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The Prestige is a 2006 mystery, thriller, fantasy, and drama film directed by Christopher Nolan. The screenplay was written by Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, and Christopher Priest, while the cast includes Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, and Scarlett Johansson. The film originated in the United Kingdom and the United States, with narrative locations set in London and Colorado. It was produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, and Aaron Ryder, and distributed by Netflix and Disney+.
The production involved Warner Bros. Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Newmarket Films, and Syncopy Inc. Wally Pfister served as director of photography, Nathan Crowley as production designer, Lee Smith as film editor, and David Julyan as composer. Filming took place in California, Los Angeles, and Colorado. The film has a runtime of 130 minutes and was released on October 19, 2006.
The Prestige received an IMDb rating of 8.5 based on 1,592,639 votes and a TMDb vote average of 8.208 from 17,559 votes. It had a budget of 40,000,000 and generated revenue of 109,676,311. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and the Academy Award for Best Production Design.
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8.2A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
Cast
- Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier
- Christian Bale as Alfred Borden
- Michael Caine as Cutter
- Piper Perabo as Julia McCullough
- Rebecca Hall as Sarah
- Scarlett Johansson as Olivia Wenscombe
Themes
- dying and death
- suicide
- class society
- london, england
- magic
- competition
- obsession
- hostility
- class
- diary
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Prestige
- Main subject
- stage magic
- Director
- Christopher Nolan
- Screenwriter
- Christopher Priest
- Cast member
- Dawn Upshaw
- Composer
- David Julyan
- Producer
- Aaron Ryder
- Cinematographer
- Wally Pfister
- Narrative location
- Colorado
- Filming location
- Colorado
- Duration
- 125
- FilmAffinity ID
- 343841
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Significant event
- première
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- publication date
- 2006-11-10
- title
- The Prestige
- film editor
- Lee Smith
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Production Design
- distributed by
- Disney+
- production designer
- Nathan Crowley
- after a work by
- Christopher Priest
- box office
- 53089891
- capital cost
- 40000000
- review score
- 8.5/10
- characters
- Nikola Tesla
- narrative motif
- doppelgänger
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Encyclopedic overview
The Prestige is a 2006 science fantasy 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.
The supporting cast includes Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, and David Bowie as inventor Nikola Tesla. The film reunited Nolan with Bale and Caine following Batman Begins (2005) and with several regular collaborators, including cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, editor Lee Smith, and composer David Julyan. Principal photography took place in early 2006, with locations including Los Angeles and Colorado.
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