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Penn & Teller's Magic & Mystery Tour (2003)
Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour is a 2003 television documentary miniseries starring Penn & Teller. The program was created by the CBC in association with Channel 4 Film. The show focuses on street magic, and the subjects of each of the three shows are China, India, and Egypt. Unusually for Penn and Teller, Teller speaks in the Egypt episode, even though part of their trademark performance is that Penn does all the speaking.
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Release Date:
Wed, Sep 10, 2003
Country: CA
Language: En
Runtime: 50
Country: CA
Language: En
Runtime: 50
Season 1:
Penn and Teller travel to China to see the exquisite magic and culture and try to uncover the history of the Chinese linking rings. They meet street performers who tempt the cold weathers to do magic for the crowds and see the academy of circus acrobats who offer courses in magic.
Penn and Teller head on to Egypt to the birthplace of the Gali-Gali men and the balls and cups trick. While visiting Egypt, they also wanted to see for themselves the controversial hieroglyph of the magicians in a 4´000 year old tomb.
In India Penn and Teller hope to uncover the secrets of the legendary Indian rope trick. Here they meet up with a slum full of performers and magicians who show that in India, magic really is a family business.
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