In "HOUDINI 1966," world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini faked his death four decades earlier. Now, he attempts to recreate his most death-defying escape while a psychic and political presidential hopeful, Kirk, plots to assassinate the 92-year-old Houdini live on television.

Screenplay based on the book HOUDINI LIVES! written by Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld

www.HoudiniLives.com 

 And for my next film, "HOUDINI 1966", I took a break from editing The Brainers and wrote this short screenplay over this past weekend, it's now officially entered in the upcoming JxJ - Washington Jewish Film and Music Festival in DC, deadline is July 12, that was close, sure, it's a long shot, but I'm happy with the story, especially the ending it packs a punch. 

ABOUT: story is set at Maxi's Deli in Miami Beach, in 1966, and centers around 3 characters; radio host Barry Barracuda (35-yrs), Rabbi Weiss (92-yrs), and female magician Syl (25-yrs). 

I blew-up my new Houdini Lives! posters at Office Depot "matte finish" and it turned out amazing, I'll hang both on the wall shortly. 

www.HoudiniLives.com 

www.MagicLive.com

 www.Twitter.com/MagicLive

This is no April Fool's Day joke, Houdini is back, HOUDINI LIVES! novel and screenplay by Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld. www.HoudiniLives.com 

                                                                               ####

New HOUDINI LIVES! poster

HOUDINI LIVES!

by Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld

MIAMI BEACH: It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, as people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback.

www.HOUDINILIVES.com 

HOUDINI LIVES!

by Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld

Historical  Crime Thriller

LOGLINE: 

Set in 1966, Miami Beach,

a cocky young magician, the Great Stanford, discovers world-famous Houdini faked his death forty years prior, and attempts to recreate Houdini’s most death-defying escape, as psychic and political presidential hopeful Kirk, plans the assassination of  92-year-old Houdini on live TV.

ABOUT THE WRITERS

AL BLANCHARD: 
is former president of, "the New England chapter of Mystery Writers of America" and, author of the nationally published novels; the Murder at Walden Pond, the Mad Season, the Iscariot Conspiracy and Murder on Cape Cod, the Disappearance of Jenna Drago and the Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder.

ADAM STEINFELD: 
a filmmaker and magician, star of Magic Live!® casino theater shows presented over 2,400 shows at one venue and director of short documentary films; Houdini, talks Houdini, Houdini Girl and Yo Houdini horror series, Ask Madame Wonder? twisted-tales, Creezy, Where are you? thriller. And the comedy short film, Magic Schmuck, 2nd Best Magician, in the Whole-Wide World.  BA in Film, Univ. of Miami.

..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - 
read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"  

  -John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer

HOUDINI LIVES! 
a novel
by 
AL BLANCHARD

and ADAM STEINFELD

Historical Thriller

LOGLINE: 

Set in 1966, Miami Beach,

a cocky young magician, the Great Stanford, discovers world-famous Houdini faked his death forty years prior, and attempts to recreate Houdini’s most death-defying escape, as psychic and political presidential hopeful Kirk, plans the assassination of  92-year-old Houdini on live TV.

..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - 
read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"  

  -John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer

...“historical fantasy, 
romance and intrigue tied into a taut false knot.” 

- Mike Caveney, author/publisher 

...."Houdini alive and grooving in the sixties." 

Wayne Kawamoto, About.com

..."Adam - I enjoyed the book very much - it's excellent, reading with an interesting twist - it should be a best seller." 

Sid Radner, foremost authority
on Houdini, Hardeen's protégé. 

"A new novel, Houdini Lives, asks...what if, Harry Houdini, world famous magician and escape artist, did not die on October 31, 1926." 

Tim Quinlin's

 Inside Magic

..."is a fun fictional novel that finds Houdini alive and well and living in 1966, Miami Beach".

 -John Cox 

Wild About Harry blog,

..."this murder mystery features the 1966 return of Harry Houdini who was thought to have died forty years earlier." 

-Ronald E. Gray, 

Houdini in a Milk Can. 

"Houdini Lives! novel is destined for greatness, I can easily visualize it as a feature-film."

 Dr. Mark Horowitz

one of the largest Magic Collections in the world. 

"Thumbs up to writers, Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld for delivering us a thriller that's fun and mysterious and works on every level." 

Bret Gorenberg

THIS IS Sixties doc. 

It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, 
as many people thought, 
but is planning a dramatic comeback.

HOUDINI LIVES!
by Al Blanchard 
and Adam Steinfeld

MIAMI BEACH. It's 1966 and world famous magician, escape artist, Harry Houdini did NOT die forty years ago as many people thought, he's been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback.

..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"  

  -John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer, 

author of CARDINI, the Suave Deceiver

 & TOMMY COOPER:

 Always Leave Them Laughing.

AUTHORS of HOUDINI LIVES! 

ABOUT the WRITERS

AL BLANCHARD  

New England crime novelist, author of The Steve Asher Mystery Series, The Disappearance of Jenna Drago, the James Callahan Mysteries & a Collection of short stories called The Stalker and Other Tales of Love & Murder and many more. And the former President of, the Mystery Writers of America - New England Chapter. 

ADAM STEINFELD
Magician/film-maker, director several shorts in film-festivals; Houdini...talks Houdini, Co-author of the novel/  film script, Houdini Lives!, Yo Houdini, Magic Island, Ask Madame Wonder? and long running, Magic Live!®, grand illusions comedy show, at island resort casino, studied to be a filmmaker, Bachelor of Arts, Univ. of Miami. 

(Left) magician/director, Adam Steinfeld, and New England crime writer/novelist, Al Blanchard (right) celebrate
on stage, at Steinfeld's Magic Live! show, the publication of  their novel Houdini Lives!

BUY IT
NOW
CLICK HERE

historical crime thriller, romantic drama

HOUDINI LIVES!

a new novel by

AL BLANCHARD   and  ADAM STEINFELD

LOGLINE:
MIAMI BEACH. It's 1966 and world famous magician, escape artist, Harry Houdini did NOT die forty years ago as many people thought, he's been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback.

..."a most intriguing and entertaining premise - 

read the book before you see the movie, that's sure to follow!

-John Fisher, 

acclaimed British TV producer

BUY IT
NOW
CLICK HERE

HOUDINI LIVES!

A NOVEL BY 
Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld

GENRE
thriller

SETTING
in 1966, Miami Beach

LOGLINE
On glitzy Miami Beach, in 1966, world famous escape artist, magician, Harry Houdini did NOT die forty years ago, as many people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback. Who are these enemies from the 1920s and why are they still trying to kill him? Can Stanford, the young hip, new wave magician and his psychic magic assistant, Solea save his life? Houdini lives or dies is only a matter of time.

                                           

ABOUT the writers

AL BLANCHARD

New England crime novelist, author of The Steve Asher Mystery Series, The Disappearance of Jenna Drago, the James Callahan Mysteries & a Collection of short stories called The Stalker and Other Tales of Love & Murder and many more. And the former President of, the Mystery Writers of America - New England Chapter. 

ADAM STEINFELD
filmmaker/magician, director several shorts in film-festivals; Houdini...talks Houdini, Co-author of the novel/  film script, Houdini Lives!, Yo Houdini, Magic Island, Ask Madame Wonder? and long running, Magic Live!®, grand illusions comedy show, at island resort casino, studied to be a filmmaker, Bachelor of Arts, Univ. of Miami. 

(Left) magician/director, Adam Steinfeld, and (center) novelist, Al Blanchard celebrate
on stage, at the Magic Live! show, the first publication of  their novel Houdini Lives!

BUY BOOK TODAY

                                                                                                                

THE REAL HOUDINI IS BACK! 

 HOUDINI...talks Houdini

a short film by filmmaker/magician,
Adam Steinfeld 


You'll gasp at every death-defying feat..and thrill to every moment, it's all real, NOT a Hollywood actor, incredible escapes from the 1907 Weighlock bridge leap, to the 1914 Battery Park box escape. 

See the greatest magician of all time, America's first superhero, Houdini make a triumphant return, to where it all started in Coney Island.

HOUDINI LIVES!
by Al Blanchard 
and Adam Steinfeld

logline:
It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, as many people thought, he's been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback.

..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"  

  -John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer, 

author of CARDINI, the Suave Deceiver

 & TOMMY COOPER:

 Always Leave Them Laughing. 

...“historical fantasy, 
romance and intrigue tied into a taut false knot.” 

- Mike Caveney, author/publisher 

of Carter The Great, 

awarded the John Nevil Maskelyne 

award for literature by England's Magic Circle. 

...."Houdini alive and grooving in the sixties." 

Wayne Kawamoto, About.com

..."Adam - I enjoyed the book very much - it's excellent, reading with an interesting twist - it should be a best seller." 

Sid Radner, foremost authority
on Houdini, Hardeen's protégé. 

"A new novel, Houdini Lives, asks...what if, Harry Houdini, world famous magician and escape artist, did not die on October 31, 1926." 

Tim Quinlin's

 Inside Magic

..."is a fun fictional novel that finds Houdini alive and well and living in 1966, Miami Beach".

 -John Cox 

Wild About Harry Houdini blog. 

..."this murder mystery features the 1966 return of Harry Houdini who was thought to have died forty years earlier." 

-Ronald E. Gray, 

Houdini in a Milk Can. 

"Houdini Lives! novel is destined for greatness, I can easily visualize it as a movie."

 Dr. Mark Horowitz

one of the largest Magic Collections in the world. 

"Thumbs up to writers, Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld for delivering us a thriller that's fun and mysterious and works on every level." 

Bret Gorenberg

THIS IS Sixties doc. 

www.HoudiniLives.com
www.MagicLive.com
copyright, MMXVII-Adam Steinfeld

YO HOUDINI!
"Houdini meets Night of the Living Dead"
a new short series, created, by, director-writer /magician,
Adam Steinfeld

MORE INFO:
www.YoHoudini.com

 

Houdini Lives! a novel

HOUDINI LIVES! a novel
by: Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld

It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, as people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback...

ISBN: 978-0-615-13583-0
Paperback book $12.95

click here:

HOUDINI LIVES! in 1966 Miami Beach....alive 40 years past his burial.

Magician Adam Steinfeld and writer Al Blanchard have authored, Houdini Lives! The fanciful tale weaves around The Great Sanford, a cocky young magician out to make a name for himself. Set in 1966, Stanford discovers that Houdini faked his own death forty years earlier and has been living a very different life in Miami Beach ever since.

Story is scattered over many genres, including mystery, comedy, romance, politics, the supernatural, and magic, with numerous cameo appearances by the biggest names in mid-'60s show biz.
-Magic Magazine, las vegas

ALSO WRITTEN AS A FILMSCRIPT.
MORE ON THE NOVEL
available online including at: www.HoudiniLives.com

ORIGINAL HOUDINI MILK CAN ESCAPE
PHOTO by: Kevin Hare - the Enquirer

A new traveling exhibit from the American Museum of Magic, soon to be on public display at; Houston Museum of Natural Science, featured in "Magic...The Science of Wonder", an exhibition running in a few months, Feb. 26 to Sept, 6, 2010, then it travels to NYC at the Jewish Museum.

About 75 historical Houdini Magic items from all of the country with be displayed, reports, the Enquirer.
_____________________________________

SEE ADAM STEINFELD, perform the HOUDINI WATER TORTURE TANK,  Mr. Steinfeld,  is co-author of;
Houdini Lives! a novel
 

Houdini Lives! a novel

HOUDINI LIVES!
a novel
by: Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld

It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, as people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback...

ISBN: 978-0-615-13583-0
Paperback book $12.95
click here:
BUY IT NOW

HARRY HOUDINI (center) pictured with his show dancers including Dorothy Young and Julie Sawyer (far left) , on last year of his tour in 1926.

PHOTO:
HARRY HOUDINI upsidedown in tank,
in his original creation the Water Torture Cell of death, ...first public performance was at the Circus Busch in Berlin, on September 21, 1912, Houdini continued to perform the escape until his death in 1926.

CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR
NEW WEBSITE:
www.HOUDINILIVES.com

sponsored by;
HOUDINI LIVES! a novel & filmscript
by Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld

....he's back , newly discovered Corbis photo of "People Surrounding The Body of the Late Houdini" , November 2, 1926.

Original caption: The body of the late Harry Houdini arrives in NY from Detroit, where he died.

READ THE NOVEL & filmscript
HOUDINI LIVES!
by Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld

HOUDINI LIVES! in 1966 Miami Beach....alive 40 years past his burial.

It's 1966 and world famous magician, escape artist, Harry Houdini, did not die forty years ago as many people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback...

http://www.HoudiniLives.com/

Death Defying Acts new Houdini movie opens today in New York City & Los Angeles

DEATH DEFYING ACTS, new houdini movie opens today.
MOST Houdini movies are all stuck in time in the 1920's, this one set about 1 year before his death in 1925, on his tour of Scotland, where Houdini (Guy Pearce) meets up with the lovely Catherine Zeta-Jones, check out the trailer below.

HOUDINI LIVES! in 1966 Miami Beach....alive 40 years past his burial.

Magician Adam Steinfeld and writer Al Blanchard have authored Houdini Lives! The fanciful tale weaves around The Great Stanford, a cocky young magician out to make a name for himself. Set in 1966, Stanford discovers that Houdini faked his own death forty years earlier and has been living a very different life in Miami Beach ever since. Story is scattered over many genres, including mystery, comedy, romance, politics, the supernatural, and magic, with numerous cameo appearances by the biggest names in mid-'60s show biz.
-Magic Magazine, las vegas

MORE ON THE NOVEL

available online including at:
www.HoudiniLives.com

Houdini Lives! a novel

Rosabella, BELIEVE
Based on the secret "code" Houdini left for his wife:

"Rosabella, answer, tell, pray, answer, look, tell, answer, answer, tell"...which translates, based on an old Vaudevillian mindreading act to; "Believe".

Rosabella, was the song that was playing when Houdini met Bess.