The Prisoner (2009 TV miniseries)
| The Prisoner | |
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Promotional poster
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| Based on |
The Prisoner by Patrick McGoohan George Markstein |
| Written by | Bill Gallagher |
| Directed by | Nick Hurran |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Trevor Hopkins |
| Running time |
45 minutes (per episode) 360 minutes (Full running time) |
| Release | |
| Original network | AMC, ITV, STV, UTV |
| Original release | November 15 – November 17, 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
45 minutes (per episode)
The Prisoner is a 2009 television miniseries based on the 1960s TV series The Prisoner. The series concerned a man who awakens in a mysterious, picturesque, but escape-proof village. It was co-produced by American cable network AMC with British channel ITV, which now holds the rights to the original series.
The series begins with an unidentified man waking up in a desert and finding himself in the middle of a pursuit as mysterious guards chase an elderly man through a canyon. The old man dies soon after, but not before passing a message on to the younger man: "Tell them I got out."
The younger man arrives in an enigmatic community, whose residents inform him that it's called simply "The Village". Everyone he meets is known only by a number—he learns his number is 6—and he discovers that they have no knowledge or memory of the outside world.
Number 6 is unable to remember his real name and recalls only snippets of his life in New York City. He had met and seduced a mysterious woman in a diner. He finds himself locked in a battle of wills against Number 2, the Village's leader, who goes to great lengths to make Number 6 assimilate. Number 6, meanwhile, tries to contact "dreamers"—Village residents who, like him, have been experiencing flashes of memory of their lives outside of the Village. Along the way, he befriends Number 147, a Village taxi driver; Number 313, a doctor with whom Number 6 develops a romantic connection, but who has her own secrets; and "11–12", Number 2's son, who begins to question the reality of the Village.
A remake of the 1967 TV series The Prisoner had been in the works since 2005.
The miniseries was promoted at 2008 San Diego ComicCon via a skywriter airplane that sketched the phrase "Seek the Six" in the sky over San Diego. Although "Seek the Six" was initially thought to be a catchphrase of some sort, it did not appear in the final cut of the miniseries.
A further promotional event for the miniseries was held at the 2009 ComicCon, including a spoiler-heavy, 9-minute trailer and a cast and crew discussion panel.
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