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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767040952
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767040953
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 10
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 25, 2001
Running Time: 884 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 01, 1968
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If a top-level spy decided he didn't want to be a spy anymore, could he just walk into HQ and hand in his resignation? With all that classified knowledge in his head, would he be allowed to become a civilian again, free to go about his life? The answer, according to the stylish, brilliantly conceived 1960s British TV series The Prisoner, is a resounding no. In fact, instead of receiving a gold watch for his years of faithful service, our hero (played by Patrick McGoohan) is followed home to his London flat and knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he finds himself in a picturesque village where everyone is known by a number. Where is it? Why was he brought here? And, most important, how does he leave?
As we learn in Episode 1, Number 6 can't leave. The Village's "citizens" might dress colorfully and stroll around its manicured gardens while a band plays bouncy Strauss marches, but the place is actually a prison. Surveillance is near total, and if all else fails, there's always the large, mysterious white ball that subdues potential escapees by temporarily smothering them. Who runs the Village? An ever-changing Number 2, who wants to know why Number 6 resigned. If he'd only cooperate, he's told, life can be made very pleasant. "I've resigned," he fumes. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own." So sets the stage for the ultimate battle of wills: Number 6's struggle to retain his privacy, sanity, and individuality against the array of psychological and physical methods the Village uses to break him.
So does he ever escape? And does he ever find out who Number 1 is? "Questions are a burden to others," the Village saying goes. "Answers, a prison for oneself." Within this complete 17-episode set (which contains the entire series), all is revealed. Or is it? --Steve Landau
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The Prisoner, one of the most remarkable and challenging science fiction series of all time, follows "No. 6," a former government operative sent into a seemingly idyllic but twisted prison known as "The Village," where he struggles to retain his identity in the face of sophisticated and relentless attempts by the powers-that-be (known as "No. 2") to extract his secrets. Patrick McGoohan's complete classic 17-episode TV series is presented in the fan-preferred viewing order, which follows events and dialogue within each story to provide a consistent and enjoyable viewing experience.
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A real plesure to see one of my favorites (without commercials) from the 60s. Of course, some of the technical aspects are a little dated, but "The Prisoner" still remains among the finest series ever produced. Just sit back and enjoy it - psycho-analysis not required. As usual, Patrick McGoohan shines in his role as he always has in any TV or movie effort.
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I watched The Prisoner when it was first broadcast in the 60's and loved it then as a teen, it is even better now as a middel age adult! Timeless. Looking forward to comparing the original to the upcoming A&E version in November '09
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A cable channel has recently been broadcasting episodes of the original series on Friday nights. I tuned in wondering if, being older, the show would still hold up for me. It's been nearly 30 years since I saw it on KCET, the public broadcast station in Los Angeles. I thought that maybe it would be trite and embarrassing to watch now. But "The Prisoner" wasn't like that at all, if anything it looked sharper than ever. Yeah, it's a television show and you have to put up with some hamminess and over ... Read More
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One of the best series ever to have been on TV, complete now on DVD.
The set has a lot of nice additional features that viewers of The Prisoner will really appreciate.
A great blast from the past!
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I was barely 10 years old when 'The Prisoner' was first broadcast in the US, but, even then, I recongnized that it was nothing like the other TV espionage / action shows at the time. Life being what it was for a grade-schooler, I never got to see all the epsiodes, but it made an impression that has lasted.
Now, with 40 years of hindsight, the box set provides a fabulous way to experience all the details and nuances that escaped me the first time 'round.
As a plus, I get to introduce ... Read More
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767040952
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767040953
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages:
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 10
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 25, 2001
Running Time: 884 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 01, 1968