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  1. Summaries. After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other. Set in London in the 1800s, two rival magicians read each others diary containing the secrets of their magic tricks and personal life.

  2. The Prestige is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan and based on the 1995 novel by Christopher Priest. It stars Hugh Jackman as Robert Angier and Christian Bale as Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in Victorian London who feud over a perfect teleportation illusion.

  3. The The Prestige Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes.

  4. Oct 20, 2006 · The Prestige: Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo. After a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.

  5. Sep 6, 2007 · We are instructed at the outset, in a briefing by Michael Caine, that every magic trick consists of three acts: (1) the Pledge, in which a seemingly real situation is set up, (2) the Turn, in which the initial reality is challenged, and (3) the Prestige, where all is set right again.

  6. Jul 15, 2024 · The Prestige (2006) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis: The Death of the Assistant. The film is set primarily in late twentieth-century London. Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) work as amateur magicians and stagehands with stage engineer John Cutter (Micheal Caine).

  7. The Prestige is a 2006 mystery thriller drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by Nolan and his brother Jonathan from Christopher Priest's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name.