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The Prisoner

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20092009
  • 45m
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The Prisoner (2009)
A man wakes up in a new place - a place he doesn't recognize, a place where people have numbers instead of names, a place called "The Village" where all traces of his former life are renounced as delusions.
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An update to the cult favorite series from the 1960s, about a government agent who is kidnapped, and sent to a remote island known as "The Village".An update to the cult favorite series from the 1960s, about a government agent who is kidnapped, and sent to a remote island known as "The Village".An update to the cult favorite series from the 1960s, about a government agent who is kidnapped, and sent to a remote island known as "The Village".
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
7.7K
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POPULARITY
4,140
701
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    • Stars
      • Ian McKellen
      • Jim Caviezel
      • Ruth Wilson
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    • Stars
      • Ian McKellen
      • Jim Caviezel
      • Ruth Wilson
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    • 125User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 10 nominations total

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    Ian McKellen in The Prisoner (2009)
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    Ian McKellen
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    Jim Caviezel
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    • Trivia
      "Be seeing you" is a commonly heard phrase in The Prisoner (1967), this movie, and was also one of Patrick McGoohan's catchphrases in Danger Man (1960) and Secret Agent (1964) . McGoohan's character "Johnny Cousin" (a pot smoking drummer) in All Night Long (1962) uses the phrase also when he says goodbye to the road manager "Berger" towards the end of the movie.
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    4/10
    Is there ANYONE who can actually spell out the story line?
    OK, I get the concept that the AMC production is in no way a sequel-type update to the 60's TV show. No argument there.

    But--and I am sincere--can anyone actually provide me (and probably MANY others) with a detailed story line? A CLEAR plot summary? The writers/producers obviously wanted to keep viewers guessing and engaged, but there was never enough detail to determine which were flashbacks and which were...something else. And the last chapter was way too obtuse. It's fine that parts of the series wanted to comment on grand themes and deep societal concepts like the original did, in a modern way, but a more sharply-defined story line could easily do that, and probably hold everyone's attention longer. (Note: I can't buy into any explanation that says "It was all an allegory...it's whatever you think it means." There was enough of that already built-in to each episode.)

    The pacing was awfully slow. The whole story could have been told well in 4 hours instead of 6. I found myself starting to want more unexplained holes in the sand and explosions just to pick up the action a bit.

    You don't suppose that this was all an evil trick, the creation of a wicked team, to get us to watch all the episodes and then realize that WE were the prisoners for six hours?
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    • Nov 17, 2009

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    • Release date
      • November 15, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • AMC
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ув'язнений
    • Filming locations
      • Swakopmund, Erongo, Namibia
    • Production companies
      • Granada International
      • ITV Productions
      • Out of Africa Entertainment
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      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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