Apr 18, 2014
90 min
Full-HD

An Honest Liar (2014)

An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru names Carlos.

Category

History Comedy Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Left Turn Films Pure Mutt Productions

James Randi

Self

Adam Savage

Self

Bill Nye

Self

Uri Geller

Self

Penn Jillette

Self

Alice Cooper

Self

Harry Houdini

Self (archive footage)

Richard Wiseman

Self

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