# Who has seen the film The Prestige?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-film-the-prestige/393089>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 21, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-film-the-prestige/393089 "2007-02-21T14:38:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-film-the-prestige/393089/1 "2007-02-21T14:38:31Z")

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I watched it on the flight to HK today.

I’m still puzzled by the ending:

Did the “machine” that Tesla made for Angier actually work? And was it replicating him each time it was used?

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-film-the-prestige/393089/2 "2007-02-21T14:55:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Cunctator]  
I watched it on the flight to HK today.

I’m still puzzled by the ending:

Did the “machine” that Tesla made for Angier actually work? And was it replicating him each time it was used?

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I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a thread about this already.  
The answer to your question is “Yes” and “Yes”.

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-film-the-prestige/393089/3 "2007-02-21T14:57:06Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393101&highlight=The+Prestige](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393101&highlight=The+Prestige)

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-film-the-prestige/393089/4 "2007-02-21T15:00:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Enright3]  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393101&highlight=The+Prestige](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=393101&highlight=The+Prestige)  
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Thanks. I did try searching but nothing came up. Perhaps I didn’t spell it properly or something.

I’ll ask for this to be closed.

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**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-seen-the-film-the-prestige/393089/5 "2007-02-21T15:02:07Z")

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Good book.