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00:00:57 Are you watching closely?
00:01:05 Every magic trick consists
00:01:10 The first part is called "the pledge."
00:01:13 The magician shows you
00:01:17 A deck of cards, a bird or a man.
00:01:27 He shows you this object.
00:01:29 Perhaps he asks you to inspect it,
00:01:32 to see that it is indeed real,
00:01:35 unaltered, normal.
00:01:42 But, of course, it probably isn't.
00:01:45 Where do you think you're going?
00:01:47 I'm part of the bloody act, you fool.
00:02:02 The second act is called "the turn."
00:02:19 The magician takes
00:02:24 and makes it do
00:02:31 Now you're looking for the
00:02:35 because, of course,
00:02:39 You don't really want to know.
00:02:44 You want to be... fooled.
00:02:48 But you wouldn't clap yet,
00:02:51 because making something
00:02:55 You have to bring it back.
00:03:00 That's why every magic trick
00:03:04 The hardest part.
00:03:06 The part we call...
00:03:08 ..."the prestige."
00:03:20 The prestige? And did Robert
00:03:25 get to that final part
00:03:27 - No, sir. Something went wrong.
00:03:30 I saw someone making
00:03:34 I followed him.
00:03:36 It was Borden,
00:03:39 Would you please describe
00:03:43 I'm an ingénieur, I design illusions
00:03:45 and construct the apparatus
00:03:48 So, Mr. Cutter, was this
00:03:53 part of Mr. Angier's illusion?
00:03:55 No. The tank was brought
00:03:59 and then taken offstage.
00:04:01 Borden must have placed it
00:04:04 How large was this tank?
00:04:06 It's a normal tank
00:04:08 about 400 or 500 gallons.
00:04:10 How do you think he
00:04:13 under the trap door
00:04:15 He's a magician, ask him.
00:04:18 I ask again,
00:04:19 would this man explain the mechanics
00:04:22 The Real Transported Man is one
00:04:26 in this business.
00:04:27 I have the right to sell it on.
00:04:29 If I reveal the method here,
00:04:31 How can we know
00:04:34 some part of the trick that went wrong?
00:04:36 Mr. Cutter, I see your predicament.
00:04:38 But Alfred Borden's life
00:04:41 If you were prepared to disclose
00:04:44 I might be able to judge
00:04:47 Might this be an acceptable compromise?
00:05:08 I'm going to have to ask
00:05:15 Not my idea, sir. The warden saw
00:05:19 where he vanished into thin air.
00:05:21 He's convinced he'll try and escape.
00:05:27 I told him the only way
00:05:30 is if I leave him out there
00:05:38 Check the locks...
00:05:41 ...twice.
00:05:50 My name is Owens.
00:05:52 I'm a solicitor.
00:05:55 I represent Lord Caldlow, an
00:05:58 How much?
00:06:01 - He is interested...
00:06:04 Five thousand pounds.
00:06:05 Talk to Fallon, my ingénieur.
00:06:08 Yes, I did. He offered
00:06:12 All except the most valuable
00:06:14 Well, I won't forgive myself
00:06:18 Even for your daughter?
00:06:21 If you are for the drop, your daughter
00:06:25 Fallon will take care of her.
00:06:27 Perfect, Fallon.
00:06:29 A man with a past
00:06:31 The courts have motioned she be removed
00:06:36 I know you're no stranger
00:06:39 It's better than here?
00:06:41 I'm offering you a way to wrap up
00:06:44 I'm offering your daughter a future.
00:06:46 As Lord Caldlow's ward,
00:06:50 ...ever.
00:06:51 Well, think it over.
00:06:55 And Lord Caldlow
00:06:58 as a show of good faith.
00:07:01 Robert Angier's diary, including
00:07:05 learning your trick.
00:07:06 - He never learned it.
00:07:08 On his return, he mounted
00:07:11 that the papers said was
00:07:15 If you want Angier's secrets,
00:07:18 you go dig him up and ask him yourself.
00:07:22 I want your secret, Mr. Borden.
00:07:27 Consider your daughter.
00:07:36 A cipher,
00:07:38 an enigma...
00:07:42 ...a search,
00:07:44 a search for answers.
00:07:52 Even if Colorado
00:07:56 it'll take much longer to unravel
00:08:00 the rest of Borden's secrets.
00:08:04 See, the cipher in his notebook is
00:08:06 unlocked by a single word,
00:08:08 but it will still take months
00:08:11 And to know his mind.
00:08:17 Well, my passion is equal to the task.
00:08:32 Mr. Angier, welcome
00:08:51 - The whole town has electricity.
00:09:11 Well...
00:09:13 ...quite a reception.
00:09:15 You're our first guest
00:09:17 Your telegram didn't indicate
00:09:21 As long as it takes.
00:09:22 I will need a coach tomorrow
00:09:26 Well, the peak's closed, sir.
00:09:28 For scientific experimentation.
00:09:29 Yes, I know.
00:09:32 That's why I'm here.
00:09:40 Whoa. Whoa.
00:09:44 You'll have to walk
00:10:23 I'm amazed how many
00:10:26 can't read my sign.
00:10:33 Not the welcome I was expecting.
00:10:38 I know you.
00:10:44 You're the Great Danton.
00:10:46 I saw your show in London.
00:10:48 Seven times you guessed every object
00:10:51 the audience had in their pockets.
00:10:53 I'm Alley. Sorry about the fence.
00:10:57 - I've come to see Tesla.
00:11:00 He made a machine
00:11:04 - Can you get me a meeting with him?
00:11:08 I've brought a lot of money.
00:11:10 I'm sorry, Mr. Angier.
00:11:13 I simply can't help.
00:11:17 I'll be staying
00:11:23 Hey, what am I holding?
00:11:25 Your watch.
00:11:31 Borden's journal
00:11:35 describes a show
00:11:37 That was just days
00:11:43 We were two young men
00:11:46 two young men devoted to an illusion,
00:11:49 two young men who never
00:11:51 Which of you brave souls
00:11:53 is willing to bind
00:11:58 Me!
00:12:08 If you would tie her wrists,
00:12:10 bind her feet...
00:12:13 ...around the ankle.
00:12:15 Are either of you two gentlemen sailors?
00:12:17 - No.
00:12:20 I'm sure you can both tie a strong knot.
00:13:26 He's complacent,
00:13:30 Milton has gotten success,
00:13:33 so now he's scared.
00:13:36 He's squandering the goodwill
00:13:39 - second-rate tricks...
00:13:42 Give me something fresh.
00:13:45 A bullet catch is suicide.
00:13:47 All it takes is some smartass
00:13:51 - Use a plant.
00:13:53 No seats left for the punters.
00:13:56 All right, no bullet catch, whatever,
00:13:59 tries to invent something new
00:14:01 that other magicians will
00:14:04 Then you sell it to him
00:14:06 - What?
00:14:09 - I sure do.
00:14:12 No. No one else can do my trick.
00:14:14 - Any trick can be duplicated.
00:14:16 If Mr. Borden has invented
00:14:20 he's prepared to do it.
00:14:22 Milton is a showman,
00:14:24 he won't get his hands dirty.
00:14:26 If you want to see what
00:14:29 go to the Tenley. There's a Chinaman
00:14:33 - Chung Ling Soo.
00:14:35 I know the bloke run the door.
00:14:37 You two go and see that show, and
00:14:42 how he does the goldfish bowl
00:14:45 - Which is?
00:14:47 with my old friend, Mr. Ackerman.
00:14:49 - Really?
00:14:51 The top theatrical agent in London.
00:14:54 - I saw you drop the knot again.
00:14:57 Some nights you
00:15:00 I mean, if that knot slips
00:15:02 she'll break her leg.
00:15:04 It's the wrong knot.
00:15:05 Like I said, the Langford
00:15:08 The Langford double isn't
00:15:12 If the rope swells, she can't slip it.
00:15:14 - I can slip a Langford underwater.
00:15:17 - Borden, he said no.
00:15:21 Listen, no more mistakes.
00:15:24 All right. Yeah? Do you?
00:15:26 - Just leave.
00:15:34 Hey, Cutter, where's he from?
00:15:36 Where are you from? He shifts
00:15:39 - Worried he'll steal your tricks?
00:15:42 - How do you know?
00:15:45 to find out how Virgil
00:15:49 - I don't trust him.
00:15:51 'Course you can't trust him.
00:15:53 I think he's all right.
00:15:55 - You think everyone's all right.
00:15:57 Watch your sightlines. If I can see you
00:16:01 so can the blokes at the ends
00:16:36 You're wrong. It can't be.
00:16:38 - Look at the man.
00:16:42 This is the performance. Right here.
00:16:44 This is why no one
00:16:48 Total devotion to his art.
00:16:51 A lot of self-sacrifice.
00:16:53 You know.
00:16:55 It's the only way to escape...
00:16:58 ...all this, you know?
00:17:04 I can barely lift this thing
00:17:09 Or fish, look.
00:17:12 I don't know. Hang on a second.
00:17:16 He must be strong as an ox.
00:17:21 He's been pretending
00:17:24 Any time he's in public,
00:17:28 Borden saw it at once.
00:17:31 Living my whole life
00:17:34 You are pretending.
00:17:36 I don't think changing a name compares.
00:17:38 Not your name. Who you are
00:17:40 I promised I wouldn't embarrass
00:17:46 I thought of a name for you.
00:17:49 The Great Danton.
00:17:53 Do you like it? But it's sophisticated.
00:17:56 It's French.
00:18:03 Borden writes as if no one but
00:18:13 But what does he know of self-sacrifice?
00:18:21 You bloody fool.
00:18:51 - He killed it.
00:18:54 - He killed it.
00:19:02 Look, now he'll bring it back.
00:19:06 - No, he killed it.
00:19:18 Look, see, he's all right. He's fine.
00:19:21 - Look at him.
00:19:27 He's a sharp lad, your son.
00:19:31 Oh, he's my nephew.
00:19:33 Ah.
00:19:39 You're the lucky one today.
00:20:01 Are you watching closely?
00:20:07 Look closer.
00:20:12 Never show anyone.
00:20:14 They'll beg you
00:20:16 but as soon as you give it up,
00:20:20 You understand? Nothing.
00:20:22 The secret impresses no one.
00:20:25 The trick you use it for is everything.
00:20:33 Well, thank you for lunch, Mr. Borden.
00:20:36 You're welcome.
00:20:39 Alfred, it's Alfred.
00:20:41 Alfred.
00:20:43 So I could use a cup of tea.
00:20:46 I can't allow...
00:20:51 You think that's...
00:20:54 I think so.
00:20:58 So I'll see you again?
00:21:09 Milk and sugar?
00:21:33 What's in there?
00:21:35 Angier's machine.
00:21:45 You built this, Mr. Cutter?
00:21:47 Oh, no, sir. This wasn't
00:21:50 This was built by a wizard.
00:21:52 A man who can actually do
00:21:57 Tell me, Your Honor, what happens
00:22:01 They've been sold to a Lord Caldlow.
00:22:03 An avid collector,
00:22:06 Yeah. Well, don't let him take this.
00:22:09 - Why ever not?
00:22:11 I'm sure beneath its bells and whistles
00:22:14 it's got a simple
00:22:16 The most disappointing of all, sir.
00:22:21 It has no trick.
00:22:25 It's real.
00:22:30 This is the tank Angier drowned in?
00:22:32 Yes.
00:22:34 This is the...
00:22:36 ...place where the performer's
00:22:39 to the trick padlock.
00:22:41 A standard magical
00:22:43 Yeah, with one important difference.
00:22:46 This isn't a trick lock.
00:22:48 It's been switched for a real one.
00:22:50 What a way to kill someone.
00:22:52 They're magicians, Your Honor.
00:22:55 Showmen, men who live by dressing up
00:23:00 to amaze, to shock.
00:23:03 Even without an audience?
00:23:07 There was an audience.
00:23:09 You see, this water tank
00:23:11 was of particular significance
00:23:16 Particularly awful significance.
00:23:22 Which of you brave souls is
00:23:29 If you would tie her wrists,
00:23:31 bind her feet around the ankle.
00:23:46 - Are either of you gentlemen sailors?
00:23:51 I'm sure you can both tie a strong knot.
00:24:48 Robert!
00:25:12 No, no.
00:25:17 Julia. Julia!
00:26:04 I knew an old sailor once.
00:26:07 They told me he went overboard,
00:26:10 tangled in the sails.
00:26:12 They pulled him out,
00:26:14 but it took him five minutes to cough.
00:26:18 He said it was like...
00:26:20 ...going home.
00:26:27 What do you want, Borden?
00:26:36 I'm sorry for your loss, Angier.
00:26:42 Which knot did you tie?
00:26:47 I keep asking myself that.
00:26:50 - And?
00:26:54 I'm sorry, I just don't know.
00:26:59 You don't know?
00:27:02 I'm sorry.
00:27:05 You don't know?
00:27:12 You don't know?!
00:27:20 - Alfred?
00:27:24 I don't think we've had the pleasure.
00:27:26 - Mr. Fallon is my ingénieur.
00:27:29 - I had to borrow and... don't ask.
00:27:33 is... is Mr. Fallon. So...
00:27:35 - We can't afford to pay him.
00:27:38 But what about until then?
00:27:42 Don't worry about it. I'll share
00:27:46 You're going to be
00:27:49 No. You're...
00:27:51 Having a baby.
00:27:54 Oh, my God.
00:27:57 We should have told Fallon.
00:27:59 Oh, come here.
00:28:02 Oh.
00:28:05 Alfred, what is this?
00:28:07 Oh, this is just the trick to work
00:28:11 Is it the masterpiece, the great trick?
00:28:14 No, no, no, the world is
00:28:16 This is just your run-of-the-mill,
00:28:21 - A bullet catch.
00:28:23 I promise. Look.
00:28:28 - Shoot me.
00:28:30 Go on, shoot me.
00:28:34 - Right there.
00:28:36 No, no, not there.
00:28:43 How's that?
00:28:46 That's very good. Tell me how you do it.
00:28:49 No, I can't do that.
00:28:53 - Well, then you can't do it.
00:28:56 I'm sorry, but I can't
00:28:59 You don't tell anybody that I told you.
00:29:01 - OK.
00:29:06 Wadding.
00:29:09 Then the bullet.
00:29:12 Ramrod.
00:29:18 Hold out your hand.
00:29:22 The bullet is not even in the
00:29:26 Once you know,
00:29:31 Well, I mean, you still get...
00:29:33 It's dangerous.
00:29:35 - People still get killed doing that.
00:29:37 You get some smartass who
00:29:40 or, God forbid, Sarah, somebody
00:29:43 Don't worry. Don't worry,
00:29:47 because I'm not gonna let
00:29:50 Everything's gonna
00:29:54 ...I love you very much.
00:30:00 - Say it again.
00:30:04 - Not today.
00:30:07 Well, some days it's not true,
00:30:10 Maybe today you're more
00:30:14 I like being able
00:30:16 It makes the days it is true
00:30:19 mean something.
00:30:23 All right.
00:30:44 Metal rings,
00:30:47 If there are any
00:30:50 - Solid metal.
00:31:04 Who threw that?
00:31:21 This is what you came for, is it?
00:31:27 So...
00:31:30 ...who wants to volunteer?
00:31:32 - I do!
00:31:41 Me.
00:31:44 Me.
00:31:59 Are you man enough, sir?
00:32:07 Yes.
00:32:19 Which knot did you tie, Borden?
00:32:28 Which knot did you tie, Borden?
00:32:31 I don't know.
00:32:48 He came in to demand
00:32:52 That I have fought with myself
00:32:55 one half of me swearing blind
00:32:59 the other half convinced
00:33:02 I can never know for sure.
00:33:07 How can he not know!
00:33:10 How can he not know?
00:33:13 He must know what he did.
00:33:15 He must.
00:33:20 Sarah, that bloody hurts.
00:33:22 I don't understand
00:33:25 It's as bad as the day it happened.
00:33:29 - We have to get a doctor back.
00:33:35 - You've woken her.
00:33:38 I'm sorry, I need this to heal
00:33:41 You've got to face things. What tricks
00:33:45 I can do car pulls.
00:33:49 I can still do that. I can do
00:33:53 The one that they're
00:33:58 Come on.
00:34:25 I never thought I'd find an answer
00:34:28 Hasn't stopped your looking.
00:34:35 Heard about a booking.
00:34:38 - Young, up-and-coming magician.
00:34:41 - You.
00:34:43 I want to keep on working.
00:34:46 Who's going to hire the ingénieur
00:34:49 in front of a sellout crowd
00:34:52 Someone who knows it wasn't your fault.
00:34:54 Someone who knows Alfred Borden
00:34:58 I hear he had a spot of bad luck
00:35:01 That's a dangerous trick, that one.
00:35:09 We'll have to whitewash the windows,
00:35:11 confound the more curious
00:35:17 - We should see about an assistant.
00:35:21 You settled on a name?
00:35:24 Yes, I have.
00:35:26 The Great Danton.
00:35:28 It's a bit old-fashioned, isn't it?
00:35:32 No, it's sophisticated.
00:35:34 The birdcage can't be
00:35:37 - Not like this.
00:35:39 Then stay off the stage.
00:35:41 You're a magician, not a wizard.
00:35:43 You got to get your hands dirty, if
00:35:48 In here, Miss Wenscombe.
00:35:51 No point in meeting Mr. Angier
00:35:58 - What's so hard about this?
00:36:00 You're going... down here.
00:36:09 - And this will conceal, right?
00:36:12 - Tighten up on there.
00:36:14 OK.
00:36:17 This ties up here?
00:36:18 - Ties in the back.
00:36:26 Breathe as little as possible.
00:36:34 Now, you see?
00:36:37 - That's it.
00:36:42 She's not experienced,
00:36:44 but she knows how to present herself.
00:36:46 A pretty assistant is the most
00:36:51 Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen,
00:36:54 I will require the assistance
00:36:57 Mr. Merrit, if you would oblige me?
00:37:01 Yep.
00:37:04 - Under?
00:37:08 Come around his foot.
00:37:09 - Careful.
00:37:31 - Your volunteer, put their hand there.
00:37:34 And another one here.
00:37:36 If you'll place your hands
00:37:39 Thank you, Olivia.
00:37:41 You best not be intending
00:37:44 - Of course not.
00:37:48 - One...
00:37:51 Three.
00:37:56 That's bloody marvelous, Cutter.
00:37:59 Very nice.
00:38:00 And the best part is...
00:38:08 I thought you said I had
00:38:10 Someday, perhaps you will.
00:38:12 I just had to know that you can.
00:38:14 Very nice. Very nice, indeed.
00:38:16 I haven't had the chance to compliment
00:38:20 It'll be a lot more
00:38:22 Don't worry.
00:38:23 You all say that. Why should I worry?
00:38:25 If your tricks don't get them
00:38:28 Maybe somebody willing
00:38:32 Cheap thrills, Mr. Merrit.
00:38:34 People hoping for an accident,
00:38:38 What would that do for your business?
00:38:40 You got a week, John.
00:38:43 Thank you, Mr. Merrit.
00:38:54 Thank you.
00:38:57 Uh... Sir, in the third row there.
00:39:01 Please stand up
00:39:06 This isn't mine.
00:39:08 Perhaps you'd return it to the lady
00:39:11 I believe she has yours.
00:39:20 I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm making
00:39:25 The audience doesn't seem
00:39:27 They've seen a lot of tricks before,
00:39:29 but not this next one.
00:39:41 Cloth over.
00:39:43 Keep your fingers crossed.
00:39:44 I'll have the champagne ready.
00:40:01 - You've seen this one before?
00:40:04 I'll make it a little
00:40:07 Two volunteers, please.
00:40:10 To hold this cage with me.
00:40:13 I'll perform this feat in a manner
00:40:15 never before seen by yourselves or any
00:40:22 Madame, place one hand
00:40:25 one hand on the front.
00:40:26 Sir, one hand on the bottom of the cage
00:40:29 one hand on the top.
00:40:44 - I should've spotted him.
00:40:47 - Don't suppose we can do this again.
00:40:49 - So, what's the climax of our show?
00:40:51 - You don't have a show.
00:40:55 To perform magic, not butcher birds
00:40:58 Clear out, anything here
00:41:01 - Mr. Merrit...
00:41:04 I've hired a comedian.
00:41:09 Well, there's
00:41:11 If we can come up with a new trick,
00:41:14 - change the name of the act.
00:41:19 Right, well, then the new trick's
00:41:24 I have a couple of methods to try out.
00:41:26 And then we need a new angle
00:41:30 And if you need some inspiration,
00:41:32 there's a technical exposition
00:41:35 Engineers, scientists, you know?
00:41:38 That sort of thing captures
00:41:58 Mind if I join you? Tesla sends
00:42:01 Perfect excuse to come join
00:42:06 Two of them.
00:42:08 Beautiful, isn't it?
00:42:11 - Why are you here?
00:42:13 And not much else.
00:42:15 Our work is secret.
00:42:17 That a cipher?
00:42:21 A rotating transposition
00:42:24 Simple but time-consuming to translate,
00:42:29 Which is?
00:42:30 We magicians have a circle of trust.
00:42:32 You have a circle of trust
00:42:37 Maybe I bought it.
00:42:38 And you're hoping to find
00:42:41 I've already found it.
00:42:44 That's why I'm here.
00:42:51 Tesla built one for another magician.
00:42:54 Why would you want the same thing?
00:42:56 Call it a professional rivalry.
00:42:58 Mr. Tesla has built unusual
00:43:03 - But he would never talk about it.
00:43:06 I just want the machine.
00:43:11 Finish your drink.
00:43:13 I want to show you something.
00:43:16 a special appreciation for our work.
00:43:18 - I thought it was a secret.
00:43:22 Who's gonna believe you?
00:43:25 Not long now.
00:43:27 Our equipment requires
00:43:30 Tesla electrified the whole town
00:43:31 in exchange for using the
00:43:36 We do our tests when
00:43:39 Mr. Tesla doesn't want
00:44:00 Where are the wires?
00:44:03 Exactly.
00:44:13 Where's the generator?
00:44:16 You saw it last week.
00:44:18 - That must be ten miles from here.
00:44:21 And I have to ride all of them
00:44:25 I'll send word for you
00:44:28 Magic. Real magic.
00:44:32 Now appearing, only here
00:44:36 one of the miracles of our age.
00:44:39 A technological marvel. You've never
00:44:43 Your eyes will not believe
00:44:46 The miracle of Nikola Tesla,
00:44:49 Free, clean power.
00:44:51 The man who's speaking right now
00:44:55 Come one, come all.
00:45:14 Ladies and gentlemen,
00:45:17 objections have been raised...
00:45:19 They should be raised.
00:45:23 Part of Thomas Edison's smear campaign
00:45:25 against Mr. Tesla's
00:45:31 We have asked Mr. Tesla
00:45:34 Which he will not!
00:45:37 But I've been told he refuses
00:45:42 This thing's gonna blow.
00:45:46 Ladies and gentlemen, please.
00:46:27 Hey.
00:46:30 Hello, Jess.
00:46:35 Have you had a nice day
00:46:40 Sarah.
00:46:42 - I love you.
00:46:45 - Yeah.
00:46:50 I saw happiness.
00:46:52 Happiness that should have been mine.
00:46:55 But I was wrong.
00:46:57 His notebook reveals that
00:47:02 The family life
00:47:04 he rails against the next,
00:47:09 His mind... his mind is a divided one.
00:47:12 His soul is restless.
00:47:13 His wife and child, tormented
00:47:15 by his fickle and contradictory nature.
00:47:24 So, what do you think you'll call her?
00:47:26 I don't know.
00:47:28 Everybody needs a name, so, what's hers?
00:47:31 Maybe Sarah.
00:47:35 That's a lovely name.
00:47:37 Well, you talk about what you want
00:47:41 All right, go on, you talk with her.
00:47:45 Are they taking her away?
00:47:49 To the workhouse?
00:47:54 You keep talking.
00:47:58 Tell Owens I've reconsidered. Take it.
00:48:01 Go on, take it.
00:48:06 It's for the best.
00:48:13 Let me see.
00:48:16 I'm gonna learn
00:48:18 Only if I teach you how to read.
00:48:22 They're just stupid tricks, right?
00:48:24 Haven't helped you
00:48:28 Or can't you undo real locks, professor?
00:48:32 Maybe I'm just biding my time.
00:48:35 Maybe one day I'll...
00:48:38 ...open my hand, get your attention,
00:48:40 ask, "Are you watching closely?"
00:48:43 Maybe a magic whirl or two.
00:48:48 And then I'll be gone.
00:48:53 How'd you get so famous then?
00:48:57 Magic.
00:49:02 Oi! Borden, get back here!
00:49:05 Thank you.
00:49:06 Shut up!
00:49:12 Where's the bloody key?!
00:49:20 February 8, 1899.
00:49:23 Today, finally, a breakthrough.
00:49:25 Tesla's agreed to see me.
00:49:35 Perfectly safe.
00:49:58 So this is the Great Danton.
00:50:02 Mr. Alley has effused about your act
00:50:08 Hold out other hand.
00:50:19 - What's conducting the electricity?
00:50:22 Quite capable of conducting
00:50:28 Have you eaten, Mr. Angier?
00:50:32 I need something impossible.
00:50:37 You're familiar with the phrase,
00:50:42 Is a lie.
00:50:44 Man's grasp exceeds his nerve.
00:50:47 Society only tolerates
00:50:51 First time I tried to change the world,
00:50:55 I was hailed as a visionary.
00:50:57 Second time...
00:50:59 ...I was asked politely to retire.
00:51:03 So here I am, enjoying my retirement.
00:51:07 Nothing is impossible, Mr. Angier.
00:51:11 If I were to build for you this machine,
00:51:13 you would be presenting it
00:51:16 Well, if people actually
00:51:20 they wouldn't clap, they'd scream.
00:51:22 Think of sawing a woman in half.
00:51:24 Have you considered the cost of this?
00:51:27 Price is not an object.
00:51:29 Perhaps not, but have you
00:51:33 I'm not sure I follow.
00:51:36 Go home, forget this thing.
00:51:38 I can recognize an obsession.
00:51:40 - No good will come of it.
00:51:44 At first, but I have
00:51:47 I am their slave.
00:51:49 And one day,
00:51:54 If you understand an obsession, then
00:52:00 So be it.
00:52:02 Will you build it?
00:52:05 I've already begun
00:52:08 I hope you enjoy the mountain air.
00:52:36 Uh... I thought you'd gone.
00:52:40 I don't really have anywhere to go.
00:52:44 You've been sleeping here?
00:52:46 Cutter said it'd be all right till we
00:52:51 Uh... research.
00:52:53 Part of a magician's job
00:52:55 is to... watch his competition,
00:52:58 You're going to do something
00:53:01 Cutter's hoping you let things lie.
00:53:03 He says if Borden thinks
00:53:06 Even?
00:53:08 My wife for a couple of his fingers?
00:53:10 He has a family now
00:53:13 Borden is out there living
00:53:16 as if nothing had happened
00:53:19 I'm alone and no theater will touch me.
00:53:22 Us.
00:53:23 You're going to need a better disguise.
00:53:43 I need a volunteer.
00:53:46 What happened?
00:53:48 Did you hurt him?
00:53:52 What happened, Robert?
00:53:55 You, sir. Just a rubber ball, yes?
00:53:59 Thank you.
00:54:01 Just a rubber ball? No.
00:54:03 Not normal. Not a normal rubber ball.
00:54:07 It's magic.
00:54:09 He had a new trick.
00:54:25 Was it good?
00:54:31 It was the greatest
00:54:38 Did they applaud
00:54:41 It was too good. It was too simple.
00:54:45 - He's a dreadful magician.
00:54:48 He's a dreadful showman.
00:54:50 - how to sell it.
00:54:52 - He uses a double.
00:54:54 This is a complex illusion.
00:54:56 You say that because
00:54:58 It's a double that comes out.
00:55:01 I've seen him perform it three times.
00:55:05 - No, it's not.
00:55:08 It's the same man.
00:55:11 He wears padded gloves
00:55:13 but, if you look closely, you can tell.
00:55:18 He doesn't know how to sell it
00:55:21 Yeah, we could use it
00:55:23 Yes.
00:55:26 The man stole my life,
00:55:29 We got to find someone
00:55:31 - He doesn't use a double.
00:55:35 Either... You either wait for him
00:55:39 or you listen to how I would do it.
00:55:41 And the only way
00:55:44 is to find you a bloody good double.
00:55:47 All right.
00:55:50 Take a good look.
00:55:53 Whoo!
00:55:55 Look, look.
00:56:01 What's that?
00:56:06 - It's for you.
00:56:09 Come.
00:56:14 You...
00:56:15 - I asked you last week...
00:56:19 - But you won't ever...
00:56:22 I'm gonna have
00:56:25 The act is taking off. Soon we'll be in
00:56:32 I can't believe it. Thank you.
00:56:43 - Gerry?
00:56:46 Mr. Cutter, Mr. Angier,
00:56:49 Mm-hm.
00:56:54 A pleasure. Pleasure
00:56:58 Would you like for me
00:57:05 Yes. Are you laughing now?
00:57:11 I have to take a piss.
00:57:14 - He's out of his mind.
00:57:17 He's perfect. He needs a little help.
00:57:19 But when I get done with him,
00:57:22 I don't need him to be my
00:57:25 Give me a month.
00:57:34 So you open the door...
00:57:36 ...and...
00:57:45 Come on.
00:57:51 Couldn't you have found a softer one?
00:57:53 Well, it's not for sleeping on.
00:57:55 So, if you come down through there...
00:58:00 - ...does Root go up through there?
00:58:03 It's going to be amazing.
00:58:05 Well, it has to be. Borden's
00:58:11 The place was packed today.
00:58:15 You went and saw his show again.
00:58:17 Ready to meet yourself, Mr. Angier?
00:58:28 All I have to do is
00:58:30 and no one will be able
00:58:33 Have a little faith, sir.
00:58:35 Now, would you favor us
00:59:00 You'd drink, too, if you knew
00:59:07 Did you think you were unique?
00:59:09 I've been Caesar, I've played Faust.
00:59:12 How difficult could it possibly
00:59:15 You can go back to being
00:59:18 I'd rather be him for now.
00:59:21 I find it, uh... amusing.
00:59:27 "My liege,
00:59:29 I did deny no prisoners."
00:59:32 - You look wonderful.
00:59:34 Root has to keep a low profile.
00:59:38 I don't know how you do things.
00:59:41 Have you thought what we should call it?
00:59:43 There's no point being coy. Borden
00:59:51 Ladies and gentlemen, much
00:59:54 as illusions or entertaining trifles.
01:00:03 Alas...
01:00:06 ...I cannot claim
01:00:09 Watch carefully.
01:00:12 You will see no trickery,
01:00:14 for no trickery is employed.
01:00:18 Merely a technique familiar
01:00:21 and various holy men of the Himalayas.
01:00:27 Indeed, many of you may be
01:00:30 but for those of you who
01:00:33 What you're about to see
01:01:08 To our achievement.
01:01:11 The manager says he's
01:01:14 At least he saw it. I spent
01:01:17 No one cares about
01:01:19 They care about the one who comes out.
01:01:21 I care about the man in the box.
01:01:24 Thank you. I don't know,
01:01:28 I'm the prestige,
01:01:30 No, the anticipation
01:01:33 We need your showmanship
01:01:36 Once Root opens his mouth, it's over.
01:01:40 Of course I can. I'm the Great Danton.
01:01:43 Root, you bloody fool,
01:01:46 Anyone could walk in here at any minute.
01:01:49 Congratulations, all.
01:01:51 Life is not full of these
01:01:55 We need to celebrate properly.
01:02:00 What's wrong? Is it your wife?
01:02:03 No, it's the trick.
01:02:05 Borden's trick is nothing
01:02:09 He doesn't spend the finale
01:02:13 - I need to know how he does it.
01:02:16 So I can do it better.
01:02:20 I need you to go and work for him.
01:02:26 Work for him? Are you joking?
01:02:29 You'll be my spy.
01:02:30 We just got our start.
01:02:32 That's how we advance. Think of it.
01:02:34 People are excited by Cutter's
01:02:38 with the real illusion. We'd have the
01:02:42 - He knows I work for you.
01:02:46 - He'll want my secret.
01:02:49 Because you're
01:02:54 Hmm?
01:03:04 Good girl.
01:03:08 You must be curious to see what
01:03:12 Fitting you should be here
01:03:15 Your hat.
01:03:25 You might want to stand back.
01:03:48 I don't understand.
01:03:49 Perhaps it would be best
01:03:52 Is there a problem, Mr. Tesla?
01:03:53 - No. Come back next week.
01:03:55 - Next week, it will be fine.
01:03:58 Just a little temperamental.
01:04:06 - Interesting workshop.
01:04:09 - My name is Olivia...
01:04:11 Here to steal the rest of my show?
01:04:13 To give your show what it's missing.
01:04:15 - Yeah, what might that be?
01:04:18 I was just
01:04:22 - A woman's touch.
01:04:25 - All right.
01:04:27 Yeah.
01:04:28 I know you've no reason to trust me.
01:04:30 Why wouldn't I trust you?
01:04:32 You're only the mistress of my
01:04:37 - Mr. Borden.
01:04:41 I'm going to tell you the truth.
01:04:43 Now that is a slippery notion
01:04:45 in our line of work,
01:04:50 I am here because he sent me here.
01:04:53 He wants me to work for you
01:04:55 What does he need my secret for?
01:04:58 He vanishes,
01:05:01 on the other side
01:05:04 and, unless I'm mistaken, very drunk.
01:05:06 It's astonishing. How does
01:05:10 does he enjoy taking his bows
01:05:13 It's killing him. He's obsessed
01:05:17 He thinks of nothing else,
01:05:20 And I've had enough.
01:05:22 There is no future with him.
01:05:25 He sent me here to steal your secrets,
01:05:29 This is the truth... is it?
01:05:37 Think you'd better get dressed, sir.
01:05:40 Root, you're late and more drunk than
01:05:44 No.
01:05:46 No, we need to have
01:05:49 We have a problem. Cutter, Borden
01:05:53 Yeah, we have a bigger problem.
01:05:57 Root. He's realized
01:06:00 Wha...? He's blackmailing us?
01:06:02 I was surprised, to tell you the truth.
01:06:04 It usually takes them
01:06:07 - How much does he want?
01:06:09 - We've got to stop doing the trick.
01:06:13 Last week they said you were
01:06:19 Not magician, mind you.
01:06:22 - What's your point?
01:06:26 to get away with
01:06:28 We don't do any tricks we can't control.
01:06:34 Just pay him for now. We keep
01:06:37 and then we'll phase it out.
01:06:40 All right.
01:06:44 Cutter was always surprised
01:06:46 how fast Root turned bad.
01:06:48 To what do I owe the pleasure
01:06:53 - You're the Great Danton, aren't you?
01:06:56 Of course I am, but don't advertise it,
01:07:00 We paid him enough
01:07:02 You wouldn't expect him
01:07:05 Many of you may be
01:07:07 but for those of you
01:07:11 What you're about to see
01:07:14 - And who are you?
01:07:18 and a fellow practitioner.
01:07:20 Mmm. Very good.
01:07:32 - Another one?
01:07:35 - Another.
01:07:38 I'm only doing one show,
01:07:40 my people pretty much
01:07:42 Get up there.
01:07:45 Get up!
01:07:46 Your illusion, The Transported Man,
01:07:49 I'm not claiming to know your methods,
01:07:52 but I had a similar trick in my act,
01:07:56 and, uh... I used a double.
01:07:59 - Mm, I see, very good.
01:08:04 What I didn't count on was that
01:08:07 into my act,
01:08:10 he had complete power over me.
01:08:13 Complete power, you say?
01:08:30 Ohh!
01:08:32 Be very careful giving
01:08:37 Huh. Thank you. Um...
01:08:42 Yes, thank you for the warning.
01:08:45 Hmm. Cheers.
01:08:49 I cannot claim
01:08:51 What you're about to see
01:08:59 Ahh!
01:09:32 Oh! The Great Danton.
01:09:44 I apologize.
01:09:46 There simply is too much magic...
01:09:49 ...for my stage at The Pantages
01:09:52 across the street.
01:09:58 Pardon my intrusion.
01:10:03 And go easy on the poor chap.
01:10:11 I don't know how Borden found him.
01:10:13 Kept him under wraps. I was careful.
01:10:15 Yeah, well, he did.
01:10:18 Do you think it was her?
01:10:26 You weren't expecting me?
01:10:29 I expected you sooner.
01:10:32 It takes a bit for me
01:10:34 He's taken everything from me.
01:10:39 - now you.
01:10:41 I sent you to steal his secret,
01:10:44 - It's my job.
01:10:45 - I did everything you asked!
01:10:48 - How does he do it?
01:10:51 - 'Course he said that.
01:10:53 I've seen things, makeup, glasses, wigs.
01:10:57 - I've seen it hidden backstage.
01:10:59 He leaves them lying
01:11:02 He doesn't know when I'm looking.
01:11:04 All the time, Olivia! That's who he is!
01:11:07 That's what it takes!
01:11:09 He lives his act, don't you see?
01:11:13 Just because you're sleeping
01:11:17 You think you can see
01:11:19 The Great Danton is a blind fool.
01:11:22 His notebook.
01:11:25 You stole it?
01:11:27 I borrowed it for tonight.
01:11:29 I thought you could translate
01:11:31 I can't. No one can. It's a cipher.
01:11:35 Even with the keyword,
01:11:39 - And without the keyword?
01:11:42 - We'll see.
01:11:44 If I don't get that back by
01:11:47 - Leave him.
01:11:50 This is his diary, Olivia. All of his
01:11:56 It won't bring your wife back.
01:11:57 I don't care about my wife.
01:12:13 Look, I'll, um...
01:12:16 I'll go to his workshop
01:12:18 - He'll know you took it.
01:12:23 Understand?
01:12:33 Robert.
01:12:37 I have fallen in love with him.
01:12:40 Then I know how hard
01:12:51 Notebook?
01:12:55 Then he's just getting started.
01:13:27 Professor!
01:13:28 Good evening.
01:13:35 I'm walking tonight.
01:13:36 Let him come. I don't care.
01:13:39 Professor! Professor!
01:15:04 Ahh!
01:15:06 - You all right?
01:15:08 Saves me cutting you an air hole.
01:15:24 - I'm impressed.
01:15:27 You're finally getting your hands dirty.
01:15:30 It's what a good trick costs, Angier.
01:15:33 Risk, sacrifice.
01:15:36 The sacrifice, I'm afraid,
01:15:38 unless you give me what I want.
01:15:41 - Which is?
01:15:44 My secret?
01:15:45 Your method for The Transported Man.
01:15:48 Fallon wouldn't tell me.
01:15:51 - You have my notebook.
01:15:56 Write down your method,
01:16:13 I want the whole method,
01:16:15 I don't know if your secret's
01:16:18 The keyword is the method.
01:16:24 Where's my ingénieur?
01:16:33 - Alive?
01:16:38 Fallon, you hear me? Fallon!
01:16:42 - How's the arm?
01:16:46 Did you find your answer?
01:16:48 Our answer, Cutter. I haven't
01:16:52 I already know how he does it, Robert.
01:16:54 Same way he always has,
01:16:57 It's just that you want something more.
01:17:00 Well, let's find out then, shall we?
01:17:07 What does it mean?
01:17:16 It means, Cutter, we have
01:17:19 - To America.
01:17:22 Listen to me.
01:17:25 Obsession is a young man's game.
01:17:28 Come on.
01:17:30 I can't follow you any further in it.
01:17:33 I can't, I'm sorry.
01:17:39 Then the rest is up to me.
01:17:43 I'm sorry.
01:17:50 Good evening. Hello, darling.
01:17:54 Champagne, your finest.
01:17:55 I didn't know we were going
01:17:58 Absolutely, we are celebrating.
01:18:00 Miss Wenscombe, Mr. Fallon.
01:18:03 - What are we celebrating?
01:18:06 - Haven't we?
01:18:08 Yes, Freddie, what trick?
01:18:10 I am going to bury
01:18:15 and then someone will come along
01:18:19 - I think he's had quite enough...
01:18:22 Pour the... Sarah, don't talk to me
01:18:26 - Perhaps it would be better...
01:18:29 - My husband's being a bore.
01:18:32 - I see no reason you should suffer.
01:18:38 Good night, Mrs. Borden.
01:18:45 - Freddie?
01:18:48 - Not at home.
01:18:53 Couldn't you have at least
01:18:56 Sarah, I just came from
01:19:00 All right? I'm out in public.
01:19:03 Why are you being like this?
01:19:05 I had a terrible ordeal today.
01:19:08 I thought that
01:19:13 ...had been lost to me.
01:19:15 So I just wanted
01:19:18 All right, what? What did you lose?
01:19:27 I see, more secrets.
01:19:29 Sarah, secrets are my life.
01:19:34 - Our life.
01:19:38 Stop performing.
01:20:04 I thought I had the place to myself.
01:20:07 Unexpected guests, not very polite.
01:20:10 A lot of questions.
01:20:12 At first, I thought they
01:20:15 - No?
01:20:21 Today, a most
01:20:23 His assistant came to us
01:20:28 Obviously, Angier has sent her
01:20:31 Does he enjoy taking
01:20:34 He sent me here to steal your secrets,
01:20:38 This is the truth...
01:20:41 ...is it?
01:20:50 No, that's what he told
01:20:54 ...is that I loved him and I stood by
01:20:58 like he would send a stagehand
01:21:01 I hate him for that.
01:21:04 I could spot Angier's methods
01:21:09 So, what could you
01:21:11 You may know his tricks,
01:21:13 but you can't understand why
01:21:16 You hide this.
01:21:19 to spot it
01:21:21 but this makes you unique.
01:21:24 It shows you aren't using a double.
01:21:26 You mustn't hide it.
01:21:29 I'm sure it takes great skill
01:21:34 Yeah, it does.
01:21:37 So let people know.
01:21:40 You can be so much more than
01:21:46 I think
01:21:48 I think we cannot trust her.
01:21:54 But I love her. I need her.
01:21:58 To open myself to such a relationship,
01:22:01 to the dangers of such an affair,
01:22:05 I need assurances of fidelity, of love.
01:22:11 But how to be sure?
01:22:15 I know a way. It's the only
01:22:19 How could he send you away?
01:22:23 She must help me
01:22:32 Today, my mistress
01:22:36 Not to me, you understand.
01:22:37 I've been
01:22:40 Today, Olivia proves her love for me
01:22:44 to you, Angier.
01:22:46 Yes, Angier, she gave you
01:22:51 And yes, "Tesla" is merely
01:22:54 not to my trick.
01:22:57 with my secret so easily after so much?
01:23:00 Goodbye, Angier.
01:23:02 May you find solace
01:23:04 back in your American home.
01:23:16 Tesla!
01:23:19 Tesla! Alley!
01:23:23 Alley!
01:23:24 Tesla never made a machine
01:23:27 - I never said he had.
01:23:29 You stole my money because
01:23:32 You've been shooting
01:23:35 laughing at me all along,
01:23:40 - I have seen Edison's men.
01:23:42 In the hotel, I have a mind
01:23:44 That would be unwise, Mr. Angier.
01:23:47 It is true that you are
01:23:50 but we have not stolen your money.
01:23:52 This is my cat.
01:23:54 When I told you I could make you
01:23:57 Why isn't it working?
01:23:58 Because exact science, Mr. Angier,
01:24:00 is not an exact science.
01:24:02 The machine simply
01:24:05 - It requires further examination.
01:24:09 Nowhere.
01:24:10 We tried the damn thing a dozen times.
01:24:13 The hat went nowhere.
01:24:15 We need to try different material.
01:24:17 It may provoke a different result.
01:24:22 Great.
01:24:30 You are responsible for whatever
01:24:56 I hope whatever you were
01:24:59 was more worthwhile, Mr. Tesla.
01:25:57 Alley!
01:26:01 So the machine was working?
01:26:03 I never checked the calibration,
01:26:07 These things never quite
01:26:10 That's one of the principal
01:26:12 I'll need a couple of weeks to iron out
01:26:16 We'll send word when it's ready.
01:26:20 Don't forget your hat.
01:26:23 - Well, which one is mine?
01:26:33 You look so pretty
01:26:36 - Are we going to the zoo?
01:26:40 - But you promised.
01:26:42 Then go to the zoo, we shall.
01:26:44 Daddy will go run his errands,
01:26:48 So you go get ready. We'll go
01:26:55 Sarah... what are you doing?
01:27:02 Each of us have our vices.
01:27:08 Sarah, whatever you may think...
01:27:12 ...your only competition
01:27:15 I love you. I will always love you
01:27:18 and you alone.
01:27:22 - You mean it today.
01:27:26 Which makes it so much
01:27:39 More shopping. She does
01:27:42 The little lady wants to go to the zoo,
01:27:46 I mean, I can do it tomorrow, if not.
01:27:49 And, uh... Sarah,
01:27:52 she knows.
01:27:54 Uh, at least she knows
01:27:58 so if you can just do
01:28:01 Talk to her, just
01:28:17 What is it, Freddie?
01:28:19 Listen, don't call me that, please.
01:28:21 It's nothing. It's just that
01:28:25 I told you, when you're
01:28:27 Leave your family at home
01:28:31 I'm trying. I'm trying, Olivia.
01:28:34 - I'll get dressed.
01:28:38 I saw Fallon hanging around again.
01:28:41 There's something about
01:28:43 You trust me? Then trust Fallon.
01:28:46 He protects the things
01:29:27 We're sorry to see you go, Mr. Angier.
01:29:30 We were sorry to see
01:29:33 He's very good to Colorado Springs.
01:29:35 Mr. Angier,
01:29:38 I didn't think it was necessary
01:29:41 What box?
01:30:08 I apologize for leaving
01:30:12 But I seem to have outstayed
01:30:17 The truly extraordinary is not
01:30:22 Perhaps you'll find
01:30:24 where people are happy to be mystified.
01:30:27 You will find what you
01:30:31 Alley has written you
01:30:36 I add only one suggestion
01:30:41 Destroy it.
01:30:43 Drop it to the bottom
01:30:46 Such a thing will bring you only misery.
01:30:53 Tesla's warning is
01:30:57 Today I tested the machine.
01:31:01 Tesla hadn't ironed out
01:31:04 But if it went wrong,
01:31:05 I would not want to live
01:31:27 But here at the turn,
01:31:31 Yes, you, Borden,
01:31:34 sitting there in your cell,
01:31:36 reading my diary, awaiting your death,
01:31:40 for my murder.
01:31:47 Angier's journal, that gesture
01:31:51 I assure you, it's not.
01:31:52 The provenance of the journal
01:31:55 And it's written in Angier's own hand,
01:32:02 It don't matter.
01:32:05 So my tricks.
01:32:11 - All of them.
01:32:16 - Lord Caldlow will be very pleased.
01:32:19 They're not complete.
01:32:21 It's just the pledge
01:32:24 Without the prestige for these
01:32:28 Yeah.
01:32:30 You get the rest of it...
01:32:37 I want to say goodbye.
01:32:41 We have to go through it now.
01:32:44 Now, listen to me, deny it all you want.
01:32:46 Olivia means nothing.
01:32:49 - Olivia?
01:32:51 - I'll go to her, I'll tell her.
01:32:53 I know what you really are, Alfred.
01:32:58 - I know.
01:32:59 - I can't keep it in.
01:33:02 - No. No.
01:33:05 I don't want to hear it anymore.
01:33:11 You can't hide it anymore,
01:33:15 I know what you really are, Alfred.
01:33:18 I can't live like this.
01:33:21 Oh, well, you think
01:33:24 You think I bloody enjoy
01:33:27 We have this beautiful house,
01:33:31 What is so wrong with your life?
01:33:33 Alfred, I can't live like this!
01:33:36 Well, what do you want from me?
01:33:41 I... I want...
01:33:45 I want you to be... honest with me.
01:33:51 No tricks.
01:33:53 No lies.
01:33:56 And no secrets.
01:34:06 Do you... do you love me?
01:34:12 Not today.
01:34:16 No.
01:35:55 Who's there?
01:35:59 I'm looking for an old friend.
01:36:01 I heard about a booking,
01:36:04 - good up-and-coming magician.
01:36:06 It's good to see you, John.
01:36:09 Good rehearsal space.
01:36:12 Blind stagehands, I like it.
01:36:14 You always had a good eye for publicity.
01:36:17 I need your help, John.
01:36:19 It's my last show. A limited engagement.
01:36:21 Your last show?
01:36:23 A wise man once told me obsession
01:36:27 I'm almost done. There's one thing left.
01:36:32 The Real Transported Man.
01:36:36 You want to design a show around it?
01:36:38 I don't want you backstage
01:36:41 Call in any favors
01:36:44 to get us the right booking.
01:36:46 What sort of booking you after?
01:36:48 The sort that Borden can't ignore.
01:36:57 Oh, what an honor it is
01:37:00 You told me you only wanted to show me
01:37:04 - It's a very clever trick.
01:37:07 Likewise, I'm sure.
01:37:14 Turn it on, gentlemen.
01:37:21 Very pretty.
01:37:33 That's it, Cutter? He simply disappears?
01:37:37 That's not a trick. He has to come back.
01:37:39 - There has to be a...
01:37:41 Exactly.
01:37:45 Pardon me.
01:37:48 It's very rare to see...
01:37:51 ...real magic.
01:37:54 It's been many years since...
01:37:56 Are you interested in helping us?
01:38:00 Yes... but you'll have
01:38:06 Disguise it.
01:38:09 Give them enough reason to doubt it.
01:38:12 You haven't spoken
01:38:16 Why would I talk about her to you, hm?
01:38:20 Because she was a part of
01:38:26 You know, the day before she killed
01:38:31 That she had something
01:38:34 I was such a coward,
01:38:38 But...
01:38:40 ...what would she have said?
01:38:43 You want to know the truth about me?
01:38:47 The truth is that...
01:38:52 ...I never loved Sarah.
01:38:55 I never loved her.
01:38:56 You married her,
01:38:59 Yes. Part of me. Part of me did, but...
01:39:02 ...the other part didn't.
01:39:04 The part that found you,
01:39:08 I love you. No, Olivia, I love you.
01:39:11 That's the truth.
01:39:13 That is the truth that matters.
01:39:16 You could be in some other restaurant
01:39:20 talking about me that way.
01:39:22 - No.
01:39:28 It's inhuman to be so cold.
01:39:37 He's back.
01:39:39 After two years, he's got a new trick.
01:39:43 They're saying it's
01:39:47 You should see the look
01:39:52 You should go to him.
01:39:54 You two deserve each other.
01:40:01 But I'm afraid I'm booked. The Moscow
01:40:05 Then get rid of them. There will be
01:40:10 Five performances a week, no matinees.
01:40:14 That's what you'll
01:40:40 Ladies and gentlemen, my first trick of
01:40:46 Anyone in the audience
01:40:47 who would be irrevocably
01:40:50 should leave now.
01:40:52 When I tell you the lady
01:40:55 actually died performing it,
01:40:57 you'll understand the seriousness
01:41:02 Let's begin.
01:41:14 In my travels, I have seen the future.
01:41:19 And it is a strange future, indeed.
01:41:22 The world, ladies and gentlemen,
01:41:25 is on the brink of new
01:41:27 and terrifying possibilities.
01:41:49 What you're about to witness
01:41:54 It's purely science.
01:41:55 I'd like to invite you
01:41:58 so that you can examine
01:42:56 Man's reach
01:42:58 exceeds his imagination.
01:43:12 Bravo!
01:43:22 One hundred performances. Why?
01:43:25 Does his method dictate that?
01:43:26 Is it a publicity move? What is it?
01:43:28 He's a no-talent magician,
01:43:31 the bloody best in England. Why?
01:43:33 Fifty yards in a second! In a second!
01:43:36 And all that we know
01:43:39 Brilliant! What is going on
01:43:44 Why can't you out-think him?
01:44:01 They do this every night,
01:44:33 Huh.
01:44:35 We're done.
01:44:39 All right?
01:44:42 Let him have his trick.
01:44:44 I don't need his secret.
01:44:46 So...
01:44:49 ...don't go back there,
01:44:52 Both of us... just leave him alone.
01:44:56 We're done.
01:45:06 I told you, John.
01:45:08 I don't want you backstage on this one.
01:45:12 I would like to
01:45:14 so that you can examine
01:45:46 - Hey, where do you think...?
01:45:59 Who was that?
01:46:57 Hey! Where's the bloody key?!
01:47:01 Where's the bloody key?!
01:47:05 Where's the bloody key?!
01:47:18 Hold on!
01:47:24 What have you done?
01:47:47 Alfred Borden, you have been found
01:47:53 You will be hanged
01:47:57 May the Lord have mercy on your soul.
01:48:02 Mr. Cutter?
01:48:04 Owens.
01:48:06 Oh, thank you for coming, Mr. Owens.
01:48:09 It has fallen to me to dispose
01:48:13 But I notice from this manifest
01:48:15 that Lord Caldlow has purchased
01:48:19 Mr. Cutter, if you need to know
01:48:22 No, it's just there is
01:48:27 this item, in fact,
01:48:29 - I would like to...
01:48:32 ...buy.
01:48:33 - Buy yourself?
01:48:36 - This is the machine?
01:48:38 Well, I'm afraid
01:48:40 about purchasing this particular item.
01:48:42 Do you think I could
01:48:46 Out of the question, I'm afraid.
01:48:51 Of course,
01:48:53 I suppose if, in the course
01:48:56 your paths were to cross,
01:49:02 Thank you.
01:49:04 - Still here, Borden?
01:49:07 You got a visitor. Lord Caldlow.
01:49:10 With a little girl.
01:49:20 Jess?
01:49:22 Hello, my love.
01:49:24 How are you? I've missed you so much.
01:49:28 Fallon's missed you too. We both have.
01:49:30 Daddy, can I come in there?
01:49:33 Not right now. Not right now, darling.
01:49:36 No, but everything
01:49:39 You must be Lord Caldlow?
01:49:41 Caldlow. Yes, I am. I always have been.
01:49:50 They flatter you with all those chains.
01:49:52 Don't they know you can't escape
01:49:55 I pulled you out... out of that tank.
01:49:58 All I wanted to do was prove
01:50:02 But you couldn't leave me alone.
01:50:06 I don't know what you've done.
01:50:10 But you're not afraid to get
01:50:13 No, not anymore. And I win.
01:50:17 No one cares about the man
01:50:20 You win?
01:50:23 This ain't a bloody competition
01:50:28 And don't you dare
01:50:31 Oh, I know how hard it is
01:50:34 taken away from you, don't I, Borden?
01:50:37 And you can't take it
01:50:40 Oh, she'll be looked after.
01:50:42 Goodbye, Professor. Come on, darling.
01:50:44 No, no, no, no, stop, my darling.
01:50:46 Look, here.
01:50:49 That's what you're after.
01:50:53 Take it.
01:50:55 - Your secret?
01:51:00 You always were the better magician.
01:51:04 Whatever your secret was,
01:51:08 mine is better.
01:51:11 Don't do this. Don't do this,
01:51:14 Jess, I'm gonna take you
01:51:18 - For God's sake.
01:51:24 I promise. I love you, Jess.
01:51:28 I love you.
01:51:30 - Come on.
01:51:31 I love you, Jess.
01:51:33 Angier! Angier!
01:51:36 What, do you think
01:51:38 Angier! They're gonna bloody hang me!
01:51:41 And you can put a stop to this now!
01:51:44 Listen! Listen! That man...
01:51:46 Listen, that man is
01:51:49 Listen! If he's alive, I'm not guilty!
01:51:53 - I'm not guilty!
01:51:55 - Get hold of him.
01:52:02 Run along now.
01:52:05 Sir, there's a gentleman waiting.
01:52:24 - Dear God.
01:52:28 You're still alive.
01:52:30 How is it you're still alive?
01:52:32 I saw you on a slab, for God's sake.
01:52:38 - Child.
01:52:40 Good night, Jess.
01:52:43 I've seen her before.
01:52:45 I saw her in court with...
01:52:48 ...Fallon.
01:52:52 - What have you done?
01:52:55 She needs her father.
01:52:57 You're letting him hang,
01:53:00 I came here to beg Lord Caldlow
01:53:07 I am not going to beg you for anything.
01:53:10 You don't have to. I'm gonna
01:53:15 Then, Lord Caldlow...
01:53:20 ...where do you want me to deliver it?
01:53:22 My theater. It belongs
01:53:27 John, I tried not to involve you.
01:53:42 So...
01:53:46 We go alone now.
01:53:49 Both of us.
01:53:54 I mean, I don't have
01:54:03 No.
01:54:06 You were right. I should have
01:54:11 I'm sorry.
01:54:14 I'm sorry for a lot of things.
01:54:18 I'm sorry about Sarah.
01:54:22 Didn't mean to hurt her, I didn't.
01:54:27 You go live your life in full now,
01:54:40 Goodbye.
01:55:27 Are you watching closely?
01:56:01 Put it down on the end.
01:56:37 Take a minute to consider
01:56:41 I once told you about a sailor
01:56:44 who described drowning to me.
01:56:47 Yes, he said it was like going home.
01:56:50 I was lying. He said it was agony.
01:57:34 Alfred Borden, this day,
01:57:38 and the High Court of England,
01:57:40 you will meet your end.
01:57:44 No one cares about the man in the box.
01:57:51 Cutter?
01:57:57 Cutter!
01:58:00 Do you have anything to say?
01:58:07 Abracadabra.
01:58:45 A brother? A twin?
01:58:50 You were Fallon.
01:58:54 - The whole time?
01:58:58 We were both Fallon.
01:59:00 We were both Borden.
01:59:07 Were you the one who went into the box?
01:59:10 Or the one who came back out?
01:59:13 We took turns.
01:59:20 The trick is where we would swap.
01:59:29 Cutter knew. Cutter knew.
01:59:31 But I told him it was
01:59:34 No.
01:59:37 Simple, maybe, but not easy.
01:59:39 There's nothing easy
01:59:48 I don't understand,
01:59:55 Wha... What about Olivia and your wife?
01:59:59 We each loved one of them.
02:00:04 I loved Sarah.
02:00:07 He loved Olivia.
02:00:10 We each had half of a full life,
02:00:12 really, which was enough for us...
02:00:15 ...just.
02:00:19 But not for them.
02:00:23 See, sacrifice, Robert,
02:00:25 that's the price of a good trick.
02:00:30 You wouldn't know
02:00:36 I've... I've made sacrifices.
02:00:38 - No.
02:00:40 It takes nothing
02:00:44 Yeah, it takes everything.
02:01:06 No, no, wait, I'm not...
02:01:15 It took courage.
02:01:20 It took courage to climb
02:01:24 not knowing...
02:01:26 ...if I'd be the man in the box...
02:01:32 ...or in the prestige.
02:01:34 Do you want to see...
02:01:37 ...what it cost me?
02:01:40 You didn't see where you are, did you?
02:01:43 Look. Look.
02:01:47 I don't care.
02:01:53 You went halfway around the world.
02:01:57 You spent a fortune.
02:02:02 You did terrible things.
02:02:05 Really terrible things, Robert.
02:02:10 And all for nothing.
02:02:12 For nothing?
02:02:13 Yeah.
02:02:18 You never understood...
02:02:21 ...why we did this.
02:02:26 The audience knows the truth.
02:02:30 The world is simple.
02:02:32 It's miserable.
02:02:34 Solid... Solid all the way through.
02:02:40 But if you could fool them,
02:02:43 even for a second...
02:02:46 ...then you could make them wonder.
02:02:50 And then you...
02:02:52 Then you got to see something
02:02:54 very special.
02:03:00 You really don't know.
02:03:06 It was...
02:03:09 ...it was the look on their faces.
02:03:27 Every magic trick
02:03:35 The first part is called "the pledge."
02:03:39 The magician shows you
02:03:43 The second act is called "the turn."
02:03:47 The magician takes
02:03:50 and makes it into
02:03:54 But you wouldn't clap yet,
02:03:58 isn't enough. You have to bring it back.
02:04:37 Now you're looking for the secret.
02:04:42 But you won't find it, because,
02:04:49 You don't really want to work it out.
02:04:55 You want to be fooled.