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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 0733961758580
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 10
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Running Time: 884 minutes
Sales Rank: 1551
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 01, 1968
Editorial Review:
Description:
Patrick McGoohan’s classic 17-episode British TV series, THE PRISONER, has been mesmerizing American viewers since its CBS debut in the summer of 1968. Now, just in time for its 40th anniversary A&E presents this definitive collector’s edition of the cult classic series. Fully restored and digitally remastered, THE PRISONER is presented in the fan-preferred episode order, offering a chronological interpretation of perhaps the most unusual and challenging television series ever filmed. After resigning from a top-secret position, a man is abducted from his London home and taken to a mysterious place known only as The Village. Residents of The Village, known only by numbers, are held captive on account of their valuable knowledge. The Prisoner--Number Six--must protect his mind in order to preserve his humanity while he struggles to discover the identity of Number One and achieve freedom by escaping from the repressive grasp of his captors. Set includes all 17 complete color episodes: Arrival / Free For All / Dance of the Dead / Checkmate / The Chimes of Big Ben / A, B, and C / The General / The Schizoid Man / Many Happy Returns / It’s Your Funeral / A Change of Mind / Hammer Into Anvil / Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling / Living In Harmony / The Girl Who Was Death / Once Upon a Time / Fall Out DVD Features: Ultra-rare original footage of the 1966 location shooting, accompanied by commentary with 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 & 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; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection NEW LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET: 60 Fully Illustrated Pages; Hidden Mysteries Surrounding THE PRISONER; Complete Series Guide of All 17 Episodes; Detailed Color Fold-out Map of The Village
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Prisoner
Possibly one of the best TV shows of all time. Requires thought from the viewer and a certain open mindedness. It helps to have or be familiar Secret Agent Man.
Rating:  - A PRISON OF HIS OWN MAKING! WHAT IT REALLY MEANT
The Prisoner was a 1968 stylistic, science-fiction fable based on the imaginations of two individuals: Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein.
The core of the series is 7 episodes. One can literally watch these without the others and view The Prisoner in its entirety--as originally conceived:
"Arrival", "Chimes of Big Ben", "A,B,C", "Free For All", "Schizoid Man", "Once Upon A Time", and "Fallout".
The rest were added to make it more palatable for the American market.
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Rating: - This Was On Television?!?!
Hard to believe something as thought provoking as "The Prisoner" was on TV given all the choices, almost all of them moronic and bad, we have on TV today. The last two episodes in this set are kind of hard to follow--they have that disjointed late 60s style that seems dated now, but viewed as a complete series, "The Prisoner" is fascinating stuff. Can't say it was ahead of its time (again, look at the crap we contend with now, like "Dancing With The Stars"), but it WAS timeless. You can judge it ... Read More
Rating: - The Prisoner
I am very happy with this item and I do enjoy it. Good quality also.
Rating: - Brilliant
TP is a great work of art. Unfortunately, tv is no different from any other arts medium in that rarely is greatness recognized off the bat. People always whine about tv's Wasteland, yet have tuned in regularly for such dull crap as Friends or the Cosby Show. People say they want boldness- even poetry, especially in these contemporary postmodern times. Yet, when confronted with 1 of the boldest works of art ever put forth, people whine that they may actually have to think & not be passive. They ... Read More
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