The Prestige
Drama, Thriller
Disney / Buena Vista  (2006) 130 mins PG-13

8.4 (143,896 votes) Top 250: #81
Award-winning actors Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson star in The Prestige, the twisting, turning story that, like all great magic tricks, stays with you. Two young, passionate magicians, Robert Angier (Jackman), a charismatic showman, and Alfred Borden (Bale), a gifted illusionist, are friends and partners until one fateful night when their biggest trick goes terribly wrong. Now the bitterest of enemies, they will stop at nothing to learn each other's secrets. As their rivalry escalates into a total obsession full of deceit and sabotage, they risk everything to become the greatest magician of all time. But nothing is as it seems, so watch closely. And be prepared to watch it again and again....

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Cast and Crew
Scarlett Johansson  ......  Olivia Wenscombe
Michael Caine  ......  Cutter
Hugh Jackman  ......  Robert Angier
Christian Bale  ......  Alfred Borden
David Bowie  ......  Nikola Tesla
Rebecca Hall  ......  Sarah Borden
Director  .....  Christopher Nolan
Producer  .....  Emma Thomas; Christopher Nolan; Christopher Ball; Valerie Dean; Aaron Ryder
Writer  .....  Christopher Nolan; Jonathan Nolan
Notes
Goofs:
Errors in geography: When Angier is walking up the mountain to Tesla's work area, the trees are wrong. Foliage like that does not grow on the mountains in Colorado. And if it did, there wouldn't be leaves. (more)

Trivia:
Chung Ling Soo was a stage character created by a Caucasian American man, William Ellsworth Robinson, who disguised himself as a Chinese man to cash in on audiences' enthusiasm for the exotic. Robinson lived as Chung, never breaking character while in public. He died in March 1918 when a bullet catch trick went wrong. "My God, I've been shot" were both his last words and the first English he had spoken on stage in 19 years. (more)

Filming Locations:
Belasco Theatre - 1060 S. Hill Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Alfred Borden: Are you watching closely?
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations (more)