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Arts, entertainment and media


Films

* ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnett: woman travels to French Indochina to meet up with husband * ''The Prestige'' (film), a 2006 American thriller directed by Christopher Nolan *
Prestige picture A prestige picture is a film produced to bolster the film studio's perceived artistic integrity, rather than to turn a large profit; the studio may even expect the film to lose money. History Prestige pictures are largely the province of major ...
, a film purposely created to lend a film studio the appearance of artistic integrity


Music

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Prestige Records Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz music ...
, American jazz record label * ''Prestige'' (Daddy Yankee album), 2012 * ''Prestige'' (Rondò Veneziano album), 1991 * ''The Prestige'' (album), an album by Illdisposed


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Prestige'' (magazine), a Lebanese French-language women's fashion quarterly *Prestige, the final portion of a
magic trick Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of close-up magic, parlor magic, and stage magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural me ...
, typically a showy flourish (17th c.) *''
The Prestige ''The Prestige'' is a 1995 epistolary science fantasy mystery novel by Christopher Priest. It tells the story of a prolonged feud between two stage magicians in late 1800s England. Its main structure is that of a collection of diaries that ...
'', 1995 novel by Christopher Priest


Brands and enterprises

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Prestige (beer) Prestige is a lager brewed by Brasserie Nationale d'Haïti (BRANA) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It is widely consumed and is the best-selling beer in Haiti with a 98% market share. Prestige beer is available in some parts of the United States and ...
, a Haitian lager * Citi Prestige, a premium
Citibank Citibank, N.A. ("N. A." stands for "National bank (United States), National Association"; stylized as citibank) is the primary U.S. banking subsidiary of Citigroup, a financial services multinational corporation, multinational corporation. Ci ...
credit card *
Ibanez RG Prestige The Ibanez RG is a series of electric guitars produced by Hoshino Gakki. The first model in the series, the RG550, was originally released in 1987 and advertised as part of the Roadstar series. That series was renamed "RG" in 1992 and all model ...
, a brand of guitars manufactured by Ibanez * Plaxton Prestige, a single-deck bus body built by Plaxton *
Prestige Brands Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. (formerly Prestige Brands, Inc.) is an American company that markets and distributes over-the-counter healthcare and household cleaning products. It was formed by the merger of Medtech Products, Inc., Prestige B ...
, an American manufacturer of personal care and home cleaning products * Prestige group, real estate developer in India *
TTK Prestige TTK Prestige Limited is an Indian company that manufactures kitchen appliances and cookware, under the "Prestige" and "Judge" brand. The company is best known for its pressure cookers. Company history TTK Prestige was incorporated as a pri ...
, an Indian manufacturer of pressure cookers and other kitchen appliances.


Horse and greyhound races

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Prestige (greyhounds) The Prestige is a former greyhound racing competition that was held annually at Hall Green Stadium in Birmingham, England, from 2003 to 2017. The event discontinued following the closure of Hall Green Stadium in July 2017. Venues and distance ...
, a greyhound racing competition *
Prestige Novices' Hurdle The Prestige Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of about 2 miles and 7 ...
, a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain *
Prestige Stakes The Prestige Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres), and it is scheduled to take plac ...
, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain


People

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George Leonard Prestige George Leonard Prestige (1889–1955) was Fellow and Chaplain of New College, Oxford. His theological research showed particular competence in patristics and touched on ancient philosophy, e.g., in ''God in Patristic Thought'' (1936). He is perh ...
(1889-1955), English theologian


Ships

* MV ''Prestige'', Greek-owned oil tanker sunk in 2002 * MSC ''Prestige'', a container ship * USS ''Prestige'', various American ships


Other uses

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Prestige (horse) Prestige (1903 – after 1923) was an undefeated French Thoroughbred racehorse who won all his 16 races and became a successful sire. He was the dominant two-year-old in France in 1905, winning all seven of his races including the Prix Rober ...
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Prestige (sociolinguistics) Prestige in sociolinguistics is the level of regard normally accorded a specific language or dialect within a speech community, relative to other languages or dialects. Prestige varieties are language or dialect families which are generally c ...
, esteem in which languages or dialects are held *
Prestige Elite Prestige Elite, also known simply as Prestige or Elite, is a monospaced typeface. It was created by Clayton Smith in 1953 for IBM. Along with Courier, it was extremely popular for use in electric typewriters, especially the IBM Selectric typewri ...
, typeface *
Prestige format American comic book tropes are common elements and literary devices related to American comic books. Continuity Comics continuity almost-always refers to the existence and use of a shared universe, although any comic can have internal continui ...
, square-bound printing format for some comic books * ''Prestige'' oil spill, caused by the oil tanker's sinking in Spanish waters in 2002 *
Dual strategies theory In evolutionary psychology and evolutionary anthropology, dual strategies theory states humans increase their status in social hierarchies using two major strategies known as dominance and prestige. * The first and oldest of the two strategies, do ...
, prestige as one of the two strategies for gaining status in human social hierarchies


See also

* Select (disambiguation) *
Social status Social status is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess. Such social value includes respect, honour, honor, assumed competence, and deference. On one hand, social scientists view status as a "reward" for group members ...
, a synonym for prestige {{disambig, surname