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The Philadelphia Attraction

1985, Movie, NR, 95 mins

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Eperjes is a former acrobat whose career ended following an accident that left him with a permanent limp. He fantasizes about finding an act so extraordinary that it will make him a great star. The young man pays a visit to Feleki, a retired escape artist whose act "The Man Frozen in Ice" won him international fame. Eperjes will stop at nothing to acquire the secrets of this novel feat. But Feleki, now a lonely old man with only memories of the past to comfort him, has no intention of giving up his secret. Each man, however, gains much from the other in the time they share together, developing a special relationship. In the end Eperjes does get the old man to divulge his secret, but the bond between them is broken as a result, leaving a vacuum in the young man's life that fame and fortune will never fill. leave a comment
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