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Christopher Priest·2006·Director: Christopher Nolan
69%
Faithfulness
4.0
Book Rating
4.3
Movie Rating
Platform: Prime Video
Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson
The Book
The Prestige is a 1995 science fiction novel by Christopher Priest. It tells the story of a prolonged feud between two stage magicians in late 1800s England. Its main 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).
The Film
In the end of the nineteenth century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough, and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death, and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival magicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences.
Key Differences
{"Character development differs","Ending modified for film","Subplots removed"}
Our Verdict
Read the book firstThe adaptation captures the essence of the story.
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