Transcript · David Blaine

Stealing The Watch From President George W. Bush

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Here's the move, and I'm gonna teach it to you as I do it. See how I switch? Just like that. See how I do that? Switch. Hold it tight so I can. Good, like that. Now I have the club. Hold on. Without looking, what would you bet on if you were to guess without looking, Would you bet the club was on the top or bottom? The club was on the top. Would you be impressed if the club was on bottom, spade was on top, because you were holding tight the whole time? Yeah. That would be very impressive. See, but with those guys, they couldn't even remember where the club or spade was. So I had to come up with a new rul. Way to get them. Yeah. That's why I came up with this. Just turn it.

0:00The frame is completely black, indicating the start of the video or a transition.

0:12A magician in a black suit is performing a card trick for a man in a dark suit, seen from behind. The magician holds one card in his left hand and is manipulating another card with his right hand, seemingly placing it near the other man's hand. The setting appears to be an indoor, possibly formal, event.

0:24The magician has completed a part of the trick, with his right hand moving away from the observer. Two playing cards are now visible on the observer's lap or a surface in front of him. The magician looks slightly to the side, and the observer remains in a similar position.

0:36An older man with grey hair is seen in profile, holding a small, rectangular object, possibly a card or photo, in front of him. In the blurry background, another man is visible, smiling.

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Wow. Here, hold this one here. This one here. Hold tight. Tight. Tight. Say hold. No, no, tight. Say a number from one. Think of a number from one to 20. Yeah, got it. Seventeen.

0:48A man in a black suit is seated, holding several small rectangular objects, likely cards or money, in his hands. Another person's hand is extended towards him, also holding a similar object. The man in the black suit is looking directly forward.

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Here, I got a present for you. Was it 17? It was 17. Yeah. Yeah. But I have a present for Mr. President. It's a. Oh, God. I took my watch off.

1:00A close-up side profile of an older man with grey hair, smiling broadly and looking to his right. He appears to be reacting to something or someone off-camera. Part of another person in a dark suit is visible in the background.