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The Prestige is a 1995 fantasy novel by British writer Christopher Priest. It tells the story of a prolonged feud between two stage magicians in late 1800s England. Its structure is that of a collection of diaries that were kept by the protagonists and later collated. The title derives from the novel's fictional practice of stage illusions having three parts: the setup, the performance, and the prestige (effect).
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2006 · 2h 5m · PG-13 · Drama · Mystery · Science Fiction
Rotten Tomatoes 77%Metacritic 66/100IMDb 8.5/10TMDB 8.2/10 (17,896 votes)
The Prestige is a 2006 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, based on the 1995 novel by Christopher Priest. Set in Victorian London, the film stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as stage magicians who compete to create a superior teleportation illusion.
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Box office $110M worldwide
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