TV Show: The Prisoner

[slayer202]

Not sure how many people have seen the show from the last 60's "The Prisoner", but it was/is a GREAT show. AMC is remaking it as a mini series that will premiere sometime in 2009. Not sure if it has been posted already, but the real reason I am posting is because I was just looking at the website and they have the complete original series on the website to watch. I highly recommend it

http://www.amctv.com/originals...prisoner-1960s-series/

 

[Billb2]

number nine, number nine, number nine

I looked a year ago and could only find a couple of episodes.

 

[techs]

http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=7388

THE PRISONER (a remake of the classic BBC series which will debut November 2009) at the Television Critic?s press tour today, and producer Trevor Hopkins says original series creator and star Patrick McGoohan was originally approached to make an appearance, but the timing didn?t work out.

?We asked McGoohan to play a cameo,? says Hopkins. ?He loved it and loved the casting, but he wasn?t able to travel and take part of it.?

Jim Caviezel stars in this new version of THE PRISONER as ?Six? who ends up in a place called ?The Village? which is a perfect utopia with no memory of how he got there. Of course, he realizes he?s trapped and wants to find out why he?s there and how he can escape. Ian McKellen plays his foil, "Two," who controls many of the Village?s strings.

In terms of the long-gestating film version of THE PRISONER, Hopkins says that this mini-series shouldn?t interfere with it.

?My understanding, although we made the TV series, the movie is still in development,? says Hopkins. ?It will happen, but these are two are quite separate projects.?

As for fans, Hopkins says they will get a kick out of the new version of THE PRISONER and says they ?re-envisioned? (yeah, that old word) the original as opposed to completely remaking it.

?We?re all huge fans of the original, but we realized we couldn?t copy it,? says Hopkins.

And even though the series will answer questions and have a resolution by the end of the mini-series (unlike the original 17-episode BBC series), Hopkins doesn?t rule out more from them if it?s successful for AMC.

?There?s a conclusion at the end of the sixth episode, but whether there would be more from AMC, I don?t know,? says Hopkins. ?There are choices in that conclusion. Yes, it could continue.?

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: techs
?There?s a conclusion at the end of the sixth episode, but whether there would be more from AMC, I don?t know,? says Hopkins. ?There are choices in that conclusion. Yes, it could continue.?

that's the only thing that worries me. wouldn't want them to drag it on and ruin it. a mini series shouldn't leave room for continuation. if you want to end it with a questionable conclusion like the original, fine, but don't do it so you can start it up again later.

anyway, I'm excited to see the new series, hope it's decent

 

[chuckywang]

RIP McGoohan.

 

[CPA]

:music:

Not a prisoner,
I'm a free man
and my blood is my own now....
Don't care where the past was,
I know where I'm going....OUT!

:music:

 

[Adam8281]

It's a good show, but it started driving me crazy after watching like 3/4 of it - I need some closure, damn it! I need some explanations!

 

[GasX]

The Prisoner is pure awesomeness

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: Adam8281
It's a good show, but it started driving me crazy after watching like 3/4 of it - I need some closure, damn it! I need some explanations!

didn't really bother me, although I have heard people say the same as you. The ending was fine by me too.

 

[slayer202]

bump for anyone who might wanna watch this.