Doors open 6:00. Live magical performance by David Hirata starts at 6:30. Film begin at 7:00.
Magic and movies have gone hand-in-hand for over a century -- the films of yesteryear used stagecraft to create special effects on-screen that startled and baffled the audience. From the tricks of early filmmakers to the visual spectacles of today, cinema remains an art film built on illusion.
Join us at White Branches -- Mount Vernon's magical tearoom -- for three films that blend film and fantasy. White Branches is located at 100 E Montgomery St on the second floor of Mount Vernon’s historic Old Town Grainery building.
Before each film, David Hirata will be performing magic for attendees. David Hirata is a magician known for his imaginative and thoughtful presentational style. As resident magician at White Branches, he creates atmospheric, theatrical illusions in collaboration with his fellow White Branches artists. An avid student of Japanese magic history, his magic often bridges gaps between East and West, past and present. "Magic is about transformation," he says. "The experience of stage magic explores and celebrates our human capacity for wonder and change."
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July 21: The Prestige
An illusion gone horribly wrong pits two 19th-century magicians, Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Rupert Angier (Hugh Jackman), against each other in a bitter battle for supremacy.
In their quest to outwit the other, they chase the ultimate illusion across Victorian London -- sacrificing sanity and safety to master a teleportation feat that defies all logic.
"The Prestige's chief pleasure lies in [Jackman and Bale's] increasingly ornate games of deception, which Christopher Nolan orchestrates with a showman's aplomb." —Scott Tobias, AV Club
"The Prestige is wonderfully engrossing, darkly mysterious and entertaining from start to finish." —Claudia Puig, USA Today
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, David Bowie
United Kingdom | English | 2006 | Mystery, Thriller | 130 minutes | PG-13
Film Prices
Lincoln Theatre Members get $3.00 off on the following prices when buying tickets at-the-door:
General: $17.00
Seniors, Students, and Active Military: $16.00
Children 12 and under: $14.50
All prices include a $5.00 surcharge that goes directly to the pre-show entertainer, as well as a $2.00 Preservation Fee that goes directly into our capital account for the preservation of the Lincoln Theatre and its programs.