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. The two become bitter enemies and part ways.īorden begins a solo act while Cutter helps Angier launch his own career.

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.

The Prestige by Christopher Priest