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[[Image:extremecloseupdvd.jpg|right|border|Extreme Close-Up]]

Originally released on video in 1998, [[David Acer]]’s ''Extreme Close-Up'', produced by the [[Camirand Academy of Magic]], was reissued in 2006 as a DVD with three new television appearances to go along with those already there on which Acer performs some of the material from this DVD.

Four aces erupt from a face-down deck in a sudden, explosive display. A borrowed finger ring links to the arm of a borrowed pair of glasses. Three quarters penetrate a regular deck that’s resting on the mouth of a drinking glass. A bottle cap is tossed into the air, then suddenly skewered on the end of the magician’s forefinger. A stickman drawn on the back of an indifferent card multiplies and appears on the backs of all four cards in a packet, then vanishes from all the cards but one—naturally, it’s the selection. A borrowed bill changes not once, but twice into currency from any two countries chosen by a spectator. And the list goes on.

''Extreme Close-Up'' on DVD features 13 routines straight from Acer’s professional repertoire, plus 14 sleights & utilities, including [[Richard Sanders]]’ PLOP!, Acer’s THE TRINARY CUT, [[Haruhito Hirata]]’s MASTER MOVE, and more.

== Tricks Performed & Taught ==

* Lickety Flip
* Hofzinser’s Delusion
* Changes
* Around the World in 80 Dollars (plus DVD bonus, [[Max Maven]]’s “Around the World to the Max")
* Cheap Labour
* Plop! (Richard Sanders)
* Over Easy
* Ringer
* Quartermain
* The President’s Message
* Color Scheme
* Madcap
* Rink
* Paintbrush

== Sleights Taught ==

$100 Bill Switch (Kozlowski/Klause) • Annemann/Christ Alignment Move • Click Pass • Elmsley Count ([[Alex Elmsley]]) • Finger Ring French Drop (unknown) • Flippant ([[Looy Simonoff]]) • Flipwich (Acer/[[Ben Harris]]) • French Canadian Drop ([[Gary Ouellet]]) • Hirata Master Move ([[Haruhito Hirata]]) • Natural Grip Radical Change ([[Richard Kaufman]]) • Painting the Cards ([[Walter Cummings]]) • Siva Count ([[Jack Avis]]) • Swivel Cut • The Trinary Cut (Acer)

== A Sampling of Reviews ==

* ''“This is a video I like to watch just to see that rare combination of someone who can do serious close-up magic and make it entertaining to watch.”'' '''Bill Duncan, M.U.M.'''
* ''“In addition to the plentiful card magic, there are also several beautiful non-card items... this disc is a bargain.''” '''Joe M. Turner, Genii Magazine'''
* ''“...every piece, and I say this with absolutely no reservation, will stun a lay audience.”'' '''Jim Sisti, editor, The Magic Menu'''

== Trailer ==

* [http://www.davidacermagic.com/video-clips/Seq%20Trailer%20Extreme.wmv Extreme Close-Up Trailer]

[[Category:Close Up Magic Videos]]