The Prestige (2006)

Regisseur:

Christopher Nolan

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Jonathan Nolan (screenplay) and
Christopher Nolan (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

20. Oktober 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Werbezeile:

A friendship that became a rivalry. A rivalry that turned deadly. (DVD)

Plot:

Robert and Alfred are rival magicians. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Robert tries desperately to find out the secret to the trick.

Plot Keywords:

Revelation | Illusion | Death | Courtroom | Seance

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

This was an amazing movie!

Besetzung

Hugh Jackman	...	Robert Angier
Christian Bale	...	Alfred Borden
Michael Caine	...	Cutter
Piper Perabo	...	Julia McCullough / Angier
Rebecca Hall	...	Sarah Borden
Scarlett Johansson	...	Olivia Wenscombe
Samantha Mahurin	...	Jess Borden
David Bowie	...	Nikola Tesla
Andy Serkis	...	Alley
Daniel Davis	...	Judge
Jim Piddock	...	Prosecutor
Christopher Neame	...	Defender
Mark Ryan	...	Captain
Roger Rees	...	Owens
Jamie Harris	...	Sullen Warder

Alternativ:

Prestige - Die Meister der Magie (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images.

Länge:

130 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:M | Malaysia:18PL | Brazil:14 | Ireland:12A | France:U | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:PG | Italy:T | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42935) | Argentina:13 | UK:12A | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Denmark:11 | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:11 | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Netherlands:12 | Spain:18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva)

Drehorte:

Belasco Theatre - 1060 S. Hill St., Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Newmarket Productions

Dies und das:

Both lead actors Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman, have played superheros in Batman Begins (2005) and X-Men series, respectively.

Pannen:

Anachronismus: During the magic show where Alfred meets Sarah for the first time, on both sides of the stage there are statues looking exactly like the two guardian statues found in King Tutankhamen's tomb, but the tomb was not discovered until 1922.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Alfred Borden: Are you watching closely?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Tripping Gaily

This was an amazing movie!

This was the best movie I have seen in at least the past two years. Most movies have me leave the theater feeling like I wasted 8 dollars or so. So many movies lately have left me feeling like I wasted away precious hors of my life that could have been spent doing better things. Yet this movie was truly a masterpiece and kept me guessing the whole time. The acting was superb and so was the plot. I usually can predict the outcomes of movies pretty early on. And usually I can see the twist the writer planned. With this movie I was still left wondering into the last 5 minutes of the movie. I can't wait to own this on DVD.