Being Uri Geller

Being Uri Geller provides a gripping portrait of the phenomenon Uri Geller – the showman who has been mystifying audiences for decades with his spoon-bending, clock-stopping and telepathic abilities. Geller bent his first spoon at the age of five.







When he grew up, he bent the rules of nature. Along the way he himself bent then straightened up, fell, then picked himself up again, and skyrocketed.

The film trails Geller's remarkable journey, from a poor child who was raised by a single doting mother in a small apartment in his homeland of Israel to becoming the richest and most famous mentalist in history, living in an estate outside London.

For the first time, new details are revealed about his successes as well as his self-confessed personal setbacks.










Geller claims that when he was five years old, a strange and inexplicable incident occurred which forever changed his life. From that day onwards, he felt he had possessed extraordinary powers. In this film, this astonishing event is validated for the first time by a credible eye witness.

He took to the stage in his early twenties, displaying an extraordinary ability to command his audience’s consciousness at will. His shows became an instant hit. In 1973 he captured the attention of the British audience appearing on the BBC, a performance which served as a stepping stone for him to the rest of the world.

Geller soon made international headlines. But despite his huge success, or perhaps because of it, at the peak of his career Geller began to lose control. In the film he candidly speaks about his battle with Bulimia and how he harnessed his by now world famous powers to save his own life.






Geller also talks about his eventful childhood, career highs and lows; undergoing extensive scientific testing at the prestigious Stanford Research Institute; and how he made a fortune from dowsing for oil, gold and diamonds.

To this day, parapsychologists, scientists and magicians still debate about his credibility and his inexplicable controversial powers. But every time doubts arose about his mystifying abilities, he managed to amaze the world.

In 2007, Geller is an international trademark, focusing today on his work with charity organizations and humanitarian projects. He is also one of the world’s best-known motivational speakers.