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Uh I thought you’d gone

I don’t really have anywhere to go

You’ve been sleeping here?

Cutter said it’d be all right till we get another booking What are you doing?

Uh research

Part of a magician’s job

is to watch his competition, see what illusions

You’re going to do something to that man, aren’t you?

Cutter’s hoping you let things lie

He says if Borden thinks things are even between you

Even?

My wife for a couple of his fingers?

He has a family now and he’s performing again

Borden is out there living his life just as he intended,

as if nothing had happened and look at me

I’m alone and no theater will touch me

Us

You’re going to need a better disguise

I need a volunteer

What happened?

Did you hurt him?

What happened, Robert?

You, sir Just a rubber ball, yes?

Thank you

Just a rubber ball, No

Not normal Not a normal rubber ball

It’s magic

He had a new trick

Was it good?

It was the greatest magic trick I’ve ever seen

Did they applaud when you saw it?

It was too good It was too simple The audience hardly had time to see it

He’s a dreadful magician - A wonderful magician

He’s a dreadful showman He doesn’t dress it up,

how to sell it - How does he do it?

He uses a double - No, it’s too simple

This is a complex illusion

You say that because you don’t know the method

It’s a double that comes out It’s the only way

I’ve seen him perform it three times The prestige is the same man

No, it’s not - The same man comes out of the cabinet

It’s the same man

He wears padded gloves to hide his damaged fingers,

but, if you look closely, you can tell

He doesn’t know how to sell it to an audience, but I do

Yeah, we could use it as a climax to the show

Yes

The man stole my life, I’m gonna steal his trick

We got to find someone who looks like you

He doesn’t use a double - I don’t know how Borden does it

Either You either wait for him to retire and buy the secret,

or you listen to how I would do it

And the only way that I know how to do it

is to find you a bloody good double

All right

Take a good look Let’s get out there and find me

Whoo!

Look, look

What’s that?

It’s for you - What’s this for?

Come

You

I asked you last week - You caught me in a wrong mood

But you won’t ever - Sarah,

I’m gonna have to change my mind, aren’t I?

The act is taking off Soon we’ll be in a bigger theater, things will work out

I can’t believe it Thank you Thank you It’s beautiful

Gerry, - Darling, look at you

Mr Cutter, Mr Angier, I’d like you to meet Gerald Root

Mm-hm

A pleasure Pleasure to meet you fine gentlemen

Would you like for me to tell you a little joke, Come here

Yes Are you laughing now?

I have to take a piss

He’s out of his mind - Of course, he’s an out-of-work actor

He’s perfect He needs a little help

But when I get done with him, he could be your brother

I don’t need him to be my brother, I need him to be me

Give me a month

So you open the door

and

Come on

Couldn’t you have found a softer one?

Well, it’s not for sleeping on

So, if you come down through there

does Root go up through there, - Yep

It’s going to be amazing

Well, it has to be Borden’s trick is getting noticed

The place was packed today

You went and saw his show again

Ready to meet yourself, Mr Angier?

All I have to do is keep myself stinking drunk,

and no one will be able to tell the difference

Have a little faith, sir

Now, would you favor us with a performance, Mr Root?

You’d drink, too, if you knew the world half as well as I do

Did you think you were unique?

I’ve been Caesar, I’ve played Faust

How difficult could it possibly be to play the Great Danton?

You can go back to being yourself now, Root, for nothing

I’d rather be him for now

I find it, uh amusing

“My liege,

I did deny no prisoners”

You look wonderful - Oh, thank you

Root has to keep a low profile Anyone sees him, the game’s up

I don’t know how you do things I’m not sure I wanna know

Have you thought what we should call it?

There’s no point being coy Borden calls his trick The Transported Man

Ladies and gentlemen, much of what you’ve seen may be termed

as illusions or entertaining trifles

Alas

I cannot claim this next feat as illusion

Watch carefully

You will see no trickery,

for no trickery is employed

Merely a technique familiar to certain citizens of the Orient

and various holy men of the Himalayas

Indeed, many of you may be familiar with this technique,

but for those of you who are not, do not be alarmed

What you’re about to see is considered safe

To our achievement

The manager says he’s never seen a reaction like it

At least he saw it I spent the ovation hiding under the stage

No one cares about the man who disappears

They care about the one who comes out

I care about the man in the box

Thank you I don’t know, maybe we could switch before the trick

I’m the prestige, and Root’s below stage

No, the anticipation of the trick is everything

We need your showmanship to build up the suspense

Once Root opens his mouth, it’s over He can’t introduce this trick

Of course I can I’m the Great Danton

Root, you bloody fool, get out of that wardrobe and makeup

Anyone could walk in here at any minute

Congratulations, all

Life is not full of these moments We worked hard

We need to celebrate properly

What’s wrong, Is it your wife?

No, it’s the trick It isn’t good enough

Borden’s trick is nothing compared to ours He has no style

He doesn’t spend the finale hiding under the stage

I need to know how he does it - Why?

So I can do it better

I need you to go and work for him

Work for him, Are you joking?

You’ll be my spy

We just got our start You want me to leave?

That’s how we advance Think of it

People are excited by Cutter’s version Imagine what we’d do

with the real illusion We’d have the greatest magic act anyone’s ever seen

He knows I work for you - Exactly why he’ll want to hire you

He’ll want my secret - Why would he trust me?

Because you’re gonna tell him the truth

Hmm?

Good girl

You must be curious to see what so much money has bought you

Fitting you should be here for her maiden voyage

Your hat

You might want to stand back