Overview:
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.| Status: | Released (2006-08-18) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 12 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $39,868,642 |
| Screen: | Neil Burger, Steven Millhauser |
| Productions: | Contagious Entertainment, Michael London Productions, Koppelman-Levien |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 819: Edward Norton - Eisenheim
- 13242: Paul Giamatti - Inspector Uhl
- 10860: Jessica Biel - Sophie
- 17328: Rufus Sewell - Crown Prince Leopold
- 1665: Eddie Marsan - Josef Fischer
- 27428: Aaron Taylor-Johnson - Young Eisenheim
- 73357: Eleanor Tomlinson - Young Sophie
Crews
- 17329: Neil Burger - Director - Directing
- 16304: Brian Koppelman - Producer - Production
- 17451: Cathy Schulman - Producer - Production
- 27679: Michael London - Producer - Production
- 1551: Philip Glass - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 17329: Neil Burger - Screenplay - Writing
- 1417979: Viktor Müller - Visual Effects Supervisor - Visual Effects
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Reviews
GeekMasher
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When I looked at this film for the first time I was unsure it would be any good... I was completely amazed by how this film was good. The actors all played there role very well. The film has a very good storyline and I was compelled to watch it. All in all a great movie, worth watchi ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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Life and death. Space and time. Fate and chance. Theses are the forces of the universe. The Illusionist is directed by Neil Burger and Burger adapts the screenplay from "Eisenheim the Illusionist" written by Steven Millhauser. It stars Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel a ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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Seen this movie several times over the years and still find it so entertaining and satisfying thanks in large part to Edward Norton's performance. In some ways, although not as expertly directed, I prefer this over The Prestige, which is a great movie in its own right.
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