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This is a good box set, but a FAR superior 40th anniversary set was released in the UK last year. That set has new, remastered transfers from the original film negatives that are much better than the ones in this set. It has better packaging, 5.1 sound, many more extras and a 288 page book included with the set. You will need a multi region DVD player to watch it but it's worth it. The set is released by Network and you can get it on the Amazon UK site for around 60 dollars.
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For "The Prisoner" fans this is a must-own item, and it should satisfy all but the most series-obsessed (get a life). The transfer quality is a little rough on some disks, odd in this age of archival discovery and preservation. I suppose it speaks of the undercapitalization of television production during the time, which makes the production of this series all the more a miracle. The weird end-credits mystery baffles me, but is worth noting for historical completists.
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In it's time the least successful of Sir Lew Grade's many tv series, it has ultimately become the most legendary and syndicated of them all. Despite the short nature, it airs constantly (generally on PBS stations in the U.S.). Was No. 6 John Drake? Some say yes. I tend to agree with that notion. MacGoohan successfully explores the strength of the individual in a cookie-cutter world where independence is crushed and conformity encouraged. Nothing has been seen like it either before or since. People either love this show or hate -- particularly the really bizaare finale.
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A lot has been written about this series so I can't add a lot more. I came across this series 10 years ago and was immediately hooked. The writing, the concept, the acting, have all stood the test of time. It is an allegory of man's struggle to maintain his individualism in a society that rewards conformity. But even if you don't care for the underlying the message the episodes are sharply written, inventive, and stand alone as entertaining TV.
As a fan of the show, the last two episodes still annoy me but it is a testament to the other episodes that I can overlook that and still say this is one of the top ten TV series that was ever on TV.
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I saw The Prisoner in 1968 and loved it. Unfortunately we didn't have a video recorder then (!) so I waited. And waited. Now we have the entire series, restored to near-perfection, and it wears extremely well: no cars to date it, no fashion to speak of, just The Village garb, even the dialog is timeless. And - I had forgotten - surprisingly sharp and funny at time. But can't watch just one episode a week ... (Treat yourself to the Village font too - it's free)
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