After taking on a studio film (2002’s Insomnia) and reinventing the superhero film (2005’s Batman Begins), Christopher Nolan finally had enough clout to fund the adaptation of a Christopher Priest novel that he had PLEDGED to be his next project when he pitched it to his brother Jonathan five years earlier.

But the story of two rival magicians at the TURN of the century was more complicated to adapt than either of them initially believed and the screenplay would not be finished until mere days before the start of production.

This is 2006’s THE PRESTIGE.

Join Nick and Scott as they discuss a film they both believe is a masterpiece of cinematic narrative and the backlash it received at the time for “cheating” the ending.

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