Honest Liar

Document[s] a lifetime spent gulling audiences and pursuing con men... a jaunty, jovial portrait with a surprising sting in its tail.
-- Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

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An Honest Liar

AN HONEST LIAR is a feature documentary about 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, the artist Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos. But when a shocking revelation in Randi’s personal life is discovered, it isn’t clear whether Randi is still the deceiver – or the deceived.

“Aptly seductive.” (Geoff Pevere, Globe and Mail)
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Bio-pic, Comedy
Runtime
92
Language
English
Director
Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein
Cast
Deyvi Peña
FEATURED REVIEW
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times

Well before he left home at 17 to join a carnival, James Randi knew that magic was his calling. It became his moral cause too: After pulling off his own shtick as a "mind reader," the Amazing Randi set out to expose how various brands of spiritualism are built on subterfuge and cheap tricks. An ...

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