Who watching this in 2024😅

7:00 You can start here if you only want to see the trick.

It ran back to France

"I've never seen a statue of liberty disappear like this one did".. that's what the old lady in red said at 9.54 . a very odd thing to say.

imagine if it actually disappeared and he never put it back ;)

9:52, the old woman calmly says, "I have never seen a Statue of Liberty disappear before the way this one did"! ......WAIT WHAT. SHE'S SEEN MULTIPLE STATUES OF LIBERTY DISAPPEAR BEFORE?!?!

who wathcing this in 2020, hello from Indonesia

Damn, only one mess up. Had that light not been reflecting off the radar's glass cover at 7:15, I'd have never guessed that he rotated the whole stage.

Its now the year 2023 April 15 Saturday morning time flies

Slickest rotating stage I've ever seen! You can't even tell in the video.

Always remember guys. Illusionist and Magician aren't the same. Lets just appreciate David's legacy

Thank you so much for posting this even if we miss a bit of lack of tape. Not only did we get to see a good trick but that show thanks to Mr.Copperfield helped to raise alot of money to help fix up Lady Liberty. This was done in 1983.

9:53 I have never seen a statue of liberty disappear like this one did... lol

This man is the reason I am a magician today. Been doing magic since I was 6. Copperfield has always been my hero.

Starts at 7:04

The best part was when they interviewed the old lady who survived the Titanic how she felt about the trick....

I remember when this happened! I was glued to the television with my mom.

Love how they used the theme music from 'The Towering Inferno' in making this video. I almost expected to see Paul Newman and Steve McQueen to appear in place of The Statue of Liberty

Watch it from 10:25 to 10:42. Can you see the hatred in the eyes of the audience behind him, after he admits he is a son of an immigrant? Can you see it?

His outfit gets me every time...nothing like the good ol' days.

Amazing what a rotating platform can do

No one will think that the whole stage is rotating to the opposite side , that was brilliant in 1993 .

1983... a simpler time

Rotating Stage > look at all the shadows change, while the curtain is up, on the backs of the chairs (especially the guys elbow shadow), along with the light & shadow changes on the stage wall on the right & the fake radar equipment. The biggest tell is the huge shadow from the radar box that glides across David’s waist/crotch area as the stage rotates & he is still with his hand on his head, easy to spot. The stage simply rotated to the right when the curtain was up. Copperfield had a contract with ABC to make several TV specials & was not beyond paying actors & using camera trickery for his illusions. Ahh, the 80’s, fun times!

Copperfield had a setup of two towers on a stage, supporting an arch to hold the huge curtain that would be used to conceal the statue. The TV cameras and the live audience only saw the monument through the arch. When the curtains closed, David waxed poetic while the stage was slowly and imperceptibly turned. When the curtains opened, the statue was hidden behind one of the towers, and the audience was looking out to sea. Voila!

Notice how the curtain does not drop low enough for the live audience to see the harbor. You can also see how the base of the scaffolds are covered by 10 ft high bases. Hmmmm why would that be?

God i love copperfield's Illusions. Absolutely amazing to watch one of the masters perform.

David Copperfield was so lucky that he got a chance to see that grand lady of Liberty before she got restored!! I mean in this video, he went to very top of the Statue of Liberty; to the torch and to the crown!

This illusion is not just about the "how its done.", its publicity, because people are still watching it & talking about it all these years later. Whether you know how its done or not. Doesnt matter. It did its job. It made him famous, well done.

7:39 smoke in left hand corner goes behind giant mirror camera zooms up to avoid obviousness can't fight nature

Whos watching this in 2019???

Amazing bit of theater and magic. Main thing is this illusion is a TV illusion. Couldn't have been done magically without it! Haha I love it. I saw it live like some of my fellow commenters. It was great. Even though I now know how it was done!

7:12 look at the light reflection in the radar screen, the light is spinning, he used a rotating platform.

VHS Man, when you watch a movie and you see Auto picture Best time ever

I used to watch his videos everyday when I was little.. the nostalgia

"I've never seen a Statue Of Liberty disappear like this one did!" 🤣😂💀

That was incredible thank you

7:40 "I can't believe this" Such an obvious voice over!!

any peasant who truly understands the medium (ie tv) half as much as mr copperfield, mr magic, mr whomever, immediately understands the obviousness in the utter simplicity of how this trick is performed. heres a clue: the medium itself. all the rest of it, the curtain, the polaroid cameras the chopper, all of these are mere props, supporting the deceit.

thanks for sharing a cool time capsule

80s when cool things used to happen like this one

At 7:10. You can clearly see the reflection of the lights on the supposed "radar" screen move in a counter-clockwise direction, indicating the reflected light is off-platform and that the platform is being rotated clockwise. Oops! The cameraman/prop positioner didn't do a very good job.

I was 7 years old when this went down I remember it the next day at school everyone was talking about it I loved the 80s great era of my life...

When I thought it was just a absolute black curtain surrounding the Statue of Liberty. However that radar did really burst my bubble, unless something disrupted the radar in order for the magic trick to work.

I remember watching this live as a kid with my parents lol

now you see me 2 brought me here..

I watched this as a kid. Everybody and they mama was glued to this.

NPR recently had an excellent Segment on this. Highly suggest if your interested in how it was done and more Details in general to check it on. Im sure it Archived on NPR Online.

Imagine if there were 2 screens: one blue and one black. What if they dropped the blue screen half way but kept the black screen where they projected an helicopter on it. And what if all the people there are in on the trick.

How did he do it? Wow!

Now the Statue of Liberty is disappeared forever in 2021

he constructed a giant rotating platform-- 2 towers and sitting audience were on it. When he covered audience' view of the statue of liberty--> platform slowly rotated. Tower lights blinded the audience so their peripheral wasn't available to them. When he removed the curtain, rotating platform (including audience, camera, etc) had rotated 90 degrees if audience could have looked sideways (if lights on tower had not blinded their view.....

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"By remembering the word that made it appear in the first place. The word-" What? What is the word!? TELL ME GODDAMMIT!!!!

This is so amazing

Till this day OMG what... a showman

"I have never seen a statue of liberty disappear as I saw this one did" ahahahahha :)

PC Sorcar Jr is the only magician who whenever perform any show in foreign country always speaks in their native language. He knows 25 foreign languages, which he ca use to hypnotize. He can cycle on deep water in live. He disappeared Taj Mahal in full day light. He disappeared a passenger full of train in from of high court judges. He disappeared Victoria Memorial. Magic is in their blood from 3 generations. Who has better skills?

Thanks for sharing.

for some reason, I love that the intro music is the theme from the film "The Towering Inferno"

Straordinario!!!

Don't worry. The Statue of Liberty didn't go anywhere. It was a big TV special for its time. The audience was on a big lazy-susan that turned ever so slowly that they didn't notice. Of course, if the audience was able to get up and look outside what they could see from their narrow view on the stage, they would notice they were facing at a slightly wrong direction. Still, a good trick.

Glad you had this... it PROVES that the Statue was and IS on Liberty Island, NOT Ellis Island

I remmeber watching this as a child.

The statue never vanished, the audience were moved

Perspective was changed, and audience was in on the trick.

Hmm... So he had a spinning platform built on top of the area for the set and audience. Pretty bold.

you do realise its shot in the evening because the statue is still there... they just shut the lights from the statue and rotate all the lights away from the statue and i hope you have heard about the fact that when you rotate a light away from something it makes the sourrounding look even darker.

wow thats amazing

Thanos be like : Underestimate my finger baby?

The stage moved slowly that it fits with the music and the audiences didn't notice (you know what I mean)

oh my god thats amazing i cant believe that.

"Ive never seen the Statue Of Liberty dissapear like this one did" as opposed to what other time?? Hahaha

whos Watching this in 2017?

I was about 10 when they did this, and I remember my family was able to punch holes all over this with the fake radar to mirrors, etc. We were close, didn't think of rotating platforms.

83?! Wow. I remember watching this and seeing people cheering. I couldn't get into it.

The audience is on a moving platform which turns slightly to the right. when the curtain opens again, the statue of liberty is behind the left "tower" with bright searchlights turned on now (which makes surroundings especially dark). all lights of the statue itself are turned off. the circle of lights at the ground is a replication of the originally shown lights. thats it.

I bet the ppl of France were pissed.

Still amazing in 2020

How did it just disappear into thin air when the camera took continuous photos?

9:18 you can look at the photos and see the fire part still showing in the first batch of photos, it never disappeared

Disappear?! It was never gone. Rofl I would like to see this done in the daytime in today's time! Lol people are so gullible back then.

i was watching this live on a TV :)

he told how he did this one .he used very bright lights facing the audience at the same time he turned the lights off at the statue and covered it with a black sheet .that's why it was done at night

Kids, don't do this at home :p

Imagine he try to put it back & misplaced it in front of my house

You guessed it! I'm here after that American life podcast

The platform and camera turns and the entire live audience is in on it. This has been explained many years ago. Used to be a decent illusion but it's old hat anymore.

I love watching David Copperfield shows. I thought he was awesome when I was a child. My whole family used to watch his shows and I honestly thought he was jesus ! He was so good and put on an amazing show. Id go see him to this day.

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Nov2022 , still a legend

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They don't make TV like this anymore. I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad about that.

Chkon ja mn 3nd pause

Now the statue is there but 'Liberty' has been emptied of responsibility.

what about the ones viewing from the chopper??? or what happened to the camera there???

The Statue of Liberty didn't disappear. It's still there, only viewers can't see it.

see the people smiling like its a joke, not like what u do when u see a magic trick

Simple, look at the transition 7:35 on the middle bottom and on the left you can see the base of the black cloth floating in the wind. *By the power of great green background !!!!!!*

Who is the big stone with the fire and the left hand is the book is ????