Derren Brown: The Great Art Robbery
Dec 13, 2013 | IMDB 6.5
73 min Watch NowDocumentary
In this brand new episode, master illusionist and showman Derren Brown plans to pull off the perfect crime. He’s bet renowned art collector Ivan Massow that he can steal a painting from right under his nose. In true Derren style, he will tell Ivan exactly which painting he plans to target – a work by Turner-nominated British brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman no less – as well as what time the theft will happen. He’ll even give him a photograph of the person that’s going to take it.
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Temple of Art
Vermeer Master of Light
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Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche
My Scientology Movie
Science Friction
Rico: The Richard DeMarco Story
Hokusai
Ikebana
Beuys
Derren Brown: Sacrifice
Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
Typeface
Mad Mimes
Leonardo: The Mystery of the Lost Portrait
David Blaine: Ascension
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IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 2013
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IMDB 8 | Jun , 2014
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IMDB 9 | Feb , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2018
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IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2001
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 1997
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IMDB 7 | Oct , 2018
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IMDB 6.4 | May , 1957
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IMDB 5.7 | Jan , 1981
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IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2018
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2018
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IMDB 7 | Jan , 2010
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IMDB 10 | Jun , 2012
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