![]() ![]() He is later found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. Borden is discovered by Cutter and turned over to the police. In London, Angier debuts "The Real Transported Man" using Tesla's machine, appearing to teleport across the theater.īorden sneaks backstage and witnesses Angier fall through a trapdoor and drown in a water tank. Disgusted by Borden's seeming inhumanity over his wife's death and the two magicians' feud, Olivia leaves. ![]() Borden reveals to Olivia that he never loved Sarah and that he loves her more. Borden's wife, Sarah, is driven to suicide by his contradictory personality. He advises Angier to destroy it, saying it will bring him nothing but misery. Tesla is driven from Colorado Springs by agents of his rival, Thomas Alva Edison, but has the machine delivered to Angier. However, instead of teleporting objects, Tesla's machine creates a duplicate of them a short distance away. The diary takes Angier to America to meet scientist Nikola Tesla, who supposedly built a machine for The Transported Man trick.Īngier realizes the diary is fraudulent, created as a distraction, but Tesla still manages to create a machine for him. Angier acquires the keyword to decode it, "TESLA", by threatening to kill Borden's stage engineer, Fallon. ![]() Confronted by Angier, Olivia gives him a copy of Borden's encoded diary. With her help, Borden sabotages Angier's act. However, Olivia falls in love with Borden and becomes his assistant. Angier has his assistant Olivia spy on Borden to learn how he performs The Transported Man. 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. Unable to discern Borden's method, Angier hires a double, Gerald Root, to perform his own version of the trick. Borden later develops a trick he calls "The Transported Man", in which he appears to travel instantly between two wardrobes on opposite ends of the stage. In retaliation for his wife's death, Angier sabotages Borden's bullet catch trick and shoots off two of the latter's fingers. ![]() Borden begins a solo act while Cutter helps Angier launch his own career. The two become bitter enemies and part ways. 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. The cast also features Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis, Rebecca Hall, and David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. It stars Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier and Christian Bale as Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in Victorian London who feud over a perfect teleportation trick. The Prestige is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan and based on the 1995 novel by Christopher Priest. ![]()
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