Angier is incensed when Borden meets and marries Sarah (Rebecca Hall) and they have a daughter, Jess (Samantha Mahurin). The magic trick from the beginning of the movie is explained: the original bird is crushed and replaced with a double.
Borden becomes "The Professor" with the enigmatic Bernard Fallon as his ingénieur while Angier becomes "The Great Danton" with the lovely Olivia Wenscombe ( Scarlett Johansson) and Cutter assisting. The two become bitter competitors, disrupting each other's acts. Angier's wife Julia ( Piper Perabo) drowned performing a water cell act and Angier blames Borden, who professes not to remember if he had tied her with an inappropriate knot. Both were assistants for "Milton the Magician" (Ricky Jay) with ingénieur John Cutter ( Michael Caine).
Magician Alfred Borden ( Christian Bale) is sentenced for the murder of rival Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman).
A magician shows a girl a magic trick, causing a bird to vanish and then reappear in his hand.
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