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An Honest Liar

2014 · 90 min History Comedy Documentary
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

James 'The Amazing' Randi, the legendary magician and debunker, dedicates his life to exposing frauds. With quasi-religious fervor, he hunts psychics, faith healers, and con artists, engineering elaborate traps and investigations to unmask them. His personal life mirrors an intricate illusion: after decades in the closet, he transforms his long-term partner, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos, blurring the lines between truth and deception in his own existence.

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📋 Film Details

Year 2014
Country United States of America
Genre History, Comedy, Documentary
Director Tyler Measom
Runtime 90 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (235 votes)

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The film brilliantly balances biography, detective story, and personal drama, revealing Randi not just as a hunter of frauds, but as a man whose life is his most complex performance.

What lingers after the credits is the profound irony of a truth-seeker whose greatest deception might be his own curated reality. A captivating study of the masks we all wear. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Tyler Measom

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A witty intellectual detective story shrouded in personal secrecy.

🎭 Cast

James Randi

James Randi

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Adam Savage

Adam Savage

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Bill Nye

Bill Nye

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Uri Geller

Uri Geller

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Penn Jillette

Penn Jillette

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Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

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Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini

Self (archive footage)

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Richard Wiseman

Self

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