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    The document discusses the movie The Prestige and summarizes its plot as being about the rivalry between two former best friends who were both magicians, one who was an excellent stage performer while the other created original tricks, and due to their rivalry both ultimately lost their lives and loved ones. It also poses questions about the relationship between magic and science, the portrayal of magic in the movie and its reality, the ethics of using science to create magic, and whether science is always right.

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    The document discusses the movie The Prestige and summarizes its plot as being about the rivalry between two former best friends who were both magicians, one who was an excellent stage performer while the other created original tricks, and due to their rivalry both ultimately lost their lives and loved ones. It also poses questions about the relationship between magic and science, the portrayal of magic in the movie and its reality, the ethics of using science to create magic, and whether science is always right.

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    The document discusses the movie The Prestige and summarizes its plot as being about the rivalry between two former best friends who were both magicians, one who was an excellent stage performer while the other created original tricks, and due to their rivalry both ultimately lost their lives and loved ones. It also poses questions about the relationship between magic and science, the portrayal of magic in the movie and its reality, the ethics of using science to create magic, and whether science is always right.

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    The Prestige

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    Kuan Eu Jie
    The document discusses the movie The Prestige and summarizes its plot as being about the rivalry between two former best friends who were both magicians, one who was an excellent stage performer while the other created original tricks, and due to their rivalry both ultimately lost their lives and loved ones. It also poses questions about the relationship between magic and science, the portrayal of magic in the movie and its reality, the ethics of using science to create magic, and whether science is always right.

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    THE PRESTIGE

    Summary
     Mainly about the rivalry between two

    magicians who were once best friends  One was an excellent stage magician while the other was good at creating new and original magic tricks.  In the end, both lost as one lost his life and the other lost his brother and wife, and all this happened due to rivalry.

    Questions to ponder
     How is magic related to science?  How is magic evident in the movie? Is magic

    real?
     Should science be used to create magic that

    is not ethical?
     Is science always right?

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