The Prestige is a mountain.
Michael Caine . He appeared in several other of Nolan 's films including The Prestige ( 2006 ) , Inception ( 2010 ) , and Interstellar ( 2014 ) . The Prestige is a 1995 novel by British writer Christopher Priest . The Prestige is a 2006 British-American mystery thriller 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 . Along with The Illusionist and Scoop , The Prestige was one of three films released in 2006 to explore the world of stage magicians .