This TV special/documentary has been produced in occasion of the first Copperfield's tournée in Italy (autumn 1994). In his Magic Warehouse the two conductors, Giorgio Mastrota and his wife Natalia Estrada, interviewed David Copperfield about his work as an illusionist and broadcasted 14 illusions selected from 8 Copperfield TV specials produced for the American network CBS, between The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (1983) and The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires of Passion (1993), even if some of them have been shown with the audio and video montage used in the documentary David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (1994) instead of the integral version used in their original TV special. The illusions broadcasted are: 'Motorcycle Vanish' (1990), 'Death Saw' (1988), 'Building Implosion' (1989), 'Escape From Alcatraz' (1987), 'Statue Of Liberty Disappears' (1983), 'Twister' (1989), 'Big Black Box' (1991), 'Brazilian Water Levitation' (1991), 'After Hours' (aka 'Vertical Asrah') (1993), 'Interlude' (1992), 'Telekinesis' (1989), 'Pole Levitation' (1989), 'Slicer' (1990) and 'Flying' (1992). This TV special has been followed by a second part with the same title 'LA GRANDE MAGIA DI DAVID COPPERFIELD', broadcasted on Wednesday, November 9th, 1994. Moreover this first part has been reaired on the same network on Sunday, September 24th, 1995.
