James Randi

James Randi

Born: August 7, 1928
Died: October 20, 2020
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation.

Movies for James Randi...

Title: Messiah
Character: James Randi
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: TV
A wary CIA officer investigates a charismatic man who sparks a spiritual movement and stirs political unrest. Who exactly is he? And what does he want?
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Going to Hell
Title: Going to Hell
Character: Himself
Released: January 8, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary film exposing the truth about psychics and fortune-tellers. All the ins and outs of magical TV shows and services of the most famous psychics with evidence, names and prices.
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Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson
Title: Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 2018
Type: Movie
Penn and Teller hired Johnny Thompson to consult on their magic show as soon as the duo began their career and Johnny has been with them ever since. "Gambler's Ballad" follows Penn and Johnny's progress as Thompson teaches Penn his signature card act. Numerous well known figures from the magic world reminisce and wax philosophic about the unparalleled knowledge and profound influence Johnny Thompson has had on their own careers as well as the history and current state of the art of magic.
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An Honest Liar
Title: An Honest Liar
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 2014
Type: Movie
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.
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The Unbelievers
Title: The Unbelievers
Character: Self
Released: December 13, 2013
Type: Movie
Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.
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The Reality of Me
Title: The Reality of Me
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: Movie
TROM (The Reality of Me) is an unique free online documentary, since no one has thought of such a documentary from our knowledge. We want to show, as well as we can, the whole picture, an insight into our world, a perspective from which you must extract meanings in order to understand, and curiosity to progress, because there is a lot of such information we call “scientific”. Moreover, we present alternative and existing solutions to radically improve every one's life. If you've never questioned your lifestyle and are well adjusted to our current society, you will, more than likely, get a shock, but if you watch the whole documentary you'll understand why. All chapters and sub-chapters are connected and in order to understand you have to watch the whole documentary, in order.
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Title: Penn & Teller: Bull!
Released: January 24, 2003
Type: TV
This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's most cherished and widely held beliefs. From the truth about palm readings and TV psychics to the reality behind Feng Shui and Ouija boards, the archly comic masters of misdirection host this eye-opening analysis of the middle-ground between perception and reality.
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Beyond Desire
Title: Beyond Desire
Released: December 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Greg Hagen, Homicide Detective, is getting pressure from the South Beach Chief-of-Police when a prominent prosecuting attorney is found murdered in a South Beach hotel. The investigation leads Hagen to the hottest modeling studio on Ocean Drive and soon realizes that almost everyone connected to it had reasons to kill the attorney.
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Penn & Teller Get Killed
Title: Penn & Teller Get Killed
Character: Rope Holder #3
Released: September 22, 1989
Type: Movie
The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos. In a TV interview, Penn mentions his idea of a fun practical joke: "I wish someone were trying to kill me. It would give focus to my life, excitement. I'd be like James Bond." Twenty million people hear him. One decides to deliver a punchline he'll never forget. Made by people who thought Psycho was a comedy, Penn & Teller Get Killed (they also wrote the piece) features Caitlin Clarke as the femme fatale and David Patrick Kelly as the Edgar Allan Poe-esque nutcase with a new mission. Arthur Penn, known for hip masterpieces like Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant and Little Big Man, directs with roller-coaster pacing and subversive intelligence.
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Exploring Psychic Powers Live
Title: Exploring Psychic Powers Live
Released: June 7, 1989
Type: Movie
With the aide of two experts on psychology and the paranormal, James Randi lets people with self-professed abilities try out under guidelines for a large cash prize.
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Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Title: Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Character: Dr. Zwicki
Released: March 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.
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Title: Happy Days
Released: January 15, 1974
Type: TV
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.