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| released = | runtime = 130 minutes | country = | language = English | budget = $40 million〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Box Office Mojo )〕 | gross = $109.7 million〔 }} ''The Prestige'' is a 2006 science fiction mystery drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by Nolan and his brother Jonathan from Christopher Priest's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results. The American-British co-production features Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier, Christian Bale as Alfred Borden, and David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. It also stars Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Piper Perabo, Andy Serkis, and Rebecca Hall. The film reunites Nolan with actors Bale and Caine from ''Batman Begins'', and returning cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, film score composer David Julyan, and editor Lee Smith. A co-production between Touchstone Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was released on October 20, 2006, receiving positive reviews and strong box office results, and received Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Along with ''The Illusionist'' and ''Scoop'', ''The Prestige'' was one of three films in 2006 to explore the world of stage magicians. == Plot == Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) begin their illusionist careers as shills for "Milton the Magician". John Cutter (Michael Caine) works as Milton's ingénieur (stage engineer) and Angier's wife Julia (Piper Perabo) as Milton's assistant. Milton's most famous trick is to have Julia escaping from a water tank. In one performance, with Julia's consent, Borden ties her hand with a more difficult knot; she fails to undo it in time and drowns in the tank. Angier blames Borden for his wife's death and holds a grudge since then. The two go on to launch separate careers. Borden becomes "The Professor", hires a mute and mysterious man named Bernard Fallon as his ingénieur and starts a relationship with Sarah, a woman he meets when performing, eventually marrying her. Angier becomes "The Great Danton", assisted by Olivia Wenscombe (Scarlett Johansson) and Cutter. Angier attempts to kill Borden in his bullet catch trick, shooting off two of his fingers. Borden retaliates by sabotaging Angier's bird cage act, killing the bird and maiming an audience member in front of the theater. This move severely damages Angier's reputation. Sarah becomes pregnant and gives birth to a daughter, Jess. However, she becomes increasingly disturbed because of Borden's apparently fickle and contradictory nature. Sometimes, he is the man who truly loves her; at other times, he is emotionally distant. Borden's refusal to explain this duality leads to her depression, alcoholism and eventual suicide. Borden begins performing the wildly successful ''The Transported Man'' trick. He enters one cabinet and exits another across the stage, seemingly having been transported across the entire length of the stage in just one second. Cutter insists that Borden uses a double, but Angier and Olivia disagree, pointing out that "both men" miss two fingers on one hand. Unable to figure out the trick, Angier uses a double to perform ''The New Transported Man'', but becomes frustrated when he has to hear the audience's applause from below the stage. He sends Olivia to discover his rival’s secret, but she instead falls for Borden. Olivia gives Angier Borden's encrypted diary. Borden sabotages Angier's show, cripples his leg and humiliates him. Afterwards, with Olivia as his assistant, Borden's performances become more elaborate and successful. Angier kidnaps Fallon and forces Borden to give up the key to decipher the diary. Seeing the key word "Tesla", he becomes convinced that Borden uses an invention by Nikola Tesla, one that actually teleports him across the stage. Angier travels to America and convinces Tesla to create a teleporter for him. Angier deciphers Borden's diary and discovers it to be a fraud that Borden had Olivia dupe him with. Tesla completes the machine, but it also creates an exact duplicate of whatever is placed inside it. Tesla advises Angier to destroy the machine. Angier electrifies audiences with ''The Real Transported Man'', vanishing within the machine and reappearing in the back of the hall. Baffled by the fact that the man appearing in the Prestige has exactly the same voice and mannerism as Angier, Borden sneaks backstage and witnesses Angier drown in a water tank. Cutter appears and is convinced that Borden is responsible for Angier's death. Cutter testifies against Borden in court, and Borden is sentenced to death. In death row, Borden is visited by the agent of a Lord Caldlow, who offers to care for Jess in exchange for the secrets of his tricks. Borden reluctantly agrees. When Lord Caldlow shows up with Jess, Borden recognizes him as Angier, who ignores his pleas and leaves him to his demise. Borden is hanged and dies. After learning that Caldlow has bought the machine, Cutter visits him to plead for its destruction and learns to his disgust that Angier is still alive. Along with Angier, he delivers the machine to Cadlow's private theater, and discovers numerous water tanks that hold copies of Angier that disappeared through the trap door on stage. Disgusted that Angier left Borden to his fate, Cutter leaves just as a man enters, fatally shoots Angier and reveals himself as Borden. As it turns out, "Alfred Borden" is an identity assumed by twin brothers Albert and Frederick. They take turns being Borden and Fallon, each living half of Alfred's life to prepare for their "Transported Man" trick (with one twin cutting off the fingers the other lost to preserve the illusion). Albert, the calm and soft-spoken one, loved Sarah while Frederick, the hot-headed and loudmouthed one, had a relationship with Olivia. Angier dies, toppling his lamp and burning down the theater. Albert picks up Jess at Cutter's workshop, exchanges a silent goodbye with the old man and leaves. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Prestige (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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