The Prestige (2006)
| Release Date | 17 October 2006 |
| Budget | $40,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $53,000,000 |
| Tagline | A Friendship That Became a Rivalry. |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Country | USAUK |
| Filming Locations | Belasco Theatre - 1060 S. Hill Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Thriller, Period Film |
| Mood | Spellbinders |
| Themes | Keeping a Secret, Wizards and Magicians |
| Tones | Enigmatic, Eerie, Tense, Atmospheric, Elegant, Lavish |
| Tags | Magic, Rival, Secrets |
The Prestige is a 2006 mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan, with a screenplay adapted from Christopher Priest's 1995 novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Monty Stuart
Stagecoach Driver
Ron Perkins
Hotel Manager
J. Paul Moore
Virgil
Anthony De Marco
Boy
Gregory Humphreys
Policeman
John B. Crye
Voice
William Morgan Sheppard
Merrit
Sean Howse
Man
Julie Sanford
Elegant Lady
James Lancaster
Moderator
Olivia Merg
Jess - Toddler
Zoe Merg
Jess - Toddler
Johnny Liska
Scalper
Russ Fega
Man in Hotel
Kevin Will
Man in Hotel
Christopher Judges
Burly Stagehand
James Otis
Blind Stagehand 1
Sam Menning
Blind Stagehand 2
Brian Tahash
Blind Stagehand 3
Scott Davis
Carriage Driver
Jodi Bianca Wise
Glamorous Assistant
Nikki Glick
Housekeeper
Enn Reitel
Workman 1
Clive Kennedy
Warder
Rob Arbogast
Leonard
Chris Cleveland
Will
Erin Cipolletti
Dancer
Tim Pilleri
Piano Player 1
Inna Swann
Handkerchief Lady
Deanna Lynn Walsh
Woman on Carriage Bus
Director
Writer
Jonathan Nolan
Christopher Priest
Producer
Christopher Ball
executive producer
Valerie Dean
executive producer
Jordan Goldberg
associate producer
Aaron Ryder
producer
Charles J.D. Schlissel
executive producer
William Tyrer
executive producer
Original Music
David Julyan
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Cinematographer
Wally Pfister
Editor
Lee Smith
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Casting Director
John Papsidera
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Production Designer
Nathan Crowley
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Art Director
Kevin Kavanaugh
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Set Decorator
Julie Ochipinti
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Costume Designer
Joan Bergin
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Makeup Department
Janice Alexander
hair department head
Karen Asano-Myers
hair stylist
Terry Baliel
hair stylist
John R. Bayless
key makeup artist
Leo Corey Castellano
prosthetic design and application
Maggie Fung
makeup artist
Roxane Griffin
hair stylist
Aimee Macabeo
special effects hair: Optic Nerve Studio
Nicole Michaud
special effects hair: Optic Nerve, hair ventilation: Cine-Makeup Inc.
Kenny Myers
makeup artist: Mr. Jackman
Margarita Pidgeon
hair stylist
Peter Robb-King
makeup department head
Kimberley Spiteri
hair stylist
Fiona Stiles
makeup artist: David Bowie
Heba Thorisdottir
makeup artist: Ms. Johansson
Victoria Wood
wigs
Bob Smithson
contact lens technician
Production Manager
Teresa Kelly
post-production supervisor
Mark Scoon
executive in charge of production
Cristen Carr Strubbe
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alan B. Curtiss
first assistant director
Jody Spilkoman
second assistant director
Cy Roscoe Strickland
additional second assistant director
Lynn Struiksma
second second assistant director
Art Department
Jory Alvarado
drapery foreman
Jason Bartolone
construction foreman
Tonya Brewer Hunt
set dresser
Scott Buckwald
property master
Erin Cipolletti
props
Emily Crupper
set decoration buyer
Scott Doran
lead man
J.P. Fitting
set dresser
Jared Fleury
assistant property master
Will Grant
set dresser
Brock Helfer
set dresser
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt
stand-by painter
John Kelso
metal fabricator
Thomas D. Krausz
set dressing gang boss: Tesla
Jeanne Kukor
property assistant
Phillis Lehmer
graphic designer
Naaman Marshall
assistant art director
Marc Meisels
set dressing gang boss
Joe Ondrejko
construction coordinator
Paul Pastorelli
set dresser
Chris Patterson
set dresser
Mike Peritz
set dresser
James Pollack
set dresser
Jamie Rama
illustrator
Mark Richardson
props
Bret Ross
set dresser
Bennet Silver
on-set dresser
Toby Swinehart
paint gangboss
Sally Thornton
set designer
Robert H. Winn
paint foreman
Scott Zuber
senior lead set designer
Tim R. Lafferty
construction gangboss
Amy Lamendola
art department assistant
Sound Department
Jessy Bender
sound utility
Paul Berolzheimer
sound effects editor
Andrew Bock
first assistant sound editor
Rick Canelli
adr recordist
Christopher Flick
supervising foley editor
Linda Folk
adr supervisor
Kevin Globerman
digital recordist
Eric Gotthelf
adr mixer
Kimberly Harris
adr editor
Bill Henderson
sound re-recording engineer
Lora Hirschberg
sound re-recording mixer
Richard King
supervising sound editor, sound designer
Jonathan Klein
foley editor
Michael W. Mitchell
sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore
foley artist
Scott Morgan
sound recordist
Ed Novick
sound mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell
adr mixer
Kurt Peterson
boom operator
Gary Rizzo
sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch
foley artist
Christopher Sidor
sound re-recordist
Carolyn Tapp
adr recordist
Hugo Weng
dialogue editor
Linda Yeaney
first assistant sound editor
Special Effects
Kirk Barton
special effects craft service
David Blitstein
special effects coordinator
Greg Bryant
special effects assistant
Lenny Dalrymple
special effects technician
Ruben Garcia
special effects assistant
Bruce Y. Kuroyama
special effects technician
William Lee
special effects foreman
Arthur G. Schlosser
snow effects technician
David Simmons
special effects set foreman
Mario Vanillo
special effects shop foreman
John Vulich
special effects
Douglas D. Ziegler
special effects assistant
Visual Effects
Florent Andorra
sequence supervisor: BUF
Florent Cadel
digital artist: BUF
Giacun Caduff
visual effects coordinator
Stephane Ceretti
visual effects supervisor: BUF
Melanie Cussac
visual effects coordinator: BUF
Robin Deledicque
digital artist: BUF
Olivier Dumont
on-set supervisor: BUF, associate visual effects supervisor: BUF
Laurens Ehrmann
digital artist: BUF
Vanessa Fourgeaud
visual effects producer: BUF
John Lee
visual effects editor
Eddy Moussa
digital artist: BUF
Laurent Panissier
digital artist: BUF
Clement Rambach
software development: BUF
Michel Samreth
digital artist: BUF
Scott Shapiro
visual effects producer
Vanesse Simon
visual effects producer: BUF
Janek Sirrs
visual effects consultant
Mathilde Tollec
digital artist: BUF
Stunts
Joni Avery
stunt double: Olivia
Mike Avery
utility stunts
Rick Avery
stunt coordinator
Meegan Godfrey
stunt double: Julia
Steve Hart
stunt double: Cutter
David Hugghins
stunt rigger
Michael Hugghins
stunt rigger
Paul Lacovara
stunt double: Christian Bale
Brian Machleit
stunt double: Angier Test
Rick Marcus
stunt double: Hugh Jackman
Thom Williams
stunt warder
Camera and Electrical Department
Curtis A. Andrews Jr.
lighting technician
Hans Bjerno
director of photography: Colorado aerial unit
Eric M. Davis
lighting technician
Jose Deleon
camera technician: SpaceCam, Colorado aerial unit
Anthony Donati
rigging set lighting technician
François Duhamel
still photographer
Charles Ehrlinger
grip
Rod Farley
best boy grip
Craig Fikse
Steadicam operator
Matt Floyd
rigging grip
David Fordham
grip
Michael Franco
electrician: fixtures, rigging electrician
Ray Garcia
key grip
Antonio V. Garrido
dolly grip
Cory Geryak
chief lighting technician
Sheila Greene
rigging electrician
Joe Guzman
grip
Bob Hall
first assistant camera: "a" camera
Michael Herron
digital video assist operator
Jeffrey A. Johnson
grip
Peter Krouse
camera intern
Damon Liebowitz
electrician
Daniel C. McFadden
assistant camera
Charlie McIntyre
rigging gaffer
Keith Morgan
set lighting technician
Dara Norman
lighting technician
Blake Pike
rigging key grip
Jason Puliti
electrician
Philip Shanahan
second assistant camera: "a" camera
Cricket Sloat
best boy rigger, assistant chief lighting technician
Larry Sushinski
assistant chief lighting technician
Stephen Vaughan
still photographer
Mike Visencio
rigging set lighting technician
Paul Wilkowsky
grip
Casting Department
Jennifer Cram
casting assistant
Barbara Harris
adr voice casting
Rich King
extras casting
Marlo Tiede
casting assistant
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anthony Almaraz
costumer
Shandra Beri
costumer
Tom Cummins
set costumer
Carrie Dacre
production assistant: costume department
Monica Haynes-Nino
costumer
Jose S. Hernandez
costumer
Jo Kissack
key costumer
Christopher Koelsch
costumer
April Krueger
set costumer
Donna Marcione Pollack
costumer
Robert Q. Mathews
costume supervisor
Kenn Smiley
assistant costume designer
Michael Welch
costumer
Tim Wilson
costumer
Tricia Yoo
set costumer
Michele Flynn
head costume ager/dyer
Editorial Department
Charles Harrison
post-production assistant
John Lee
first assistant editor
Donald Likovich
assistant editor
David Orr
color timer
Laura Rindner
assistant editor
Scott Wesley Ross
assistant editor
Mary Beth Smith
negative cutter
Music Department
Sandy DeCrescent
orchestra contractor
Alex Gibson
music editor
David Hoskins
music programmer
Alan Meyerson
music scoring mixer
Blake Neely
conductor
Dana Niu
orchestrator
Peter Rotter
orchestra contractor
Matthew J. Ward
technical music assistant
Booker White
music preparation
Transportation Department
Ted Basso
production van driver operator
Audrey A. Conrad
transportation office coordinator
Robert Garcia Jr.
driver
Maxwell R. Johnson II
transportation captain
Tommy Tancharoen
transportation coordinator
Tom Whelpey
transportation captain
Tim Whisenant
driver: Hugh Jackman
Dean Winton
driver
Bonnie Yamahiro
driver
Other Crew
Eric Binns
production assistant
Jess Brackenburry
animal wrangler: cats
Allan Bragg
stand-in: Michael Caine
Doug Burch
adr voice
Jeffrey Caruso
assistant production coordinator
Jennifer Clark
first accountant
Jesse Cole
key assistant location manager
Jareth Costello
accounting clerk
Kim Crabb
key assistant location manager
Jeanie Daniels
post-production accountant
Scott Davis
animal trainer: horses
Brian De Esch
production assistant
Jim Dirker
helicopter pilot
Colin Dunning
production assistant
Russ Fega
location manager
Beau Foster
production assistant
Meghan C. Fraser
wrangler: cats
Karen M. Fuchs
payroll accountant
Lily Garcia
additional production assistant
Steve Gehrke
script supervisor
Carolyn Harris
production executive
Susan Hegarty
dialect coach: Mr. Bowie
Gregory D. Hemstreet
production accountant
Patrick Holland
additional voices
Nicholas Hosking
adr voice group
Henry Humphreys
first aid
Andrew Jablonski
second assistant accountant
Christopher J. Lama
electrical rigging technician
Robert Lamkin
caterer
Jim Lindsey
stand-in: Christian Bale
Matt Lombardo
additional set production assistant
Mike MacCuish
second assistant accountant
Peter Madamba
script researcher
Ossie Mair
adr voice
Rob McCabe
stand-in: Hugh Jackman
Benjamin Morehead
assistant: Mr. Nolan
Erich A. Muller
production assistant
Skyler Ng
production assistant
M. Michelle Nishikawa
assistant: Charles J.D. Schlissel
Anthony Penido
first aid
Katherine Pittman
animal wrangler: cats
Jess Platt
dialect coach: Mr. Jackman
Lawra Robertson
assistant: Hugh Jackman
Lee Roeser
wrangler: cats
Peter Scheer
production assistant
Jordan Schmidt
location scout
Cheryl Shawver
animal trainer: cats
Cody Smith
wrangler: horses
Phil Smith
animal trainer: horses and birds
Beatrice Springborn
assistant: Mr. Ryder
Amy Treadwell
stand-in: Scarlett Johansson
John Trujillo
layout board
Victoria Vopni
wrangler: horses
Michael Weber
technical advisor: magic
Shawn Williamson
set production assistant
Terrence B. Zinn
production assistant
Ron Bottitta
adr voice
Alexandra Ducocq
executive assistant: hugh jackman
Rebecca Edelson
script clearance administrator
Thanks
Production Company
Touchstone Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Newmarket Productions
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Syncopy
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Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Audio Visual Enterprises
Continental Film
Fox-Warner
GAGA Communications
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Karo Premiere
Newmarket Films
Roadshow Entertainment
Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland
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Village Films
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
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Warner Bros.
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Warner Bros.
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
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Warner Home Vídeo
Warner Sogefilms S.A.
Special Effects
BUF
Pacific Title
Miscellaneous
Executive Assurance
security
Aircam
helicopters
Animal Actors of Hollywood
animal trainer: cats
Buena Vista Negative Cutting
negative cutting
ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
cranes and dollies
Chef Robért Catering
catering
Global Entertainment Partners
post-production services
Hollywood Records
soundtrack
Inflatable Crowd Company, The
inflatable mannequins
Juniper Post
foreign dub
Pacific Title
titles and opticals
Panavision Remote Systems
camera equipment
Panavision
cameras and lenses
Phil Smith Livestock
animal trainer: horses and birds
Remote Control Productions Inc.
score mixed at
Soundtrack
ADR Facility
Spacecam Systems
aerial cameras
Technicolor
prints
Todd-AO Scoring Stage
score recorded at
Walt Disney Music Library, The
music preparation
audiomachine
advertising
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