Rating: PG13
Genre: Thriller
Theatrical Release: 10/20/2006(USA)
Release Date: 02/20/2007
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 130 Minutes
Flags: Violence
Distributor/Studio: Touchstone / Disney
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, All Movie Guide
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A Twisting, Dazzling Psychological Thriller.
Christopher Nolan, who directed Memento, Insomnia, and Batman Begins brings you a dark story of magic, betrayal, murder, and death based on the novel by Christopher Priest set in Turn-of-the-Century London. Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale star as two magicians, whose friendly competition turns into a deadly rivalry as they attempt to learn each other's secrests following the tragic death of a beautiful escape artist in a botched escape trick. also starring Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, Piper Perabo, Jamie Harris, Roger Rees, Samantha Mahurin, Daniel Davis, Chao-Li Chi, Ricky Jay, and W. Morgan Sheppard.
2006 Art Directors Guild
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2006 Rome International Film Festival
2006 Austin Film Critics
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