The prestige [videorecording] / [presented by] Touchstone Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures; a Newmarket Films and Syncopy production ; directed by Christopher Nolan ; screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan ; produced by Emma Thomas ; produced by Aaron Ryder ; produced by Christopher Nolan.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 50651 | Buena Vista Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2007.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0788868853
- 9780788868856
- Director of photography, Wally Pfister ; editor, Lee Smith ; music, David Julyan ; costume designer, Joan Bergin ; production designer, Nathan Crowley.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Prestige | Available | 33111006962506 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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
Based on the novel by Christopher Priest.
DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.
Region 1, anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Special features include: The director's notebook : the cinematic sleight of hand of Christopher Nolan (five featurettes) ; The art of The prestige gallery.
Director of photography, Wally Pfister ; editor, Lee Smith ; music, David Julyan ; costume designer, Joan Bergin ; production designer, Nathan Crowley.
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, Piper Perabo, David Bowie.
In turn-of-the-century Victorian London, charismatic showman Robert Angier and gifted illusionist Alfred Borden are two young magicians whose friendship is destroyed when the love of Angier's life dies in a trick gone wrong. Their rivalry escalates into an obsession full of deceit and sabotage. When Borden's "transported man" trick becomes famous, Angier will go to any length to top it, even pursuing a fantastic and frightening machine developed by Nicola Tesla.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence and disturbing images.
DVD.
Closed-captioned. English, French or Spanish soundtracks; optional French Spanish subtitles or English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.