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David Blaine: What Is Magic?

  • Documentary

April 18, 2010 (US)

0h 44m

Watch David Blain attempt the death-defying bullet catch!

David Blaine travels around America to perform tricks in the UK premiere of his show What Is Magic? He visits New Orleans where he carries out a money trick in front of locals, producing hundreds of dollars at their fingertips before stopping off at New York to conduct magic in f...

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