The Prestige

Titolo originale: The Prestige
Regia: Christopher Nolan |
Anno: 2006
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Mistero Fantascienza
Tag: dying and death | suicide | class society | london, england | magic | competition | obsession | hostility | class | diary | twist | tricks | illusion | rivalry | partner | steampunk | cruelty | hanging | jail cell | 19th century | nikola tesla | magician | tesla coil | bittersweet | secret | absurd | mind-blowing |
Cast: Hugh Jackman | Christian Bale | Michael Caine | Piper Perabo | Rebecca Hall | Scarlett Johansson | Samantha Mahurin | David Bowie | Andy Serkis | Daniel Davis | Jim Piddock | Christopher Neame | Mark Ryan | Roger Rees | Jamie Harris | Monty Stuart | Ron Perkins | Ricky Jay | J. Paul Moore | Anthony De Marco | Chao-Li Chi | Gregory Humphreys | John B. Crye | William Morgan Sheppard | Sean Howse | Julia Sanford | Ezra Buzzington | James Lancaster | Olivia Merg | Zoe Merg | Johnny Liska | Russ Fega | Kevin Will | Edward Hibbert | Christopher Judges | James Otis | Sam Menning | Brian Tahash | Scott Davis | Jodi Bianca Wise | Nikki Glick | Enn Reitel | Clive Kennedy | Robert W. Arbogast | Chris Cleveland | Rock Anthony | Tim Pilleri | Gary Sievers | Inna Swann | Erin Cipolletti |

Due giovani maghi apprendisti, Robert Angier e Alfred Borden, vengono istruiti e seguiti da Cutter, un ingegnere illusionista ed ex mago, ma durante un numero in cui una donna viene legata e messa in una cassa di vetro piena d'acqua, qualcosa va storto e Angier incolperà l'amico dell'accaduto, tentando di vendicarsi. Inizia così un crudele gioco tra i due uomini su chi sia il migliore e la rivalità si trasformerà pian piano in ossessione.

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Robert Angier: [has Alfred at gunpoint] What knot [...] D
[last lines] Cutter: Now you're looking for the s [...] D
[after finding Gerald Root, Angier's new double] [...] D
Robert Angier: Man's reach exceeds his imagination [...] D
Olivia Wenscombe: Why would he trust me? Robert A [...] D
[Borden shoots Angier in the waist, picking up the [...] D
Sarah: I know what you really are, and Alfred, I c [...] D
Robert Angier: It was the greatest magic trick I'v [...] D
Cutter: I came here to beg Lord Caldlow to destroy [...] D
Alfred Borden: So... we go alone now. Both of us. [...] D
Robert Angier: My passion is equal to the task. D
Burly Stagehand: Hey you! Where do you think you'r [...] D
Olivia Wenscombe: It won't bring your wife back. [...] D
Alfred Borden: You're not afraid to get your hands [...] D
Robert Angier: [about Borden] Where is he from? C [...] D
Cutter: You settled on a name yet? Robert Angier: [...] D
[Olivia visits Alfred Borden in his workshop. Bern [...] D
Cutter: I saw you, drop the knot again...? Julia [...] D
Robert Angier: He lives his act. D
Alfred Borden: The key! Where's the bloody key? D
Alfred Borden: Simple maybe, but not easy. D
Alfred Borden: You went half way around the world, [...] D
[Discussing Borden's trick] Robert Angier: How do [...] D
Nikola Tesla: Don't forget your hat, Mr. Angier. D
Cutter: You're a magician, not a wizard. D
Nikola Tesla: Exact science, Mr Angier, is not an [...] D
Cutter: Every great magic trick consists of three [...] D
Olivia Wenscombe: [referring to Angier] He wants m [...] D
Alfred Borden: See, sacrifice, Robert. That's the [...] D
Robert Angier: I haven't had a chance yet to compl [...] D
Robert Angier: What knot did you tie? Alfred Bord [...] D
Cutter: Take a minute to consider your achievement [...] D
Gerald Root: Did you think you were unique, Mr Ang [...] D
Robert Angier: Where are the wires? Alley: Exactl [...] D
Sarah: No more lies. No more secrets. Alfred Bord [...] D
Sarah: Alfred, I can't live like this! Alfred Bor [...] D
[last lines] Cutter: Every magic trick consists o [...] D
Sarah: Alfred I can't live like *this*! Alfred Bo [...] D
Sullen Warder: The only way Borden's going to disa [...] D
Merrit: I've hired a comedian. You know I hate com [...] D
[repeated line] Alfred Borden: Are you watching c [...] D
Alfred Borden: Does he enjoy taking his bows under [...] D
Nikola Tesla: Society tolerates only one change at [...] D
Officer: Do you have anything to say? Alfred Bord [...] D
Alfred Borden: He came in to demand an answer and [...] D
[first lines] Alfred Borden: Are you watching clo [...] D
Olivia Wenscombe: I *have* fallen in love with him [...] D
Robert Angier: The man stole my life. I steal his [...] D
[Root is performing as Angier's double] Cutter: Y [...] D
[In reference to a bird from a trick] Alfred Bord [...] D
Robert Angier: I never thought I'd find an answer [...] D
Alfred Borden: He's progressive, he's predictable, [...] D
Robert Angier: Would I be the man in the box or th [...] D
Judge: How large do you think this tank was? Cutt [...] D
Cutter: Ready to meet yourself, Mr Angier? D
Nikola Tesla: I apologize for leaving without sayi [...] D
[Discussing Borden's show] Robert Angier: He had [...] D
Alfred Borden: The secret impresses no one. The tr [...] D
Cutter: Obsession is a young man's game D
Alfred Borden: [realizes Fallon's buried after tra [...] D
Robert Angier: He's a dreadful magician. Cutter: [...] D
[after showing a little boy how to do a coin trick [...] D
Robert Angier: [to Borden] You always were the bet [...] D
Nikola Tesla: Nothing is impossible, Mr. Angier. W [...] D
Nikola Tesla: You're familiar with the phrase "man [...] D
Nikola Tesla: Mr. Angier, have you considered the [...] D
Nikola Tesla: Things don't always go as planned, M [...] D
Robert Angier: No one cares about the man in the b [...] D
Alfred Borden: I love you. Sarah: You mean it tod [...] D
Cutter: Could I talk to Lord Caldlow in person? O [...] D
Judge: What a way to kill someone. Cutter: They'r [...] D
Robert Angier: So what's going to be the climax of [...] D
Olivia Wenscombe: He says that it's even between y [...] D
Robert Angier: But here, at the turn, I must leave [...] D
Alfred Borden: He's a sharp lad, your son. Sarah: [...] D
Julia McCullough: I thought up a name for you: The [...] D
Ackerman: We'll have to dress it up a little. Disg [...] D
Alfred Borden: Everything's going to be alright, b [...] D
[Angier gives a speech to the audience about The R [...] D
Nikola Tesla: Society only tolerates one change at [...] D
Olivia Wenscombe: You married her. You had a child [...] D
Alfred Borden: We both had half of a full life, wh [...] D
Olivia Wenscombe: The Great Danton is a blind fool [...] D
Cutter: I knew a sailor once, got tangled in the r [...] D
Hotel Manager: I thought they might work for the g [...] D
Sarah: I know what you really are. And Alfred, I c [...] D
Gerald Root: You would drink, too, if you knew the [...] D
[Borden is explaining how he used a double in his [...] D
Robert Angier: Many of you may be familiar with th [...] D
Sullen Warder: How did you get so famous then, eh? [...] D
Robert Angier: I thought you said I'd have to get [...] D
Robert Angier: Which hat is mine? Nikola Tesla: T [...] D