:07:34 > 1:07:38Those words are known only to me.
1:07:39 > 1:07:42If Mrs McGarvie's psychic gift is genuine,
1:07:42 > 1:07:44God willing, she shall receive
1:07:44 > 1:07:48- those last words from the other side and transmit them to us today. - DOOR OPENS
1:07:48 > 1:07:50CROWD MURMURS
1:07:56 > 1:07:58'Mam looked beautiful.
1:07:58 > 1:08:01'Like an angel.
1:08:01 > 1:08:03'Maybe Mr Houdini saw her,
1:08:03 > 1:08:06'or maybe he saw his own sweet mother.
1:08:08 > 1:08:10'It didn't matter.
1:08:10 > 1:08:16'In that moment, she was everything he'd been waiting for.'
1:08:22 > 1:08:25There is no trickery here, ladies and gentlemen.
1:08:25 > 1:08:27There is only faith and hope.
1:08:29 > 1:08:32Mrs McGarvie. Are you ready?
1:08:52 > 1:08:56- EXPLOSION - Mama, can you hear me?
1:08:59 > 1:09:01Dear little Mother...
1:09:06 > 1:09:09Mama, please try.
1:09:09 > 1:09:13Ehrich's here. Your good boy's here.
1:09:48 > 1:09:52- I can't do this. I can't take your money.- Mary, wait.
1:09:52 > 1:09:55BENJI WHIMPERS
1:09:55 > 1:09:58CROWD GASPS
1:09:58 > 1:10:01SHE SPEAKS IN TONGUES
1:10:03 > 1:10:06- IN GERMAN ACCENT: - Ehrich...?
1:10:06 > 1:10:10Ehrich...? Where are you?
1:10:10 > 1:10:13Go to your mother. I need you.
1:10:15 > 1:10:16Come, Ehrich.
1:10:16 > 1:10:20Your Mama's so alone.
1:10:20 > 1:10:21So afraid.
1:10:24 > 1:10:27- Ich bin hier, Mama.- Wo bist du?
1:10:29 > 1:10:31Why you not come to me?
1:10:31 > 1:10:34- Mama, I'm here.- Where are you?
1:10:34 > 1:10:36Mein gutes kind...
1:10:36 > 1:10:40- Mama, I tried to get there... - I can't see you! - I tried to get there...
1:10:40 > 1:10:46- Mama can't see you.- ..I had to finish the show. Mama, I'm sorry.
1:10:46 > 1:10:50I'm sorry, Mama. Es tut mir leid, Mama.
1:10:50 > 1:10:54Es tut mir leid. Mama, forgive me.
1:10:57 > 1:11:00- Forgive me, Mama...! - HE SOBS
1:11:00 > 1:11:02Oh, Mama...!
1:11:08 > 1:11:11FAINT WHISPERING
1:11:11 > 1:11:14WHISPERING SUBSIDES
1:11:17 > 1:11:19He's waitin' for you.
1:11:19 > 1:11:21The angel with fire-red hair.
1:11:21 > 1:11:23Got wings too.
1:11:23 > 1:11:27Clock says noon, sun goes black.
1:11:27 > 1:11:30Watch out. Here he comes.
1:11:31 > 1:11:34CROWD GASPS Benji!
1:11:34 > 1:11:37CLAMOURING
1:11:37 > 1:11:41The envelope! The envelope!
1:11:41 > 1:11:44- The paper is blank! - There's naught on the paper!
1:11:44 > 1:11:48- There are no words! - Can you explain this, please?
1:11:49 > 1:11:52Mr Houdini! Explain! What does it mean?
1:11:55 > 1:11:57To my eternal shame, I...
1:11:59 > 1:12:04I never got there. I was... I was too late. I'm sorry.
1:12:04 > 1:12:07- CLAMOURING - Harry! Are you all right, Harry?
1:12:24 > 1:12:27'It wasn't death that scared Mr Houdini.
1:12:27 > 1:12:31'He'd been diving into deep water all his life.
1:12:31 > 1:12:35'What scared him was the truth.
1:12:35 > 1:12:39'It wasn't his body that was in chains.
1:12:39 > 1:12:40'It was his heart.'
1:13:33 > 1:13:35God have mercy on my immortal soul.
1:14:01 > 1:14:04DOG BARKS
1:14:07 > 1:14:11DOOR OPENS, DOG BARKS AGAIN
1:14:22 > 1:14:24Thanks for the money.
1:14:27 > 1:14:29Or have you come to take it back?
1:14:29 > 1:14:32It's not really about the money, is it?
1:14:32 > 1:14:36- Well, look what you've done to me. - I only made you fall in love.
1:14:36 > 1:14:37Don't flatter yourself.
1:14:37 > 1:14:40- I'm sorry.- That's all fine, then.
1:14:40 > 1:14:42Your Mama forgives you. Now you can get out.
1:14:42 > 1:14:45- Mary...- That was not love.
1:14:45 > 1:14:47That was infatuation.
1:14:47 > 1:14:49Another dance.
1:14:49 > 1:14:52What was it? A Polka or a foxtrot?
1:14:52 > 1:14:55Another fling. Just another fling.
1:14:56 > 1:14:59But it never quite happened, did it?
1:14:59 > 1:15:01- Why was that?- I'd never been there before.
1:15:01 > 1:15:05- I didn't understand what was happening.- Don't touch me.
1:15:05 > 1:15:09- I didn't mean that. That ain't what I want. - So what does the Great Houdini want?
1:15:09 > 1:15:12Cos he doesn't want me.
1:15:12 > 1:15:16I'm not your little darling wife, and I'm certainly not your mama.
1:15:16 > 1:15:19- Mary, I'm afraid.- Afraid of what?
1:15:19 > 1:15:24- Of me?- Afraid of myself. Of what I feel for you, what I want.
1:15:26 > 1:15:27I love you, Mary.
1:15:30 > 1:15:34But... But it's just shameful.
1:15:35 > 1:15:37Shameful? Who taught you that?
1:15:42 > 1:15:45It's not shameful, Harry.
1:15:45 > 1:15:47It's what men and women do.
1:15:49 > 1:15:53It keeps the winter at bay. The loneliness at bay.
1:15:55 > 1:15:57And sometimes, if you're really lucky...
1:15:58 > 1:16:03..down amongst the sweaty sheets, you find a tiny bit of true human love.
1:16:05 > 1:16:06Did you ever find it?
1:16:07 > 1:16:09- A tiny bit of love?- No.
1:16:11 > 1:16:13Not once.
1:16:21 > 1:16:24They say it's easy, Harry.
1:16:24 > 1:16:25They say it's like falling.
1:16:25 > 1:16:27No, falling's easy.
1:16:27 > 1:16:30I don't know if I've got the nerve for this.
1:16:34 > 1:16:35Me neither.
1:16:50 > 1:16:55- Do you know what it was made me fall for you?- No.
1:16:55 > 1:16:56I mean, really you.
1:17:00 > 1:17:02You looked so fierce.
1:17:03 > 1:17:05A fighter.
1:17:07 > 1:17:09I don't much like me.
1:17:11 > 1:17:13Well, I do.
1:17:30 > 1:17:34- It's easy, isn't it? - Just like falling.
1:17:46 > 1:17:49SHE WHIMPERS
1:17:55 > 1:18:00'Mr Houdini never asked about the strange words that came out of me.
1:18:00 > 1:18:03'He never asked where I got them from either.
1:18:05 > 1:18:07'He believed in me.'
1:18:35 > 1:18:36Harry...
1:18:49 > 1:18:50You'll catch your death.
1:18:52 > 1:18:54No. Quite the reverse.
1:19:19 > 1:19:22HORN BLARES
1:19:38 > 1:19:41So, off to Montreal, is it?
1:19:41 > 1:19:44Last one, last time.
1:19:44 > 1:19:49- No promises?- No.
1:19:55 > 1:19:57You saved me, Mrs McGarvie.
1:19:57 > 1:20:01You saved yourself...Mr Houdini.
1:20:05 > 1:20:08You saved me, too.
1:20:29 > 1:20:32Lost your voice, huh?
1:20:32 > 1:20:34When did you last hear it?
1:20:42 > 1:20:46Take care of your mama for me. Hey, I'll see you again.
1:20:46 > 1:20:48Harry!
1:21:07 > 1:21:08Ma'am.
1:21:16 > 1:21:19ENGINE STARTS UP
1:21:37 > 1:21:42Angel with fiery red hair. Clock says noon, sun goes black.
1:21:42 > 1:21:45Watch out, here he comes.
1:21:45 > 1:21:47Just gave him what he wanted, it was easy.
1:21:49 > 1:21:51You're going soft, you are.
1:21:52 > 1:21:57It's like Mr Sugarman says, it's all just showbiz mumbo-jumbo.
1:21:57 > 1:21:59All we've got is what we can touch and see.
1:22:04 > 1:22:05That's my girl.
1:22:14 > 1:22:18'When I was very small, I had a gift.
1:22:18 > 1:22:21'I saw things other folk didnae see.
1:22:23 > 1:22:27'As I grew up, the gift vanished, just like my mam said it would.
1:22:29 > 1:22:31'But mam was wrong.'
1:22:31 > 1:22:34CLAMOURING
1:22:36 > 1:22:38Let them get a good look.
1:22:44 > 1:22:46Harry!
1:22:46 > 1:22:50?Are you going to follow in your mother's footsteps, Benji?
1:22:50 > 1:22:53Benji, give us a look, you know, the psychic look. Yes!
1:22:53 > 1:22:57Just had the message direct from heaven.
1:22:57 > 1:23:00CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
1:23:05 > 1:23:06- Bravo!- Get back.
1:23:09 > 1:23:10Hello, Montreal!
1:23:10 > 1:23:12CHEERING Mr Houdini!
1:23:12 > 1:23:15I'm a student at the college, studying business management.
1:23:15 > 1:23:19- Business management? - My friend wants to shake your hand. - Pleased to meet you.
1:23:19 > 1:23:21You can take a punch, right?
1:23:21 > 1:23:24- Any punch! - Get these kids out of here!
1:23:25 > 1:23:28BELL TOLLS
1:23:28 > 1:23:32- Isn't that right, Mr Houdini? - What did you say?- Trick or treat!
1:23:32 > 1:23:34HE GROANS, CROWD GASPS
1:23:34 > 1:23:38KO'd in the first round!
1:23:43 > 1:23:44Mam, what's wrong?
1:23:54 > 1:23:58- BACK! GET BACK! GET BACK! - I didn't mean to hit him so hard.
1:23:58 > 1:23:59Oh, I saw that one comin'.
1:23:59 > 1:24:03- SOMEONE GET A DOCTOR! - Yes, sir, right away, sir.
1:24:03 > 1:24:05You're going to be OK, Harry.
1:24:05 > 1:24:09- I don't know. - WILL SOMEBODY CALL A BLOODY DOCTOR?!
1:24:09 > 1:24:14- My stomach... - You're going to be fine, Harry...
1:24:14 > 1:24:16Oh, God, forgive me.
1:24:16 > 1:24:18I told them, Harry.
1:24:18 > 1:24:21That stuff about your mother, I... I told them.
1:24:22 > 1:24:26I know. I know you did, Mr Sugarman.
1:24:26 > 1:24:30Oh... Catch me...
1:25:36 > 1:25:39SHE SOBS
1:26:00 > 1:26:03- Shh...- My...Houdini...
1:26:25 > 1:26:28'The Great Houdini changed our lives,
1:26:28 > 1:26:32'and, for a wee short while, we taught him how to love.
1:26:34 > 1:26:37'And me and Mam,
1:26:37 > 1:26:39'we had the here and now,
1:26:39 > 1:26:41'and we had each other.'
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