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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4572
EAN: 9780446387446
ISBN: 0446387444
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: July 01, 1988
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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It is called, with deceptive simplicity. The Village. It is the world of tomorrow, or today. A man known only as Number 6 enters its storybook-like confines. He will learn, over and over again, that inside it there is no freedom, and from it there is no escape. He is without defenses, except for one invisible weapon: his uncrushable spirit.
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1988's "The Official Prisoner Companion" is a still useful guide for those just discovering the long-lived TV cult clasic "The Prisoner", first aired in 1967 and still selling in its DVD incarnation. The show starred Patrick McGoohan, fresh from his stint as TV's Secret Agent/Danger Man, as a British secret agent who, after resigning from the Secret Intelligence Service, is kidnapped and held prisoner at a remote and unlocated seaside village.
In the village, the inhabitants are known ... Read More
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That he had problems with intimacy on the set of his tv show The Prisoner. He never did kiss any pretty lady on the mouth on his tv show. This book testifies by a crewmember of the Prisoner that McGoohan had trouble with intimacy on the set of the show.
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For thsoe who liked the series and want to know a littlle more about it this book is it. But it is not to much more than a reference book in my opinion and can put you asleep if you are not excited about the subject matter. If you own the TV series on DVD or tape this book is recommended.
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In this book, it is stated:
"On a different note, in their "Observations" regarding the episode 'A Change of Mind', the authors suggest that "it is easy to make comparisons between the committee in this episode and McCarthy's House Un-American Activities Committee of the 1950s."
If the authors knew a little more about the period when The Prisoner was filmed they might have made the rather more relevant observation that the various events in this episode very closely resemble the excesses ... Read More
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The book is written for a fan of the show who has average intelligence; unfortunately, the average fan is brighter than that. Much to much of the obvious and not enough insight. A decent book at best.
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Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4572
EAN: 9780446387446
ISBN: 0446387444
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: July 01, 1988
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Studio: Grand Central Publishing