Return of The Prisoner…
Back in late 1967, British TV star Patrick McGoohen co-created a brilliant, allegorical, fantasy TV series called The Prisoner. In a nutshell, The Prisoner revolved around a man who was being held against his will in a small town where nothing was as it seemed and no one could escape. When he did manage to leave the town, these weird giant balls would go out and retrieve him. Only 17 episodes of The Prisoner were made, but it developed a huge cult following.
Here’s the opening sequence, which tells the story of his resigning his secret-agent-like job and then being taken…
Now AMC has remade The Prisoner. I sure hope it’s even remotely close to as good as the original. It looks good so far, and co-stars the brilliant Ian McKellen, widely known for his role as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. From what I can tell, they’ve only made 6 episodes. Hopefully, this will turn into something worth extending.
Below is the trailer for the new version of The Prisoner. Enjoy…
– Dave
The Prisoner is one of my all-time favorite series. Recently, I rented the entire series (I never managed to see every episode when it was on TV).
Some of my favorite quotes:
“I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own.”
“Be seeing you”
“By the time we’ve finished with him, he won’t know whether he’s Number Six or the cube root of infinity.”
I too am looking forward to the new release. Since I don’t have a TV, I’m hoping that the new episodes will be made available over the net.
I love the quotes, especially the cube root of infinity!!! My guess is that the shows will be available on iTunes, or maybe on amctv.com
– Dave