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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767033961 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC ISBN: 0767033965 Label: A&E Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Picture Format: Pan & Scan Publisher: A&E Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 24, 2001 Running Time: 156 minutes Studio: A&E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: June 01, 1968 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: It takes a Village to incarcerate The Prisoner. This set contains three mind-bending episodes from one of television's most subversive series. Number 6's (Patrick McGoohan) "strong sense of identity" is put to the ultimate test in "The Schizoid Man." You can't blame him for feeling more disoriented than usual. Everyone is addressing him as Number 12, and he is recruited by yet another new Number 2 to impersonate--you guessed it--himself. The Prisoner was really in the "Zone" (as in "Twilight") with "Many Happy Returns," in which Number 6 at last makes his escape from a seemingly deserted Village. Making his arduous way back to London, he must convince his former superiors of the Village's existence. "It's Your Funeral" finds an ever-vigilant and defiant Number 6 refusing to fall for yet another Village gambit ("I will not cooperate," he thunders). But is a threat to assassinate the outgoing Number Two for real, or is it the work of "jammers," who invent "make-believe plots" to confuse the authorities? A bonus feature of this set is an early 30-minute interview with Bernie Williams, the series' original production manager. He comments that his job was made more difficult because the show's premise was "unclear even to those who made it." This is small comfort to Prisoner devotees who parse each episode, which makes this set, of course, essential. --Donald Liebenson Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Questions are a burden to othersSPOILER ALERT!!! What follows divulges show secrets. If you haven't seen The Prisoner, do NOT read on. (I am assuming that most people at all interested in a show as old as The Prisoner have already seen it.) Now, with that said, The Prisoner is easily, hands down, without any reservations the single greatest TV show in history. (A close second, in my book, would be the first four Doctors on the ORIGINAL run of Doctor Who.) The Prisoner wasn't only entertaining, it was thought provoking. ... Read More Rating: - From His Doubling To His Involvment In The Community...There are a few reasons why this set could stand on its own without the entire series. It lands the viewer squarely in the middle of the drama, it contains an interview about the series from production manager Bernie Williams, and the episodes explain more about the community environment of the village... The Schizoid Man, the first of these episodes, is a great episode because it pits No. 6 against his most irritating foe yet- himself! Their sparring (both physically and mentally) is hilarious, ... Read More Rating: - What was Patrick McGoohan really like? Find out here.If you're not familiar with THE PRISONER, it concerns a secret agent who resigns his position, and is immediately transported to a most unusual prison camp known as The Village, where he is designated "No. 6." His captors go to increasingly drastic measures to find out why he resigned, as he struggles to find out who they are, where he is, and how he can escape. There is a resolution, but of a surrealistic, allegorical nature that you must be prepared for. I'd first like to mention that it was my ... Read More Rating:  - Ok show but McGoohan's obvious bi-sexuality is hinderingIn real PAtrick McGoohan is married to a lady (Joan Drummond). Fine but he is definitely afraid and/or despising of most women. THis carries right over into his Number 6 character in THe Prisoner. nearly anytime he had to do anything even vaguely romantic with girls on the show he plays really hard against it. He also write a dozen or more times when he touches men. Other problems in characters and technology the show has is it's dated feeling and the ending to the whole show is a non-payoff ripoff. I think producer ... Read More Rating: - "Smith. Peter... Smith."Back in 1967, an allegorical television show emerged that has yet to be topped by any other English television series. The show: The Prisoner. Starring Patrick McGoohan, he plays the role of No. 6, a former secret service agent who resigned for unknown reasons and then finds himself knocked unconscious and trapped in a seemingly peaceful place called "the Village." Each episode features a new No. 2 (with a few exceptions), who watches his every move and strives to find out why he resigned. The only superior is the unseen ... Read More |
