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The performance is accompanied by a piece of orchestral film score called "East of Eden Suite" by film composer [[Lee Holdridge]], originally written as the theme music for the 1981 miniseries [[East of eden#TV_and_Movie_Adaptations|East of Eden]]. |
The performance is accompanied by a piece of orchestral film score called "East of Eden Suite" by film composer [[Lee Holdridge]], originally written as the theme music for the 1981 miniseries [[East of eden#TV_and_Movie_Adaptations|East of Eden]]. |
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David Copperfield uses a pair of thin but strong wires hidden by the light blue background. |
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The illusion is described here |
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[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5,354,238] |
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[[Category:Magic tricks]] |
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[[pl:Lot Davida Copperfielda]] |
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Revision as of 04:32, 30 October 2006
David Copperfield performs a flying levitation created by John Gaughan that is considered by both magicians and laymen to be the world's finest. After his acrobatic flying around the stage, the audience suspects he may be suspended on wires, so Copperfield apparently has spinning hoops passed over him and then floats inside a covered acrylic glass box to convince them otherwise. He selects a female volunteer from his audience and flies with her in a fashion similar to Superman carrying Lois Lane. The illusion sometimes ends with a falcon named "Icarus" grasping Copperfield by the wrist and flying off stage with him.
The performance is accompanied by a piece of orchestral film score called "East of Eden Suite" by film composer Lee Holdridge, originally written as the theme music for the 1981 miniseries East of Eden.