The Prestige [WS]The Prestige [WS]

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  • Aspect Ratio:
    Widescreen
  • Rating:
     PG13 — for violence and disturbing images
  • Language:
      English, French, Spanish
  • Studio:
      Touchstone / Disney
  • UPC:
      786936705157
  • Year of Release:
      2006
  • Item Number:
      BVD050651
  • Release Date:
      08/14/2007
  • Genre:
     

    Psychological Thriller –

    Thriller

  • Format:
     

    DVD

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

    Obsession, jealousy, and deceit define the tense relationship shared between two turn-of-the-century magicians in Memento and Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan's dizzying tale of sleight of hand. Rupert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) are London-based magicians of the highest order, both blessed with spectacular powers of deception and both cursed with unrelenting envy for one another's skills. When Alfred performs an awe-inspiring trick for which there seems no logical explanation, the friendly competition shared between the pair turns to deadly rivalry as the enraged Rupert determines to uncover his rival's deepest secrets. In the world of illusion, however, nothing is ever quite as it seems, and the rules of the physical world simply don't apply. Now, as bitter competition quickly begins to consume the souls of both performers, the firestorm birthed by their anger threatens to consume all who surround them. Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, and David Bowie co-star in a feature that finds director/screenwriter Nolan reuniting with brother and Memento story author Jonathan Nolan to adapt author Christopher Priest's original novel. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:
  • Region: 1
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Subtitle: Eng/Fre/Spa
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
  • Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  • Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
  • Features:
    • The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
    • Conjuring the Past
    • The Visual Maze
    • Metaphors of Deception
    • Tesla: The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century
    • Resonances
    • The Art of the Prestige gallery
AWARDS
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  •     Nominated Best Art Direction - 2006 (Julie Ochipinti, Nathan Crowley)
  •     Nominated Best Cinematography - 2006 (Wally Pfister)
  • Art Directors Guild
  •     Nominated Best Art Direction in a Period Film - 2006 (Nathan Crowley)
  • Austin Film Critics
  •     Nominated Best Picture - 2006
  • London Film Critics Association
  •     Won Best Supporting British Actor - 2006 (Michael Caine)
  •     Nominated Best British Actor - 2006 (Christian Bale)
  •     Nominated Best British Director - 2006 (Christopher Nolan)
  •     Nominated British Newcomer of the Year - 2006 (Rebecca Hall)
  • Online Film Critics Association
  •     Nominated Best Adapted Screenplay - 2006 (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan)
  • Rome International Film Festival
  •     Film Presented - 2006
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
REVIEW:
  • Filmmakers are no strangers to the world of magic and illusions. Both Orson Welles and Woody Allen were talented amateur magicians, and directors sometimes treat editing as little more than an excuse to fool audiences and exert their powers of manipulation. Christopher Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan juggle timelines with such ease and dexterity that seeing them tackle the topic of illusionists would seem to be a perfect fit of talent and material. The Prestige is the cinematic equivalent of watching a Penn & Teller show. The Nolans, like the comedy magic duo, lay out exactly what they are going to do. The answers to the mysteries are right in front of the viewer for pretty much the entire film, but they surround the simple truths with so much misdirection and showmanship that even the most alert viewer is likely to be taken in by the elaborate ruse. The filmmakers reveal everything about their characters' tricks, including plainly stating the dramatic arc that a good magic trick follows, and still manage to thrill the audience with their skill. The look of Christopher Nolan's films are, for the most part, cold. He has a very cerebral, considered tone to his movies that would be off-putting if not for the fact that he consistently hires actors who are able to get at viewers' emotions. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman, as the magicians carrying on a lethal feud, carry the weight of The Prestige, each playing deeply flawed characters whose drive and ambition make them inherently interesting. In lesser hands, The Prestige could have become an empty exercise where the twists and turns might seem at best arbitrary or, at worst, manipulative. Thankfully, the editing and imagemaking is so precise, and the screenplay so beautifully layered, that the finished result tickles the audience with anticipation and bewilderment. The Nolans and their talented cast never play the viewers for suckers, even when fooling them right in front of their eyes. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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