Angier acquires the keyword to decode it, "TESLA", by threatening to kill Fallon. Confronted by Angier, Olivia gives him a copy of Borden's encoded diary. With her help, Borden sabotages Angier's act, crippling him in the process. However, Olivia falls in love with Borden and becomes his assistant. The imitation is a greater success, but Angier is dissatisfied, as he ends the trick hidden under the stage while Root basks in the applause.Īngier has his assistant, Olivia, spy on Borden to learn how he performs the Transported Man. Unable to discern Borden's method, Angier hires a double, Gerald Root, to perform his own version of the trick. Borden develops a trick he calls the Transported Man, in which he appears to travel instantly between two wardrobes on opposite ends of the stage. Borden reciprocates by sabotaging Angier's disappearing bird act, killing the bird on stage and injuring a volunteer from the audience. Angier sabotages one of Borden's performances when he slips a real bullet into Borden's pistol during a bullet-catch trick, resulting in Borden losing two of his fingers. The two become bitter enemies.Īngier and Borden launch their own magic careers, with Angier working with Cutter, and Borden with the mysterious Fallon. When Angier asks Borden which knot he used, Borden claims not to know. Angier, devastated, accuses Borden of using a riskier knot, causing her death. During a water tank trick, Angier's wife Julia fails to escape and drowns. In 1890s London, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden work as shills for a magician under the mentorship of John Cutter, an engineer who designs stage magic. It received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography. The Prestige was released on October 20, 2006, to positive reviews and grossed $109 million worldwide against a production budget of $40 million. The film reunites Nolan with actors Bale and Caine from Batman Begins and returning cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, and editor Lee Smith. It also stars Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis, Rebecca Hall, and David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. The film stars Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier and Christian Bale as Alfred Borden. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship, with fatal results. It follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. The Prestige is a 2006 science fiction mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan, based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Christopher Priest.
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