- Title: FJ-HRN-646
- Summary: The Prestige / Michael Caine: HRN-646 The Prestige Michael Caine
- Description:15:59:37 - A01. HRN-646 In: 15.59.37 Out: 16.00.13 Sound Bite: Michael Caine Well I mean no but also theres the social state thats here, Batman was a servant even though he was a tough old geezer he was a servant, this one hes a master at what he does hes also the father figure to the two younger men Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale and he was also the fixer for everything. And he also made there tricks, he was a jack of all trades but very old and very wise, Im old with out the wisdom so I had to work on wisdom. I act wisdom very well now. 16:00:24 - A02. HRN-646 In: 16.00.24 Out: 16.00.44 Sound Bite: Michael Caine Oh yeah well Ive seen the movie yeah because I didnt want to be sitting here saying to you whats it about (talks) No I see the movie before I do any interviews with anybody because I want to know what Im talking about. 16:00:48 - A03. HRN-646 In: 16.00.48 Out: 16.01.42 Sound Bite: Michael Caine The whole movie itself is an illusion I was saying thats whats great, I was assaying to one of these interviewers earlier I said the thing about this movie is theres you see these magicians and there tricks, the one magician that you dont see is Christopher Nolan who in the movie is the trick and in the movie hes playing it behind you thats why you never see him. And thats what attracted me to this movie was the fact that its such a unique script, Ive you know I look at them and I go done that one, done that one, done that one but I hadnt done this one, no ones done this one and I think thats whats stunning about it. To find a script like this, I was out of work, not out of work, I dont work, I dubbed myself as retired and I didnt work for a year and then I found this script and I just had to do it, thats what happens to me now, I have to do something. 16:01:43 - A04. HRN-646 In: 16.01.43 Out: 16.02.37 Sound Bite: Michael Caine No what I do is I treat myself as retired and then I read scripts says well read this one and I go no I dont wanna do that, I dont wanna do that one and she just keeps sending them, its cheap, FedEx is not expensive, she just keeps sending these things and the scripts are cheap because they pin them on both sides of the pages you know so its light and they keep the cost down so they dont mind sending me them. And every know and then I have a bonfire of them and then you find one like this and go I gotta do it, gotta do it. I did another very little film called The Children of Men I worked on it for two weeks with Alfonso, its about in England. But that, I had to do it because it was such an extraordinary thing and this is extraordinary, I mean this is a much bigger part obviously. But Christopher Nolan, I think hes a Hitchcock 16:02:56 - A05. HRN-646 In: 16.02.56 Out: 16.04.25 Sound Bite: Michael Caine Well I always regard myself as an amateur star starter and we do it in my house you know well get hes gonna be shes gonna be a star, shed been on a screen in less then a minute in A Girl with a Pearl Earring when I said to my family, thats a star and Im right, Im right. No No but you shes got five things going for her I was saying a little while ago in another interview shes like a quadruple threat shes funny shes smart shes talented and shes beautiful but the other thing she has she has star quality. Shes five feet one when she walks on the screen she looks six feet tall. (talks) yeah she does, she sings very well. I think there going to do a musical together, I want to be in it. I want to learn to sing, Hugh can teach me. He sings, Hugh does everything, hes really annoying. He can tap dance, and sing and do all that stuff and he eats vegetarian food and he looks good, you really get pissed at him, I do. But I hold my temper and I bare him I taught him how to do French fries but he wont ever eat em. (talks)
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/2006
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 2000s
- File Name: FJ-HRN-646