20 Things You Didn't Know About The Prestige

12. It's Technically A Disney Movie

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Most movies have more than one production company or distributor behind them, and in The Prestige's case, this was no different.

The film was produced by four separate companies (Touchstone Pictures, Syncopy, Warner Bros, and Newmarket Productions) and distributed by two, with Warner Bros handling its international rollout, and Buena Vista taking care of business in North America and Canada.

The interesting thing here is that two of these companies are subsidiaries of Disney, which, technically, makes The Prestige a Disney movie - at least partly. It won't be appearing on Disney Plus or anything like that.

Touchstone Pictures (a dormant production and distribution label) and Buena Vista (a name that has been abandoned by Disney) are both tied directly to the Mouse House, making The Prestige a tangential, distant relation of the likes of Star Wars and Marvel.

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