Anybody know ANYTHING about "The Prisoner"?

[stlsaxman]

i was a kid in 1969 when it first aired in the States. my favorite television show of all time.

Be seeing you.

[Major Hogwash]

1. Who's Number One?

Freakiest show I ever saw, evah!

There's even a web site that describes every episode and how the ending came to be so screwed up.
Patrick MacGoohan was a really good actor.

Secret Agent Man was the precursor to this program.
And before that, was a British show called Man of Danger, or something like that.

All during the spy era of the 60's when James Bond started out.

[stlsaxman]

3. Did you know that Patrick MacGoohan was Flemmings first pick for Bond?

but MacGoohan turned down the role because it involved being a womanizer. He considered it being unfaithful to his wife.

and the show "Danger Man" was the British title for "Secret Agent" here in the States.

[Major Hogwash]

4. Really? He was fabulous in "Ice Station Zebra".

Best submarine spy movie thriller of all time!

Ernest Borgnine was great in that movie, too.

[CanuckAmok]

9. Borgnine is always great!

[LostinVA]

16. Number Six is Number One... or is he?

[Robb]

2. I loved it!

In fact, I'm willing to concede the effect it had on my interior design sensibilities. :D

[maveric]

5. "Dem Bones Dem Bones Dem Dry Bones!"

A bizarre series finale if I must say so myself!

[Twillig]

24. "Aye Aye Aye!"

Or was it "I, I, I?"

Questions are a burden to others--answers a prison for oneself.

How awesome was it that McGoohan got to stage a machinegun fight to "All you need is love"?

Amazing.

[jukes]

6. great car!

Lotus, i think.

EDIT: YES, a Lotus Seven series II!!!!

[CanuckAmok]

12. like this...?

(There's a Caterham importer about 30 miles from here... I hope to find a restorable Series II for my next project car)

[jukes]

19. lovely!

wish you success!

my project is much more modest (as are my means); retoring a '78 alfa 2000 veloce. have 2 cars, 1 i'm stripping for parts for the other.

[kedrys]

7. I love that show!

I remember being totally geeked out by Rover. :rofl: Got every ep on tape, will shell out for DVDs any day now.

The really trippy part is that my father-in-law is the *spitting* image of McGoohan.

BCNU.

[ForrestGump]

8. Yes

But that would be telling... :P

[ghostsofgiants]

10. I've got every episode on my hard drive.

Haven't watched them all yet, but it's good stuff from what I have watched.

[CanuckAmok]

11. Lots.

I took an English course that was Prisoner-centric.

And I've been to Portmeirion, aka the Village.


I loved the Prisoner, but I find it hasn't aged well. It's still good, but it's also a little sophomoric, and rather campy sometimes. Certainly, some episodes are better than others. "The Girl Who Was Death" is my favourite (and admittedly it's the campiest one of them all). And the one where Number Six drives a sadistic Number Two into a state of paranoia because he killed a Villager... I forget what that one's called, but it's my second favourite.

There's a DC Comics "sequel" to The Prisoner called "Shattered Visage", in which Number Six returns to the abandoned Village for a final showdown with the Leo MacKern Number Two.

I wonder why a major studio hasn't made a feature film version of the series, what with all the 60s and 70s shows being made into movies (Brady Bunch, Bewitched, the Avengers, Dukes of Hazzard...). I think McGoohan still holds the rights to the story, and he doesn't even like talking about it. Maybe he's blocking Hollywood from a remake.

Oh, and my mom dated Alexis Kanner (Number 48/The Kid/Dem Bones) before she met my dad.

[Archae]

13. Yes.

Until the final episode it was great.

The final episode was conusing as hell and total bullshit.

[mr blur]

14. Unfortunately there's a remake in hand

http://tinyurl.com/os8dt

Not being filmed in "the village"?

I predict that they'll throw money at it and it will be awful. This is one show that should never be remade. All the CGI in the world won't add one thing to it. It was of its time and should be left alone.

"Questions are a burden for others, answers a prison for oneself".

[LostinVA]

17. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[TheMightyFavog]

23. Not being filmed at Portmerion?

UNACCEPTABLE.

Once agian, a classic is murdered by hollywood.

[PatGund]

15. arrived today.....

...was made to feel very welcome

[Lochloosa]

18. That damn white blob thing gave me nightmares.

I have never forgiven my parents!

[m_welby]

20. Loved the prisoner.

Totally not typical TV for the era.

I don't know much about the remake, except that Number 6 will be Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who 2005 - Now running on the Sci-fi channel).

here's a blurb...
http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEEuylEpFFVfEYoclcX

Hopefully they'll do it justice, but that rarely occurs.

[pauliedangerously]

21. Love it!!!

Saw it on PBS in the early '80s and I bought the whole series on DVD two years ago. Six months later I bought the Danger Man series as well. GOOD STUFF!!!

[Twillig]

22. You want information?

You won't get it!

[mac56]

25. Think about it for a minute.

"Who are you?"
"The new Number Two."
"Who is Number One?"
"You are Number Six."

Could it actually be:

"You are, Number Six."

[texanwitch]

26. I remember big balloons chasing him if he tried to escape.

:think: