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List Price: $69.95Amazon.com's Price: $45.99 You Save: $23.96 (34%)as of 11/22/2009 23:37 EST
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0733961208559
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
MPN: 208550
Number Of Items: 10
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Running Time: 840 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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, all is revealed. Or is it? --Steve Landau
Also on the discs
The 2009 Collector's Edition has the same video content as the 2006 40th Anniversary Edition, but does not include the booklet or paper map. The principal other difference is that the 10 discs are packaged in five Thinpaks instead of 10. For an improved video transfer and new supplemental features, try the 2009 Blu-ray release. --David Horiuchi
Description:
Since its CBS debut in the summer of 1968, the masterful British TV series THE PRISONER has captivated American audiences. Now A&E presents a definitive collector's edition of the cult classic which is considered one of the most innovative TV series ever filmed.
After resigning from a top-secret position, a man (McGoohan) is abducted and spirited from his London home to a mysterious place known only as 'The Village.' Village Residents, known only by numbers, are held captive because each possesses valuable knowledge. The Prisoner, now known as Number Six, battles to protect his mind -- and his humanity -- while struggling to discover the identity of Number One and escape captivity.
Includes the following exclusive bonus features:
- Ultra-rare original footage of the 1966 location shooting, accompanied by commentary with series production manager Bernie Williams
- Bonus program: The Prisoner Video Companion
- Rare alternate version of the episode "The Chimes of Big Ben"
- Rarely seen "Foreign File Cabinet" footage
- Rarely seen "Textless" intro and outro
- Original Broadcast trailers
- Original series promotional trailer
- Gallery of original production and promotional materials
- Production stills galleries
- Interactive map of the Village
- Prisoner trivia
- Subtitles
Average Rating: 
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While the previous review was correct that the special features, remastering, audio and video are identical in this new release (including the fold out of the classic village map) there are a couple of things this version of the Prisoner Megaset has that others don't, but should have had from the get go. The first advantage is this collection has the disk collected in ten slim line cases, which cuts down on your shelf space considerably compared to previous releases and their full sized DVD cases. ... Read More
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Let's say you're a business that already has made a wonderful "40th Anniversary Version" of a DVD set with all the bells and whistles... now why should you then be allowed to create a different version of the same thing only a few years later?
A&E should be ashamed of themselves for doing what everyone lately is now doing: they've realized that (most) of the DVD buying public will buy ANYTHING if you re-package it as a "Special Collection," or a "Ultimate Collection," "Director's Cut," ... Read More
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0733961208559
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages:
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
MPN: 208550
Number Of Items: 10
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Release Date: October 27, 2009
Running Time: 840 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video