Why does the 'as' keyword work while the () cast does not.

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Published on 2010-04-30T19:43:57Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 19:47 UTC
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//always works, returning a valid object into _page
        _page = _httpContext.Handler as System.Web.UI.Page;

//Fails throwing the exception : Unable to cast object of type 'System.Web.DefaultHttpHandler' to type 'System.Web.UI.Page'
        _page = (System.Web.UI.Page)_httpContext.Handler;

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