The Prisoner - Complete Series Megaset (40th Anniversary Edition)
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Actor: Patrick McGoohanBrand: A&E
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 884 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Prisoner - Complete Series Megaset (40th Anniversary Edition)
Movie Review: Better than LOST
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember watching this series orginally when it was aired with my father, then they shown it again on PBS, and I really love this series, and that wishing to go to the place at where they film it, and that each episode does ask questions, my favorite is ABC, and the General. Then I purchased the VHS set in not knowing soon that it will be on DVD, so I bought the DVD set but the 40th anniversary set. That it has extra features, out takes, map of the village, triva questions, etc. Very much love the series, and when I show it to my girlfriend that she like the first episode, and the village itself, so we are going to the village for our honeymoon that it will be an experience, and a venture to witness a very good series, and to be where they film it...
Summary of The Prisoner - Complete Series Megaset (40th Anniversary Edition)
Though it ran for a mere 17 episodes the British sci-fi spy drama THE PRISONER is one of television's biggest cult hits. The brainchild of star Patrick McGoohan the series followed the adventures of No. 6 (McGoohan) a former secret agent who is being held captive in a highly secured village the location of which remains a mystery throughout the series. This groundbreaking and innovative show reached an unfortunate end when British TV bosses got cold feet following low ratings and increasingly strange story lines. But McGoohan himself took control and steered the show to an ending that continues to cause great debate among THE PRISONER's faithful fans. This release includes the entire series of the show.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 733961758580 Manufacturer No: AAE-75858If 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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