"The Prestiege" (2006)

[Dr Mordrid]

In post production.

Release: Oct. 20, 2006

Synopsis:

Rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London battle each other for trade secrets. The rivalry is so intense that it turns them into murderers. The title refers to an old magicians term for the product of a successful trick.

Director: Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, Momento, Insomnia)

Writing: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Priest (novel)

Cast:

Rupert Angier: Hugh Jackman

Alfred Borden: Christian Bale

Nikola Tesla: David Bowie

Cutter: Michael Caine

Olivia: Scarlett Johansson

Borden's wife: Piper Perabo

[Jessterw]

With that cast and crew I'd find it a little shocking if this didn't turn out, at the very least, a decently good flick.

[Dr Mordrid]

A better synopsis from a C. Nolan fan site;

Two 19th-century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later. Working in the gaslight-and-velvet world of Victorian music halls, both men lurk in the background of each other's shadowy life, driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy and insatiable curiosity. At the heart of the row is an amazing stage illusion they both perform. The secret of the magic is simple (the reader is in on it almost from the start) but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper. Both have something more to hide than the mere workings of a trick.

[Jammrock]

David Bowie and Nikola Tesla? ROFLMAFAO!!! Awesome!

[Jessterw]

Trailer

http://www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/theprestige/

[Dr Mordrid]

That looks too damned cool

Dr. Mordrid