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The Prestige

Set in the Victorian era in the USA, this is a tale of a battle for supremacy between two stage magicians. One blames the other for his wife's death, and sets about destroying his opponent's career. This leads to tit-for-tat retributions which escalate out of control, leading to a trial for murder.

128 minutes, No persons under 13
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller.

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Credits
Cast	Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Samantha Mahurin, David Bowie
Director	Christopher Nolan
Screenplay	Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, from the novel by Christopher Priest
Music	David Julyan
Cinematography	Wally Pfister
Editing	Lee Smith
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2006
Produced by	Newmarket Productions, Syncopy, Touchstone Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Suspense / thriller
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strong, faily frequent
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	None
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Adjusted CAP Report (USA) (-50 to 50)
Wanton Violence / Crime	-29
Impudence / Hate	34
Sexual Immorality	34
Drugs / Alcohol	-50
Offence to God	28
Murder / Suicide	26
Final score	7
Influence density	0.8
Min - Max	-84

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerJacques Liebenberg	15
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	15
iAfrica.comMelanie Daly	18
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	16
The CitizenPeter Feldman	14
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
International Media
BBC (UK)Jamie Russell	15
Box Office (USA)Shlomo Schwartzberg	8
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	13
ScreenIt (USA)	12
Internet (IMDB)24813 Netizens	16

Average .. 70%	13

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