The Prestige (2006)
Piper Perabo: Julia McCullough
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Quotes
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Alfred Borden : He's progressive, he's predictable, he's boring. I mean, Milton's got success, whatever that means, and now he's scared, he won't take any risks at all. I mean, he's squandering the goodwill of the audience with these tired, second-rate tricks...
Robert Angier : They're all favorites, please...
Alfred Borden : Favorites? Come on, give me something fresh, he wont even try a bloody bullet catch!
Cutter : A bullet catch is suicide, all it takes is some smart-ass volunteer to put a button in the barrel...
Alfred Borden : Fine, use a plant!
Robert Angier : You can't use plants for every trick!
Julia McCullough : There'll be no seats left for the punters!
[laughs]
Alfred Borden : Fine, no bullet catch, whatever, but the point is... a real magician tries to invent something new, that other magicians are gonna scratch their heads over, you know?
Cutter : Right, then you sell it to him for a small fortune?
Alfred Borden : All right...
Cutter : I suppose you have such a trick?
Alfred Borden : Actually, I do.
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Julia McCullough : I thought up a name for you: The Great Danton. Do you like it? It's sophisticated.
Robert Angier : [scoffs] It's French.
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Cutter : I saw you, drop the knot again...?
Julia McCullough : I think I turned my wrist...
Cutter : Some nights you just don't get it, do you? I mean, if that knot slips and Julia's on the hoist, she'll break her leg!
Alfred Borden : It's a wrong knot.
[pause, Cutter stares at him]
Alfred Borden : Like I said, the Langfeld Double will hold tighter!
Cutter : The Langfeld Double isn't a wet knot! It's too dangerous - if the rope swells up, she won't be able to slip it!
Julia McCullough : I can slip a Langfeld underwater.
Alfred Borden : [looks at Julia] She can slip it, we can practice...
Robert Angier : Hey, Borden, he said no!
Alfred Borden : [scoffs] Oh well, you know knots better than me, do you?
Cutter : Listen! No more mistakes!
