Six more Stand-Up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong, audience tested material, from his Cabaret act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step hands on guide, how to make the “props” on your kitchen table quickly and easily with only basic tools and materials and needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic.

Includes artwork on disk, requires a computer with a DVD drive.

TWO COLOR TORN TISSUE
In this version of the classic “Torn and Restored Napkin” two different colored papers are used to explain how it works… But the audience is still no wiser.
COMEDY CARD STAB
At the end it seems like the magician stabs the wrong card, but instead ends up with a visual knockout!
CRYSTAL GAZING
A spectator slowly names the card that the audience is thinking of by gazing into a crystal ball. Martin’s method is as amazing as the effect.
HALVE-IT
The “Three and a Half of Clubs” is taken from being a close up gag to a brilliant stand-up routine. Along the way Martin shows a great way make giant cards.
HANDSCAN
Show the front and back of your hand slowly and produce a fan of cards. Absolutely no manipulation required.
CARD IN BOTTLE
The title tells all. Martin’s presentation of an effect created by Harbin. This is a real fooler, and a closer in anyone’s book. Worth it for the card vanish alone!

Subtitled in English, Deutsch, Francais, and Italiano. No region coding for worldwide viewing.

     Demonstrating control over life and death is one of the most powerful things you can do. In this comprehensive DVD, Wayne Houchin (Sinful, Thread and Stigmata) takes you through the entire effect from incredible live performances to the technique and the subtleties that allow you to transform this routine from a trick into a miracle.

Effect: A volunteer holds your wrist and takes your pulse. They feel your heart beating a steady rhythm and you ask them to count along with it. You close your eyes and take a deep breath. Your volunteer feels your pulse gradually slow down and completely stop. Nothing. After a few deep breaths your heart starts beating again and they feel your pulse gradually return.

   Control is entirely safe and requires no gimmicks. Nothing is placed under your arm and the effect may be performed at any time.

   Originally produced by and released through Theory11, CONTROL instantly became an international success. This Special Director’s Cut has been re-mastered and loaded with new ideas, new interviews and more. Featuring Daniel Garcia, Dexter (Criss Angel: Mindfreak), and the triumphant return of Randall.  This special edition also includes the Johnson Justification (Steve Johnson) which allows you to use medical professionals as volunteers under apparent test conditions.

BONUS EFFECT: Also featured on the DVD is Stop – a technique created by Daniel Garcia that allows someone to hear your heart slow down and stop.

By carefully using the secrets revealed on this DVD it is entirely possible to convince a crowd of people that you have the ability to completely stop your heart.

running time including

all special features = 143 min

Real Magic in the spectator's hands

As magicians, we project an air of mysterious, hidden ability. Our audiences are envious of this power, and their secret is that they wish they could do what we do. Search & Destroy gives them that opportunity — in a fun, entertaining, and completely self-working way. And yet without offering them a single clue as to how it’s all done!

• Virtually self working; allows you to concentrate on learning the touches and nuances that turn this trick into a miracle
• Audience tested thousands of times
• Widely considered the best sandwich trick of all time
• Any deck, anytime, anywhere

Six Stand-Up effects from Martin Lewis. This is strong, audience tested material, from his Cabaret act. Martin shows you, in a step-by-step hands on guide, how to make the “props” on your kitchen table quickly and easily with only basic tools and materials and needing no special skills. Then, in live performance, see how the apparatus is used to really make magic.

Includes artwork on disk, requires a computer with a DVD drive.

BIG SWITCH
A great MC bit. Attempting to right a wrong the peformer shows the audience how to switch a card… Literally!
SNACKS, ALIVE!
Martin’s take on the classic vanishing bottle. The delayed climax provides a pleasing ending without insulting the audiences intelligence. Perfect for both children and adults.
COME-BACK CARD
A very visual card effect for the platform. A card keeps jumping to the face of a pack, which is out of the performers hands. Created by Martin’s father Eric Lewis.
TECHNICOLOR PREDICTION
A prediction effect with built in comedy that leads up to a suprising finale. Easy to customize for different audiences. Each time the outcome is different.
RIPSTIX
The classic Chinese Sticks never had much of a finish until now. This one leaves the audience really baffled.
CARDIOGRAPHIC
Yes you can make one, it’s easier than you think! For the first time on videotape Martin reveals all of the details and subtle touches that brings his sketchpad card rise effect into the miracle class.

Subtitled in English, Deutsch, Francais, and Italiano. No region coding for worldwide viewing.

The Art of Magic is a performance and instructional DVD that features many different effects and interviews from some of the top minds in magic today. Featured on this project are David Regal, Joel Paschall, Aaron Fisher, Dan and Dave Buck and, naturally, Wayne Houchin.

 Grand Illusions is excited and honored to be one of very, very few retailers to have the Art of Magic DVD.

On this DVD, you'll learn a host of minor miracles that can be performed with everyone's favorite ordinary item - money. Bills and coins grab interest immediately, and can be rustled up at a moment's notice, making the tricks on this DVD ready to perform practically any time and anywhere. And best of all, there's no difficult sleight of hand to learn.

With DVD Technology, these tricks are extremely easy to learn. By freezing frames, jumping to specific performances and explanations, mastering these tricks becomes elementary for everyone.

This DVD will teach you how to:

-Balance a dollar bill on your hand and cause it to slowly lay down on command!
-Push a pencil through the center of a bill yet leave no hole!
-Vanish a marked penny from one hand and cause it to appear under the other!
-Cause two bills to melt through each other - right under a spectator's nose!
-And much, much more!