The Prestige 2006 M
![Production still from The Prestige 2006 / Director: Christopher Nolan / Image courtesy: Roadshow Films](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/m2obzhc2/production/e7689957496c8f7c4134f43e61568f4d9742a6f6-2048x1361.jpg?rect=0,0,2048,1005&w=320&h=157&q=90&fit=crop)
Production still from The Prestige 2006 / Director: Christopher Nolan / Image courtesy: Roadshow Films / View full image
When
12.15 pm, Sat 7 Sep 2024 (130 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
Admission
-
Adult
$10.00 -
Concession/Student
Concession Tickets
The Gallery accepts the following concession cards. Individual patrons must show concession cards to receive concessional entry.
Eligibility for standard concession entry includes:
- State and regional Gallery Guides - Association of Australian Gallery Guiding Organisations (AAGGO)
- Full Time Australian Tertiary and TAFE Students
- Full Time International Tertiary and TAFE Students with ISIC card and individual institution cards
- State Government Seniors Card (please note we do not accept Seniors Business Card Holders)
- Australian Government Pensioner Concession Card
- Australian Government Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- Department of Veteran Affairs / Repatriation Health Card (Gold and White)
- Carer Business Discount Card / Department of Families Card Holders
- National Association of the Visual Arts (NAVA) Members
- Australian Museums and Galleries Association Membership Card (AMaGA)
The following Concession Cards are not accepted by the Gallery:
- Senior Business Discount Cards
- National Seniors Cards
- Any International Seniors Cards (including New Zealand)
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QAGOMA Member
$7.00
About
Set in Victorian-era London, rival magicians Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) attempt to outclass each other through staging illustrious magic tricks and illusions. However, a notable trick, named ‘The Transported Man’, as individually performed by both magicians, stirs the bitter competition to an obsessive, life-threatening reveal. Obsession, sacrifice and showmanship revel in this race to uncover the hidden secret behind each other’s performance of the magic trick.
David Bowie stars as real-life inventor, engineer and genius, Nikola Tesla. In a small but pivotal role, Tesla is involved in his own rivalry against inventor Thomas Edison, whose bitter and oppressive business practices have forced him into the shadows. Magician Angier pays for Tesla to help create a machine to transport an object from one place to another seamlessly. Christopher Nolan cast Bowie, believing him to be as mysterious as the version of Tesla he had envisioned. Bowie’s restrained, yet provocative performance serves as an emotional catalyst for the rivalry at play.
M | Moderate violence, Moderate themes
Production Credits
- Director: Christopher Nolan
- Script: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
- Based on: the novel ‘The Prestige’ (1995) by Christopher Priest
- Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
- Editor: Lee Smith
- Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, David Bowie
- Print Source: UCLA Film & TV Archive, Los Angeles
- Rights: Roadshow Films
- Year: 2006
- Runtime: 130 minutes
- Countries: United Kingdom, United States
- Language: English
- Sound: Stereo
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm