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Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige"."
Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige"."
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Every magic trick consists of three parts or acts
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The first part is called the Pledge
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The magician shows you something ordinary
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a deck of cards a bird or a man
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He shows you this object
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perhaps he asks you to inspect it
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to see that it is indeed real
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Yeah unaltered normal
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But of course it probably isn't
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Where do you think you're going I'm part of the bloody act you fool
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The second act is called the Turn
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The magician takes the ordinary something
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and makes it do something extraordinary
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Now you're looking for the secret but you won't find it
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because of course you're not really looking
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You don't really wanna know
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You want to be fooled
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But you wouldn't clap yet
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because making something disappear isn't enough
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You have to bring it back
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That's why every magic trick has a third act
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The hardest part
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The part we call the Prestige
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Movie Summary
After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
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