If you pay close attention, you can actually tell in EVERY scene Borden is in which one is Albert and which one is Frederick (for those of you who don’t know, that is the name of each of them as their names together form “Alfred.”) Frederick: the one who follows Angier down below the stage and every subsequent scene of him in prison/trial/execution. Obviously. Frederick: first time we see Borden when he’s on the stage performing the underwater trick since he flies off the handle more and discusses changing knots. Albert: the one who sees the show with the Chinese man. This COULD be Frederick but he just seems softer and nicer to Angier. Albert: the one who performs the bird trick with Virgil and follows Sarah and her nephew. Frederick is the one waiting for her in her apartment pouring tea. Frederick: the one who talks to Sarah about the bullet catch. Obviously it’s him because she catches him when she doesn’t believe him when he says “I love you.” Also when she mentions she’s pregnant and he says, “We should’ve told Fallon!” Because he knew he’s the father. Albert: the one who visits Angier. “I’m sorry for your loss, Angier.” He didn’t know which knot his brother tied and he’s nicer and sincere. Albert: the one performing the ring trick and gets his fingers shot off. Frederick: “it’s as bad as it was.” “We can’t AFFORD (bang!) the bloody doctor back.” Albert: the one who pulled the key for his family and said, “You caught me in the wrong mood.” Albert/Frederick: performing the transported man trick. Don’t know who’s who though. Frederick: the one Olivia initially talks to when Angier sends her there. Frederick: the one who manipulates Root in the bar and takes Angier’s spot in his magic act. Just a viciousness that Frederick demonstrates. Albert: the one who gets trapped in the coffin. This is apparent because later at dinner, it’s obviously Frederick who was being called “Freddy” by Olivia (which he likes because it more closely resembles his real name.) and since he was the one who said he thought he’d lost something very dear to him (his brother). Albert: the one who talks to Jess about going to the zoo and can barely look at Olivia 5 minutes later. Frederick: the one who gets into a shouting match with Sarah and really loses it when she says “I know what you really are...” (an improvised line by Rebecca Hall by the way which is really cool) and even more heartbreaking to see Albert (as Fallon) picking up Jess sweetly while she cries. Frederick: the one who tries to win back Olivia after Sarah’s suicide, assuring he never loved Sarah. Albert: “They do this after every show? We’re done. I don’t need his trick. The two of us, we’ll just leave him alone. We’re done.” Albert: the one at the end who kills Angier and picks up Sarah from Cutter. So props to Christian Bale for subtly portraying 2 different people that’s obvious after many viewings but subtle enough to not spoil it for someone’s first time watching. And it becomes clear that between Angier, Albert and Frederick, 2 of the 3 were “bad” and one was good. Albert was kind, a good father, a wonderful magician, but not obsessed, didn’t kill Julia, and by the end, just wanted to be there for his daughter. Anyway, I thought maybe this would help some of you who didn’t understand parts of the movie to enjoy it more. The Prestige is a masterpiece.
Damn!!!! Thanks for the breakdown! How many times have you seen it? I think it's great how the movie hides the secret in plain sight, just like a magic trick. Over and over we're given clues that we just dismiss because we're not looking for them like Michael Caine's character said.
Seen it 5 times. Wasn't until the 3rd time of watching it that I picked up on everything. Always kept finding something in the story that I didn't notice before. Such a clever movie. One of the best films ever made.
Have you ever watched it from the POV that Cutter, the character played by Michael Caine is running his own trick through the whole movie to get Angiers money? I'm almost certain that it's actually supposed to be made that way.
Batman and Wolverine competing for an audience, David Bowie cloning cats and hats like Dr. Seuss, and Alfred killing birds, what a classic. But seriously what a fantastic movie.
The Prestige took a critical hit because it's a Secret Sci-Fi movie. They were initially disappointed that they weren't seeing a straight forward period piece. However, both critics and audiences alike who didn't like it the first time around tend to love it on a repeat viewing because, knowing the sci-fi twist, they can see how it serves the characters and story. (Sorry to Bother You is another good example of the Secret Sci-Fi movie.)
Outside of The Dark Knight this is my favorite Nolan movie. It’s hard to say it’s better than Inception or Interstellar, but I just like how the story is both so simple and so complex. In those movies the story feels so big or the stakes are high, but in this it’s just a rivalry gone very deadly and it’s made so masterfully and it’s so perfect that you can feel the tension and connect to the characters. Even though you’re following the characters and seeing what they do, you’re still surprised by everything and the conclusion fits everything together perfectly.
To me, *The Prestige* is definitely his second best movie after Memento. The way he put these movies together are pure brilliance. Inception is the one I've seen the most but these are definitely better executed. Big *Nolan* fan.
What a great film. I liked it the first time I saw it but enjoyed it even more the second and third times. Found it funny it was mentioned in Rick and Morty last week when Rick Prestiged Morty.
In a way, #13 could say TWO real-life magicians have cameos in the film. You mention magician Ricky Jay who acted in the film, but also an actor in the film plays real-life magician Chung Ling Soo who died in 1918. Just as in real life, the character is presented as a Chinese magician, though he was actually an American of Scottish decent. It was only upon his death that the general public learned that he was not Chinese.
The audience score for The Prestige is high, though. 92%. Making it a middle-to-higher effort from the director. (Also, the critics gave it a 75% 7.09/10, not 74%) Insomnia has the lowest audience score for a theatrical release (77%), while his documentary short film Quay has the lowest of all (76%).
I tried watching this quietly in bed, yet could not help but shout "BOWIIIIIEEEEEE!!!" when he first appeared, as well as his subsequent scenes. That is the power of Bowie.
Angier's Transported Man goes left to right and involves drawing attention to the ground w/ the ball. Borden's Transported version goes the opposite direction and instead focuses attention above w/ the hat.
Funny coincidence, I watched this last night. After seeing the new Tenet trailer it made me want to watch my favourite of his more thoughtful movies. I watched Interstellar, this and then Inception. I love how rewarding they are on multiple viewings
The film and the book are completely different. From character motivations, relationships, how the machine works and even the meaning of the word "Prestige". Their entire rivalry starts from Borden interrupting Angier's seance in a home. The men not even knowing each other, Borden feels the need to stop such scams. While acting as part of the seance and sabotaging it, Borden creates a commotion which leads to Angier's assistant/wife to have a miscarriage (she doesn't die).
Ramón Enrique Rivera same everywhere. It was one of those cases of similar movies coming out at around the same time like Dante’s Peak/Volcano, Deep Impact/Armageddon, The Matrix/The 13th Floor.
It happens alot. Armageddon, Deep Impact. Dante's Peak and Volcano. Antz and A Bugs Life. Mission to Mars and Red Planet. There are many more. Once they become aware of each other's production the race begins.
They weren’t really all that similar, other than being period pieces about magicians and releasing at the same time. The Illusionist was a love story/political thriller/heist movie with a magician protagonist. The Prestige is a mind bending sci-fi/action/mystery. I do remember that people got them confused with each other at the time of release, though.
The reason Jude Law wasn't cast because David O. Russel reportedly put Christopher Nolan in a headlock because he wanted Jude Law in his movie I ❤ huckabees.
Me too. I watched it last night and even though she has a fairly important role she isn't in the movie that much so I guess that's why it's easy to forget
I may be getting my wires crossed, but I have this vague recollection that Piper Perabo almost drowned filming that scene. Was that from another movie though?
Just a note on a key aspect of the plot you seemed to overlook. There was NO TWIN! Both magicians used clones created by Telsa. One realized right away what had happened and left Tesla thinking the machine did not work. His method was to make the two of himself one man where the other decided to continue cloning and killing one version each time as he went.
@@Prototyp3m1nd They're definitely twins in the book. Also in the book, the machine kills the person who uses it--the clone survives. However, it malfunctions, leaving 2 half-alive Angiers.
I'm seeing this theory pop up a lot in these comments, but it doesn't hold up. Here's why: 1. Borden knew Angiers would read his journal, so he put Tesla in there as a red herring. Angiers took the bait and left for months as a result. It makes sense that Angiers would fall for it--he refused Michael Caine's correct assumption on how the Transported Man worked and believed it would be something more fantastical. 2. When Angiers commissions Tesla to build a teleporter, Tesla replies "Nothing is impossible, Mr. Angier. What you want is simply expensive." It's later revealed that Angiers comes from considerable wealth. Borden did not. How would Borden pay for it?
Roger Ebert said that he docked major points for making a period piece into sci-fi. He's the best anything ever but I disagree with him. Tesla either did or did not make a sci-fi machine, that's interpretation. But the element is not out of line for what is somewhat of a fantasy movie; electricity is invented and the words *real magic* are admissible court testimony. That's why critics were docking it, but the reviews are still always above average.
libradawg9 people tend to knock movies that are secretly sci-fi. Sorry to Bother You is another one. I guarantee that they enjoy it more the second time around when they see how the sci-fi twist is in service to the characters and story.
@@oldDNU Donnie Darko is another one. Begins with a giant rabbit and becomes an exercise in time travel. These are two of my favorite movies of all time so I obviously appreciate that type of thing. Unless it's aliens. If the revelation involves aliens I hate it immediately.
libradawg9 and to give the counter example of “unless it’s aliens”, can I suggest Dark City? Sure, the theatrical version reveals the villains are aliens immediately, but that the director’s cut conceals that info until later.
@@oldDNU That's another one of Ebert's controversial favorites. To me it set itself up as a sci-fi futuristic thriller all along, so I can forgive alien presence in those movies.
I didn't like how Bales character tried to destroy Jackman's character after he had already killed his wife by changing a knot for no reason. That death was very senseless because their audience wouldn't be able to see any knot made very well anyway.
I'd be willing to bet the "sex shop" with David Copperfield was in fact a risqué lingerie shop "front" to David's magic prop warehouse. I had the weird privilege of meeting David and installing the hidden door. And yes he uses BIG mirrors for his tricks. The shop is called, of all things, "Butches"
Its interesting as every other review site is always referred to on youtube except never, never-ever IMDB which is the most accurate for gauging what is actually a good film.
The fact Bale didn’t really learn magic tricks actually works in favour for the character since he lacks showmanship. Helps make Bale look like he’s stumbling over each trick.
They weren't brothers. Borden used tesla once. Thats why his secret was his name. But they share a life opposed to choosing each time. There was no twins. They were just a single copy. Every one gets this wrong and it has lead to some lengthy conversations. Watch it again without the twins but single copy and it all makes so much more sense then him randomly coming up with a twin and then randomly having tesla with cloning ability as his codex.
If what you're saying is true, Borden wouldn't be so surprised when he saw the machine Angier used to perform his trick and eager to find out how he's done it.
Why do people suggest that Bale character was a twin... Bales character was the first to be cloned... yes he had a clone but the difference is he loved his clone whereas Jackmans character lost his love of life with the lost of his wife... this movie is deeper than people give it credit!
Patzer because he was a twin. Borden had Tesla in his journal as a red herring to get Angiers out of town for a while. Angiers hired Tesla to create a teleportation device. Tesla accidentally invented a cloning device instead, something they were unaware of until finding the pile of hats outside the lab where they materialized.
Er... You might have to explain the reason for your exasperation, seeing that everyone else (including Nolan, it seems) *does* think Fallon is Borden's twin brother... In fact he's BOTH twin brothers, technically - since each of the twins takes on his persona at different points of the film.
I hope you’re joking. Borden being twins and living their entire life as one person for the sake of the illusion is, like, critically important to the story.
Iain Meldrum you’re forgetting the scene where Angier has Fallon buried, trying to get the cypher for Borden’s journal and he gives him Tesla. Stating Tesla is the method. He had gone and seen Tesla before Angier ever did. That’s how Tesla knew he could build the machine. Because he successfully cloned Borden.
@@gabbertron_ I'll agree that Nolan leaves this deliberately ambiguous - as he often does. But it's stated - by Borden himself in his decoded 'diary' - that 'Tesla' was just the cipher for that diary, nothing more. Angier also complains to Mr Alley that Tesla had never made the machine for anyone before and Alley responds that Tesla never claimed he had. In fact if you read Christopher Priest's original book the Bordens are given more backstory and it's spelled out that they are two twin brothers named Albert and Frederick.
He's a twin, it's the whole thematic point of the movie. That the greater the prestige (in both senses of the word) the greater the sacrifice. Angier was always looking for a shortcut and ended up paying the greatest sacrifice in the end
As much as I love The Dark Knight, Inception, and all his films really, The Prestige is by far Nolan's real masterpiece.
completely and utterly slept on movie, it’s over shadowed :/
While I agree it is a masterpiece, I personally like Insomnia and Memento more
Daniel Ferrari Insomnia? Do you mean Inception, please tell me I didn’t miss a pretty big movie.
@@joesatchwannabe Insomnia was boring tbh. Memento was great!
Not by far in my opinion but i would agree it is his best film
If you pay close attention, you can actually tell in EVERY scene Borden is in which one is Albert and which one is Frederick (for those of you who don’t know, that is the name of each of them as their names together form “Alfred.”)
Frederick: the one who follows Angier down below the stage and every subsequent scene of him in prison/trial/execution. Obviously.
Frederick: first time we see Borden when he’s on the stage performing the underwater trick since he flies off the handle more and discusses changing knots.
Albert: the one who sees the show with the Chinese man. This COULD be Frederick but he just seems softer and nicer to Angier.
Albert: the one who performs the bird trick with Virgil and follows Sarah and her nephew. Frederick is the one waiting for her in her apartment pouring tea.
Frederick: the one who talks to Sarah about the bullet catch. Obviously it’s him because she catches him when she doesn’t believe him when he says “I love you.” Also when she mentions she’s pregnant and he says, “We should’ve told Fallon!” Because he knew he’s the father.
Albert: the one who visits Angier. “I’m sorry for your loss, Angier.” He didn’t know which knot his brother tied and he’s nicer and sincere.
Albert: the one performing the ring trick and gets his fingers shot off.
Frederick: “it’s as bad as it was.” “We can’t AFFORD (bang!) the bloody doctor back.”
Albert: the one who pulled the key for his family and said, “You caught me in the wrong mood.”
Albert/Frederick: performing the transported man trick. Don’t know who’s who though.
Frederick: the one Olivia initially talks to when Angier sends her there.
Frederick: the one who manipulates Root in the bar and takes Angier’s spot in his magic act. Just a viciousness that Frederick demonstrates.
Albert: the one who gets trapped in the coffin. This is apparent because later at dinner, it’s obviously Frederick who was being called “Freddy” by Olivia (which he likes because it more closely resembles his real name.) and since he was the one who said he thought he’d lost something very dear to him (his brother).
Albert: the one who talks to Jess about going to the zoo and can barely look at Olivia 5 minutes later.
Frederick: the one who gets into a shouting match with Sarah and really loses it when she says “I know what you really are...” (an improvised line by Rebecca Hall by the way which is really cool) and even more heartbreaking to see Albert (as Fallon) picking up Jess sweetly while she cries.
Frederick: the one who tries to win back Olivia after Sarah’s suicide, assuring he never loved Sarah.
Albert: “They do this after every show? We’re done. I don’t need his trick. The two of us, we’ll just leave him alone. We’re done.”
Albert: the one at the end who kills Angier and picks up Sarah from Cutter.
So props to Christian Bale for subtly portraying 2 different people that’s obvious after many viewings but subtle enough to not spoil it for someone’s first time watching. And it becomes clear that between Angier, Albert and Frederick, 2 of the 3 were “bad” and one was good. Albert was kind, a good father, a wonderful magician, but not obsessed, didn’t kill Julia, and by the end, just wanted to be there for his daughter. Anyway, I thought maybe this would help some of you who didn’t understand parts of the movie to enjoy it more. The Prestige is a masterpiece.
Wowww one of the best explanations that I saw until now!!!
Most if those are spot on, but there are some smaller ones that I'm never really sure who's who.
Damn!!!! Thanks for the breakdown! How many times have you seen it? I think it's great how the movie hides the secret in plain sight, just like a magic trick. Over and over we're given clues that we just dismiss because we're not looking for them like Michael Caine's character said.
Very Well Done!
My Fav Movie too. !
Brilliant Actually.
😎😎
fine analysis, but you're about 65% correct.
Seen it 5 times. Wasn't until the 3rd time of watching it that I picked up on everything. Always kept finding something in the story that I didn't notice before.
Such a clever movie. One of the best films ever made.
Have you ever watched it from the POV that Cutter, the character played by Michael Caine is running his own trick through the whole movie to get Angiers money? I'm almost certain that it's actually supposed to be made that way.
@@MrDayday112 How do you reckon? Cutter was the one who got Angier his shows and venues, how was he trying to trick him?
@@MrDayday112 Id like to hear more about this.
I have watched every Christopher Nolan movie and The Prestige is by far my favourate.
I like The Prestige as well but I prefer The Dark Knight, Inception, and Memento
Batman and Wolverine competing for an audience, David Bowie cloning cats and hats like Dr. Seuss, and Alfred killing birds, what a classic. But seriously what a fantastic movie.
Black Widow is in there too, and I think the other woman is from Iron Man 3.
Jennifer Jobe oh yea I forgot about Black Widow! Good call.
Don't forget about David Bowie's assistant Gollum.
And Alfred betraying Master Wayne. The scandal!
I really cannot unsee that this movie is about Batman and Wolverine having a magic duel.
Alfred is also on the opposite throughout the film until the end. Black widow and Ulysess klau also star
Aided by Alfred, the Black Widow, and Gollum!
Well, he did send Black Widow in as a spy.
"North America and Canada"...
Uhh, since when is Canada not in North America?
I just stopped the video to make that exact comment. Seems like you saved me a job! :D
@@bujin1977 Ditto. Good thing I checked the comments before I became someone's echo.
@@bujin1977 Yep, I'll join the queue as well. Paused the video straight away!
There are a total of 23 countries in North America.
Lol. I should have read the other comments 1st. 👍
The Prestige took a critical hit because it's a Secret Sci-Fi movie. They were initially disappointed that they weren't seeing a straight forward period piece. However, both critics and audiences alike who didn't like it the first time around tend to love it on a repeat viewing because, knowing the sci-fi twist, they can see how it serves the characters and story. (Sorry to Bother You is another good example of the Secret Sci-Fi movie.)
Underrated Nolan film. Incredibly well made.
Regarding the protagonists' names I'm pretty sure it is no coincidence that their surnames are just one letter away from 'anger' and 'burden'.
Outside of The Dark Knight this is my favorite Nolan movie. It’s hard to say it’s better than Inception or Interstellar, but I just like how the story is both so simple and so complex. In those movies the story feels so big or the stakes are high, but in this it’s just a rivalry gone very deadly and it’s made so masterfully and it’s so perfect that you can feel the tension and connect to the characters. Even though you’re following the characters and seeing what they do, you’re still surprised by everything and the conclusion fits everything together perfectly.
your comment is gloriously paid.
I mean, you so obviously posted both STUPID and OBVIOUSLY PANDERING.
you're Just. So. Good.
To me, *The Prestige* is definitely his second best movie after Memento.
The way he put these movies together are pure brilliance.
Inception is the one I've seen the most but these are definitely better executed.
Big *Nolan* fan.
What a great film. I liked it the first time I saw it but enjoyed it even more the second and third times. Found it funny it was mentioned in Rick and Morty last week when Rick Prestiged Morty.
In which episode of rick and morty?
In a way, #13 could say TWO real-life magicians have cameos in the film. You mention magician Ricky Jay who acted in the film, but also an actor in the film plays real-life magician Chung Ling Soo who died in 1918. Just as in real life, the character is presented as a Chinese magician, though he was actually an American of Scottish decent. It was only upon his death that the general public learned that he was not Chinese.
I have litreally seen this movie multiple times before , but suprisingly overlooked many of the things mentioned
Nolan-fan here. The Prestige, The Dark Knight and Memento are my top favorites.
As far as Nolan films go it's a great one that gets an undeserving amount of hate IMO, along with Batman Begins.
Batman gets very little hate after people saw the whole story
never heard anyone hate these 2 movies.
interstellar and TDKR on the other hand get way too much hate
frank unodostres interstellar is shit that’s why it gets hate lol
@@holladaycubed oh okay
Who hates the prestige?
The audience score for The Prestige is high, though. 92%. Making it a middle-to-higher effort from the director. (Also, the critics gave it a 75% 7.09/10, not 74%) Insomnia has the lowest audience score for a theatrical release (77%), while his documentary short film Quay has the lowest of all (76%).
I can easily see Jude Law as the Hugh Jackman character.
Got this on the mighty HD-DVD oh yes!
I tried watching this quietly in bed, yet could not help but shout "BOWIIIIIEEEEEE!!!" when he first appeared, as well as his subsequent scenes. That is the power of Bowie.
The Tesla Machine Heckler at 8:29 was also the film's location scout.
This is one of my favourite films ever ❤
Angier's Transported Man goes left to right and involves drawing attention to the ground w/ the ball. Borden's Transported version goes the opposite direction and instead focuses attention above w/ the hat.
David Julyan's soundtrack is so under-rated
The Illusionist came out the same year. 2006 was a magical time...
I will see myself out.
Great Movie too..
😋
Batman v. Wolverine. 😁
Featuring: Ziggy Stardust, Black Widow, and Alfred. All in a period piece where Hugh Jackman doesn't sing!
One of my all time favorites
Jay was also downright brilliant in my favourite series, Deadwood, as a cardshark / dealer with a good heart Eddie Sawyer ;)
Have to rewatch the film. I didn't even remember David Bowie was in it. I only remember the end because, you know, that end.
This is definitely my favourite movie of all time
Saw scenes in here that I don't remember at all. I need to watch this again.
*7:40** Canada is in North America*
Funny coincidence, I watched this last night. After seeing the new Tenet trailer it made me want to watch my favourite of his more thoughtful movies. I watched Interstellar, this and then Inception. I love how rewarding they are on multiple viewings
The film and the book are completely different.
From character motivations, relationships, how the machine works and even the meaning of the word "Prestige".
Their entire rivalry starts from Borden interrupting Angier's seance in a home. The men not even knowing each other, Borden feels the need to stop such scams. While acting as part of the seance and sabotaging it, Borden creates a commotion which leads to Angier's assistant/wife to have a miscarriage (she doesn't die).
IKMNification plus the modern day framing device mentioned in the video. The Prestige is definitely on the list of movies better than the book.
Wtf is this sorcery? I literally just finished watching it for the first time half an hour ago!!!
For the first time ever? Or have you watched last week's Rick and Morty?
@@nicemimomisu first time ever
lucky
@@nicemimomisu I haven't watched it. Feel no desire to. 🤷♀️
That's fine, your loss :)
I really. Really like Scoop. I actually just watched it again a few months ago.
What. A. Film.
Whyyy do I feel like there was a twist at the end or an unanswered question 🤦🏽♂️ or am I just looking tooo much into the final shot ? 🤷🏽♂️
I love this movie! Every time I watch it I see new things.
best written movie by far. so much to learn from this movie
did you guys make this vid after hearing Rick use it as a verb in "Rick & Morty: the Vat of Acid Episode"?
I'd guess it's the same reason why I watched it last night. The new Tenet trailer was recently released
Over here in Puerto Rico... "The Illusionist" and this movie "The Prestige"; were released on a date with a gap of just few months in between.
Ramón Enrique Rivera same everywhere. It was one of those cases of similar movies coming out at around the same time like Dante’s Peak/Volcano, Deep Impact/Armageddon, The Matrix/The 13th Floor.
Wow this makes a change ... for once a video that doesn’t involve Nolan bashing 😅
Im a huge fan of Lucky Number Slevin. Great all round movie.
As far as it edging out "The Departed" financially. I give you....."Scarlett Johansson".
I have to admit...I never learned any magic tricks after watching this movie.
Underrated movie
I really loved The Prestige movie
Nolan added a little history to the rivalry between Edison and Tesla
Borden's prison ID is D23, surely a sneaky reference to Disney's distribution of the film!
A great movie, a true masterpiece 🥇👑🥇👑😊👍👏🏆🎖🏆🎖🏆🏅👏
Holy mother of god I saw 6 goddamn ads before watching this video
UA-cam gone nuts
Funfact The Departet is a remake of a chinese movie called: Infernal Affairs
Funfact, Tenet is a prequel to The Prestige!
I would have loved Jude Law in Jackman's role!
Loved how he made everyone think the machine worked. 😂😂😂
I found it also odd that The Prestige and The Illusionist were very similar, and very similar in release dates.
It happens alot. Armageddon, Deep Impact. Dante's Peak and Volcano. Antz and A Bugs Life. Mission to Mars and Red Planet. There are many more. Once they become aware of each other's production the race begins.
They weren’t really all that similar, other than being period pieces about magicians and releasing at the same time. The Illusionist was a love story/political thriller/heist movie with a magician protagonist. The Prestige is a mind bending sci-fi/action/mystery. I do remember that people got them confused with each other at the time of release, though.
The reason Jude Law wasn't cast because David O. Russel reportedly put Christopher Nolan in a headlock because he wanted Jude Law in his movie
I ❤ huckabees.
Amazing movie!!💯💯
I honestly forget ScarJo is even in this.
Me too. I watched it last night and even though she has a fairly important role she isn't in the movie that much so I guess that's why it's easy to forget
Oh, Josh Hartnett......😭😭
Who missed the fact that no one did CPR because it was not invented?
Which knot did you tie?
@@richieboss1037 I can never know for sure.
That what I thought, why did they not performed CPR.
I may be getting my wires crossed, but I have this vague recollection that Piper Perabo almost drowned filming that scene. Was that from another movie though?
Same exact trick in another magic film. Now you see me.
Just a note on a key aspect of the plot you seemed to overlook. There was NO TWIN! Both magicians used clones created by Telsa. One realized right away what had happened and left Tesla thinking the machine did not work. His method was to make the two of himself one man where the other decided to continue cloning and killing one version each time as he went.
Isn't that the book plot and not the movie plot? The movie made it clear that in its story line they're twins unless I'm recalling that wrong.
Rewatch the burried alive scene, the answer is right there
@@Prototyp3m1nd They're definitely twins in the book. Also in the book, the machine kills the person who uses it--the clone survives. However, it malfunctions, leaving 2 half-alive Angiers.
I'm seeing this theory pop up a lot in these comments, but it doesn't hold up. Here's why:
1. Borden knew Angiers would read his journal, so he put Tesla in there as a red herring. Angiers took the bait and left for months as a result. It makes sense that Angiers would fall for it--he refused Michael Caine's correct assumption on how the Transported Man worked and believed it would be something more fantastical.
2. When Angiers commissions Tesla to build a teleporter, Tesla replies "Nothing is impossible, Mr. Angier. What you want is simply expensive." It's later revealed that Angiers comes from considerable wealth. Borden did not. How would Borden pay for it?
Roger Ebert said that he docked major points for making a period piece into sci-fi. He's the best anything ever but I disagree with him. Tesla either did or did not make a sci-fi machine, that's interpretation. But the element is not out of line for what is somewhat of a fantasy movie; electricity is invented and the words *real magic* are admissible court testimony.
That's why critics were docking it, but the reviews are still always above average.
libradawg9 people tend to knock movies that are secretly sci-fi. Sorry to Bother You is another one. I guarantee that they enjoy it more the second time around when they see how the sci-fi twist is in service to the characters and story.
@@oldDNU Donnie Darko is another one. Begins with a giant rabbit and becomes an exercise in time travel. These are two of my favorite movies of all time so I obviously appreciate that type of thing. Unless it's aliens. If the revelation involves aliens I hate it immediately.
libradawg9 excellent example
libradawg9 and to give the counter example of “unless it’s aliens”, can I suggest Dark City? Sure, the theatrical version reveals the villains are aliens immediately, but that the director’s cut conceals that info until later.
@@oldDNU That's another one of Ebert's controversial favorites. To me it set itself up as a sci-fi futuristic thriller all along, so I can forgive alien presence in those movies.
7:42 "North America and Canada"
Canada is part of North America my friend.
Top 3 Nolan movies
Batman Begins
Prestige
Memento
Rick and Morty
How in the h*ck is Interstellar scored so low on RT?!
i think it's because the "love is the solution" thing. People didn't like that kinda corniness apparently...
I didn't like how Bales character tried to destroy Jackman's character after he had already killed his wife by changing a knot for no reason. That death was very senseless because their audience wouldn't be able to see any knot made very well anyway.
Floordford because Angiers then tries to kill Borden by sabotaging his hidden bullet trick. Neither were up for hugging it out after that.
So, what you're really saying is that Christian Bale and Huge Jackman are Disney Princesses.
It's not magic it's science ⚡️
Wasn’t the prestige a wrestling group on WCPW
He clearly wanted Sam Mendes based on three movies he made years later, makes sense. Like memento...
I'd be willing to bet the "sex shop" with David Copperfield was in fact a risqué lingerie shop "front" to David's magic prop warehouse. I had the weird privilege of meeting David and installing the hidden door. And yes he uses BIG mirrors for his tricks. The shop is called, of all things, "Butches"
All i can say is thank God sam mendes didnt direct this
Number 2!!
Its interesting as every other review site is always referred to on youtube except never, never-ever IMDB which is the most accurate for gauging what is actually a good film.
Private magic show in a sex shop, that probably sounds far more dirty than it was.
The fact Bale didn’t really learn magic tricks actually works in favour for the character since he lacks showmanship. Helps make Bale look like he’s stumbling over each trick.
trying to capitalized on that reference from Rick and Morty ay
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They weren't brothers. Borden used tesla once. Thats why his secret was his name. But they share a life opposed to choosing each time. There was no twins. They were just a single copy. Every one gets this wrong and it has lead to some lengthy conversations. Watch it again without the twins but single copy and it all makes so much more sense then him randomly coming up with a twin and then randomly having tesla with cloning ability as his codex.
If what you're saying is true, Borden wouldn't be so surprised when he saw the machine Angier used to perform his trick and eager to find out how he's done it.
But josh harnett is still acting
Um.. yeah.. North America is composed of Canada, The United Sates of America (or America), and Mexico sooo..
Exactly! What he said would be like someone else saying, "... in Europe and Great Britain."
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I Prestiged you Morty
Number 11....I think most of us knew that.
were you drunk while narrating?
Why do people suggest that Bale character was a twin... Bales character was the first to be cloned... yes he had a clone but the difference is he loved his clone whereas Jackmans character lost his love of life with the lost of his wife... this movie is deeper than people give it credit!
Patzer because he was a twin. Borden had Tesla in his journal as a red herring to get Angiers out of town for a while. Angiers hired Tesla to create a teleportation device. Tesla accidentally invented a cloning device instead, something they were unaware of until finding the pile of hats outside the lab where they materialized.
Erik Dresner I’ll submit my findings after a laser like watching even if I find evidence in the opposite of my initial statement! 😅
Overrated Indian directors and actors shamelessly copied this movie, combined with the plot of Now You See Me and made a shit called Dhoom 3
Sixth!
“20 things you didn’t know about the prestish?”
In other countries they make fun of American accents. You’re a stupid hick
Fallon isn't a twin. He's a clone. C'mon guys.
Er... You might have to explain the reason for your exasperation, seeing that everyone else (including Nolan, it seems) *does* think Fallon is Borden's twin brother...
In fact he's BOTH twin brothers, technically - since each of the twins takes on his persona at different points of the film.
I hope you’re joking. Borden being twins and living their entire life as one person for the sake of the illusion is, like, critically important to the story.
Iain Meldrum you’re forgetting the scene where Angier has Fallon buried, trying to get the cypher for Borden’s journal and he gives him Tesla. Stating Tesla is the method. He had gone and seen Tesla before Angier ever did. That’s how Tesla knew he could build the machine. Because he successfully cloned Borden.
@@gabbertron_ I'll agree that Nolan leaves this deliberately ambiguous - as he often does. But it's stated - by Borden himself in his decoded 'diary' - that 'Tesla' was just the cipher for that diary, nothing more. Angier also complains to Mr Alley that Tesla had never made the machine for anyone before and Alley responds that Tesla never claimed he had. In fact if you read Christopher Priest's original book the Bordens are given more backstory and it's spelled out that they are two twin brothers named Albert and Frederick.
He's a twin, it's the whole thematic point of the movie. That the greater the prestige (in both senses of the word) the greater the sacrifice. Angier was always looking for a shortcut and ended up paying the greatest sacrifice in the end
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Wolverine , Batman , Alfred and Black Widow had a foursome ?
kzarkage Two Alfreds actually. (Andy Serkis is playing Alfred in the new Batman movie and he was Tesla’s assistant in this movie)
He was also Klaue in Black Panther and Snoke
No... no, really no.
First😂