
The Prestige Drinking Game + Cocktail
Cult Classics & QuotableEvery great magic trick has three parts. This drinking game has eleven.
The Rules
- Sip — Angier or Borden performs a trick onstage for an audience
- Sip — A character reads from a journal that turns out to be a planted trap
- Sip — Cutter explains a trick or says "the pledge, the turn, the prestige"
- Sip — Borden's missing fingers are visible in a close-up or handshake
- Sip — The film cuts between past and present timelines without warning
- Drink Twice — Angier watches Borden's Transported Man and can't figure it out
- Drink Twice — Tesla's machine crackles to life with its electrical hum
- Drink Twice — A top hat appears where it absolutely should not be
- Shot — Borden says "are you watching closely?" with full weight
- Shot — Angier steps into the Tesla machine and the curtain drops
- Chug — The camera reveals the rows of tanks in the basement
Themed Cocktail
The Transported Man
Ingredients:
- 2 oz London dry gin
- 0.75 oz Lillet Blanc
- 0.5 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur
- 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
- 1 dash orange bitters
Instructions:
- 1Add gin, Lillet Blanc, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, and orange bitters to a shaker with ice.
- 2Shake for 10 seconds until well chilled.
- 3Double strain into a chilled coupe glass.
- 4Express a lemon twist over the surface and drape it across the rim.
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Disclaimer: Drink responsibly. This is intended for adults of legal drinking age. Never drink and drive. Always know your limits and drink in moderation.