You can watch one of the most exciting films Christopher Nolan has ever made on TV tonight: Prestige – The Masters of Magic not only combines a bombastic cast, but also nerve-racking tension with a certain opulence. And then there’s that ending that’s guaranteed to pull the rug out from under you.
That’s what Prestige – The Masters of Magic is all about
They once worked together as assistants, later they became to bitter enemies: The two magicians Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) compete for the audience and the best magic trick at the end of the 20th century.
After Angier’s assistant and wife, Julia McCullough (Piper Perabo), drowns in a failed magic trick, Angier commits an act of sabotage on Borden. The loses two fingers as a result of the attack and any respect that ever existed between the two is lost forever.
In the end it’s all about the magic trick “The Transported Man”. Borden’s trick almost drives Angier crazy: he just can’t figure out how the magic act works, even though he even puts his assistant Olivia Wenscombe (Scarlett Johansson) on it. After a few years, however, Angier managed to create his own version of the trick, which was quite something.
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In addition to Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, Prestige also has Scarlett Johansson and Michael Caine.
The ending of Prestige – The Masters of Magic is one of the nastiest there is
At the very end of Prestige we find out how the two different magic tricks work. Ultimately, they deliver the same thing, but their approach could hardly be more different. But both methods have one thing in common: when they watch the film for the first time, very few people will realize what’s behind it.
Spoiler alert! Angier only appears to drown, but Borden is accused of his murder and hanged. But Angier is apparently alive and well in the audience during the execution, and there is also a doppelganger of Borden who ultimately shoots Angier.
That is the solution: Christian Bale’s Alfred Borden has one twin brother named Bernard Fallon. The two siblings have been hiding the fact that they are identical twins since they were young. Not even his wife Sarah and his lover Olivia know about it. Fallon even removes the two fingers that Borden lost.
Angier’s approach to the trick The transported man turns out to be much darker: He has one from Nikola Tesla (David Bowie!) received a machine with which he can duplicate himself. Every time he performs the trick, his clone drowns.
TV or stream: When and where is Prestige – The Masters of Magic showing?
RTLZWEI shines prestige – The Masters of Magic this Saturday, December November 25, 2023 at 10:35 p.m out of. A repeat will come on November 26th at 3:25am. Additionally there is prestige Apple TV, Amazon, Maxdome or Magenta TV online to rent or buy.
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