David Copperfield Saw Illusion

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Can't say much - he's a master magician.

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  2. Categories Comedy, Wheels & Wings
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  4. Added :03-May-06
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  • Bad editing

    Watch the legs on the table supporting his lower half jump towards the end of the trick.

    By nimrodfunk 1146682149
  • He can do that??

    He can stare at his own ass????
    What a talent

    By mushaakiss 1146563102
    • 1:33

      Look 1 min 33 secs into the video. I'd never thought I could see a trick, specially not comming from David Copperfield cuz he's the best. I don't know how the whole trick is done but you can see that he pulls his hands in as his lovely assistant closes the flap and then a set of fake hands unfold as the flap closes. What a dissapointment, but none the less, he's still awesome

      By ves_960220 1146700140
    • GREAT OBSERVATION

      i woul never have noticed that unless u had sed and its so badly dun now that i notice it lol

      By NEILSS1 1147900485
    • Nice catch

      yeah it looke like he is using fake hands for just like 10 seconds

      By bachonyc 1147192463
    • You guys are wrong

      It has nothing to do with mirrors, editing or fake hands. When he is being cut in half, there are actually tow guys on the set. David has his knees/legs tucked up under his belly, and this is hidden by his costume/white shirt. The legs are from another very flexible person, whos body is is tucked up under the legs/table. They have done a very good job at hidding this and therefore most would not suspect that each half is from a different person.

      This also is the reason why david is hidden in the box for a moment only to reemerge

      Mystery solved.

      By Kevin82 1146717746
    • You guys are all wrong..

      It's not a trick.. it's real. He was really cut in half then fused back together. The trick was hiding the giant sponge he used to soak up all the blood. Simple.

      By Swanie 1146741581
    • I was just thinking

      that the trick would look a lot cooler if there were ass loads of blood spraying out of the torso.

      By Chewey 1155640213
    • lol

      dude stop watching dragon ball z

      By VxD 1156910740
    • :))

      ur really sick:))

      By b00gieman 1147960047
    • Something to ADD....CAN BE SOLVED!!!!!

      It is a great trick but if you pay attention closely u will make out. Like firstly when he gets into the box he kind of gets in vertically like he is getting into some kinda underneath chamber. Secondly when the camera is on top of him at 1:16 u'll notice that his waist is broader than his chest and thirdly at 1:27 u can surely make out that his chest part is somewhat stuck somewhr.
      Looke closely it is easy to figure out.
      They have done a ggod job in hiding the lower part.

      By Great_Avatar 1147124690
    • atcually

      there clearly is a pair of fake hands and it can't be denied. Still i have no idea how that can assist the trick and it is still incredible

      By sd2502 1157887013
    • right.....

      what u say makes sense, but how does half of his body get hidden under that table? mirrors are placed under the table in order to hide his feet and the other dudes body.

      By Qataryboy 1146748196
    • nothing

      i saw nothing of it qataryboy ...

      By sweetie13 1168196781
    • 5 : 12

      if u set the video 5 minutes and 12 seconds in, u will see the base of the table start to flicker. this shows that mirrors were used and the sketchy support is due to the angle. ive seen somethin like this b4.

      By Qataryboy 1146687449
    • actually...

      5 minutes and 17 sec but whatever

      By theslyfox24 1146714519
    • I

      don't see any flickering at all, but I believe you.

      By Kmoney88 1176263626
  • The trick is

    Copperfield drives around late at night picking up stew bums and hobos, then he cuts off their lower torso with a chainsaw in the back of his minivan, then freezes the lower half and uses it to complete his illusion. How does he make the legs move you ask? With a car battery and jumper cables cleverly hidden under the platform, the electricity causes the muscles to constrict, when the electricity is shut off the muscles relax, and this is repeated as many times as it will take to fool the audience, but I am not fooled!

    By Painter13 1146801506
    • Umm

      That could have sounded true without the cutting people up bit.

      By potter3 1150299114
    • Funny

      I thought it was pretty funny.

      By Chewey 1155639843
  • cool

    Great Illusion !! :O

    By mazo 1146555408
    • um

      He uses something called a bevel base. This is a table that appears much thinner than it actually is. It is also colored black for the same reason.

      By deanmat 1157343962
  • nowwhere

    i wish he can revealed it

    By therockers 1288504478
  • Yeah

    yeeahee really hot..btw check out LiveDona.com for really hot girls

    By abezocolima 1263040959
  • dc secrets in a nutshell enjoy

    yep i have blue prints of the death saw illusion
    and yes two people play there parts well
    ps d isgood at hidding those beveld bases and spandex basses to
    and hollow stairs fr quick cool secret get aways
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    By magicbill 1237178601
  • pretty simple to figure out

    looks like when he steps into the box he goes through a trap and the only body parts above board are his head, shoulders and hands. he trips the mechanical torso, legs and feet to pop up before they reveal his body on the platform. They close him up saw him in two ( the whole time his body is V shaped just like the supports of the table ) mirrors hide this compartment. He triggers the robotic feet to wiggle. Put him back together. he climbs out of the compartment and when he stands up he steps on the trigger to hide the mechanical part of his body. They reveal nothing on the table after the box is opened. The end.

    By Tandarie 1174465960
  • COME ON....

    SORRY BUT IF THERE IS 2 BOODIES COPPERFIELD AND ANOTHER FLEXIBLE BODY? AT LAST WHERE IS THE OTHER FEXIBLE MAN? ( HEHE I DONT THINK HE DISAPPEARED LIKE A GHOST...)

    By sweetie13 1168115926
  • i still don't get it

    why does he take sooooooooooooo long during shows that is getting dum

    By whittier 1167530202
  • Full Trick Spoiler

    At :53 seconds when he gets in, he lowers his body under the base.

    At 1:08 seconds, when his assistants move into the center of him, they make his shirt tail cover the 2nd persons lower body, who is covered inside. (Acting as the legs) You can watch him do this with his left hand.

    At 1:31 seconds, he uses the fake hands to give the illusion he is able to escape the hand vice.

    At 5:15 seconds, under the base of the table, you can watch the actual mirror bend, when it moves you see the distortion of the base.

    Smoke and mirrors, movie magic, fake hands, and 2 people hidden.

    Thats all, kthx :-)

    By Warparty 1159312457
  • I wonder

    how many inssurance companies turned down his life inssurance policy when he told them for his next trick he's gonna cut himself in 2...

    By xpiredgod 1158538889
  • smoke and mirrors

    oh the drama, pretty boy, only in his own little world. Chris Angel did the same thing, without the drama and lights and smoke.

    By cemetery crawler 1158523225
  • another trick found

    if u watch at 128 seconds u can see the box expand and then coem back together very quickly. not something i noticed the first time around because it is so quick. not that i belived this before i found this or read about the other tricks, and i hope no one else did either, but its always fun finding the tricks to the magic.

    Overall i say a job well done to Copperfield and his crew

    By schutz 1158113505
  • blood

    its fake wih now dobt because if it was real there would be blood eberywhere duh

    By fghjklmnop22 1155582677
  • Found it!

    If you set the video at 6:07 you can clearly see that the video ends, that explains everything.

    By Frostbanman 1150599016
  • Missing something?

    No Blood On the blade

    By Psyopvette 1147580440
  • I hope..

    That it was one of those 'when things go wrong' sort of film, and DC would have been cut to bits (the bell end) in front of our eyes. Oh well there goes the wishful thinking

    By kaisx 1147392264
  • What Is....

    That Song they play right at the beginning of the clip when he starts the saw..

    By Ordferic 1147284746
  • Oh my god...

    That's all I can say...

    By trunterzx89 1146928392
  • he's not the best

    criss angel does this better

    By angeleyes 1146857513
  • how???????????????

    one question is HOW??

    By la-z boy 1146782389
  • fake hand

    and fake leg

    By stfunewbiez 1146725577
    • pfff. no fake hands no fake legs

      dam man, some people think they know everything. No fake things are used. Its mirrors and 2 people.

      By dave mech 1146831816
  • lol

    he can take a dumb while eating

    By Galaxox 1146719716
    • how many holes have you got?

      pretty sure anyone can take a dump and eat at the same time... if you were keen.

      By ash_law 1150963434
  • Yep It's an illusion

    If you also go to 1:20 on the clip you will shortly after see how his torso is going through the table.

    By Distracted? 1146694232
  • well if you are .....

    less than 10 years old then its very nice show if you are older, so its just pain in da ass

    he is REALY BORIIIING

    By comment2 1146677639
  • cool, not very original but still cool

    I think finding out how magicians do these illusions just ruins the experience.

    By fc3s 1146673241
  • first one

    Fake.. ...... ....(NO S**t JOCK) There I did it for you... lmao

    By americanjock30 1146672040
    • Flexiable

      Yoga serves well......

      By ljraggy 1146674455
  • Simple

    Thats just his double. He has a new one for every show

    By nanunanu 1146671759
  • wtf?

    wtf?

    By el sabeondo 1146614370
  • WOW

    this makes physics bullshit and bilogy too

    By ?????111 1146612514
  • incredible

    that's magic

    By Mutley103 1146601466
    • Not Illusion nor Magic, just Pure Scienc...

      It's not illusion nor magic, it's still science. But NOT the everyday science we know of from school. The thickness of the book doesn't reflect the enormous advancements of science since time mankind started looking at it.

      There are hidden science like time-reversing of atomic/molecular state. It is hidden because diseases like AIDS and others can be cured not by the usual commercial medicines, but by time-reversing the present state of a particular molecule back to it's pre-diseased state, so to speak.

      Just look at how he returned to his other half. He didn't try to take short-cuts.

      Just my 2 cents worth.

      By Anino 1147002566
    • this is my answer!

      you are full of S**t no such thing as reversing time... go back to ur wife u backstabbing husband.... she needs that juice of yours so badly hahahhahahaa

      By johnbaptist 1189852010
  • OK I THOUGHT WRONG

    I COMMENT THIS VIDEO LAST TIMEI DIDNT THE REST OF THIS VIDEO EVER STUPID

    By Coffe drinker 1164762650
  • GOD CANT YOU SEE!!!!

    I SAY CRISS ANGEL IS BETTER AT THIS BECAUSE HE DOESNT USE A DAMN BOX
    AND THE MUSIC IS FROM ALIEN3 OR ALEINS
    AND I BET HE GOT THE PEOPLE TO UNTIE THE LOCKS AND LIFT UP HIS LEGS!

    By Coffe drinker 1164762525
    • criss angel

      He S**ks C**ks more than you ever dreamed of S**king ... you bas-tard son of a pistol hahahha..... i wished i had brought my shotgun here.. coz i would've shot your skinny a-ss back to china you fool... hahhahahaha

      By johnbaptist 1189852174
  • that stupid copperfield

    he is an actor more then he a magicion

    By Hyuuga Neji 1147294853
  • Seen it

    on tv, was pretty cool. Awesome technology for these tricks

    By Great ME 1147085392
  • Let's have a vote...

    ...if you think David Copperfield is an arsehole (asshole) give this a plus rating, if you think he's a cool talented magician give this a minus score.

    I thank you.

    By zf13 1146675149
    • For his next trick...

      David Copperfield will S**k his own dick then bite it off and reattach it

      By ogmios7 1146686477
    • Sorry, but...

      Since you can't give a negative "minus" score, I'm just going to multiply my vote by -1. -5 is the best I can give, so I'll have to give this a 5.

      By HanDuet 1146677503
    • i agree

      he is the biggest dickhead, i ever seen

      By comment2 1146677458
    • holy S**t

      wtf is wrong w u if any1 here is a dickhead its gotta b u

      By magic lover 1149977034
    • Jealous of Success?

      I find the magic of Copperfield and Angel entertaining; however I would not choose to watch it.

      Nevertheless, considering Copperfield to be 'the biggest dickhead' seems moronic.

      Is it the $57million wealth of the entertainer that upsets you? Such success seems surprising for the fake loser that you portray him to be?

      Cited from.
      http://w ww.forb es.com/lis ts/2005/ 53/62B2. html

      By danielr 1149246249
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