James Randi

James Randi

Nacimiento : 1928-08-07, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Muerte : 2020-10-20

Historia

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.

Perfil

James Randi

Películas

Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson
Self
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.
Un mentiroso honesto
Self
La vida y la carrera del famoso ilusionista James Randi lo volvieron un escéptico científico de lo paranormal.
The Unbelievers
Self
Los reconocidos científicos Richard Dawkins y Lawrence Krauss cruzan el mundo, para hablar en público sobre la importancia de la ciencia y de la razón en el mundo moderno.
The Reality of Me
Self
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.
Beyond Desire
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.
Penn & Teller Get Killed
3rd Rope Holder
Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of pranks on the other to suggest a real threat. Then they find that a real psychopath is interested in them.
Exploring Psychic Powers Live
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.
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Dr. Zwicki
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.