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The Prisoner - 35th Anniversary Companion [DVD] [1990]

DVD ~ Patrick McGoohan
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  • Actors: Patrick McGoohan
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Sep 2002
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00006HCQ0
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 60,150 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Primarily aimed at fanatic completists, The Prisoner 35th Anniversary Companion gives us an alternative version of the opening episode "Arrival" recently rediscovered from Canadian archival material, along with the broadcast version for comparison. The collection also has text files on associative material like the score for the music, the novelisations and the Dinky model of the mini-moke, clips of the interval bumpers, alternative clips of the opening credits and a sequence in which the opening credits shot of a filing cabinet labelled "Resignations" is reshot in a variety of languages for foreign markets. The episode included reminds us, in both its versions, what an innovative and sinister show The Prisoner was--George Baker in particular is an impressive foil to Patrick McGoohan.

There are also text files on the careers of McGoohan and his collaborator George Markstein, as well as an extended interview with Bernard Williams in which he talks frankly about the difficulties of producing a show whose scripts were being written by the star as it was being shot, and tells us of the last-minute improvisation of the sinister balloon, Rover. There is also a short documentary about the show, its fans and the memorabilia shop at Portmeirion, plus a Prisoner parody Renault ad.

On the DVD: The Prisoner 35th Anniversary Companion is presented in standard 4:3 television visual ratio; the mono sound has not worn well, especially in the alternative version of "Arrival" where it is at times painfully scratchy. The interface is user-confusing; if you don't already know the shape of The Village it is not immediately obvious that the menu continues on two screens. The packaging includes a lavish booklet that includes a facsimile of the production notes for the show. --Roz Kaveney

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Alternative, 50 minute version of the very first episode "Arrival"
250 word guide to Alternate Arrival
A 30 minute interview with Production Manager Bernard Williams
Textless intro and outro sequences
Bumpers
Foreign language filing cabinet sequence
"For the Love of" - a 7 minute featurette about Prisoner memorabilia collectors
Renault 21 TV ad
Patrick McGoohan biography
George Markstein biography
Stills Gallery
Merchandise Gallery
Collectors' Edition Booklet
Production notes of each episode


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4.0 out of 5 stars 35th Anniversary Prisoner Companion, 20 Feb 2004
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For those of us who remain fascinated by the 17 part TV series made in the 1960’s, the 35th Anniversary Prisoner Companion provides genuinely useful additional material.

Two versions of “Arrival” are on the DVD, the unfamiliar one being a first cut that had been prepared before incorporation of the groundbreaking opening montage sequence and the superb Ron Grainer music. The quality of this recording is very patchy (the original 16mm print still eludes the devoted fans), but it serves to highlight the brilliance of the attention-grabbing final editing and soundtrack.

The DVD’s menu, based on a map of The Village, is as enigmatic as the series itself and viewers have to be careful not to miss much of the content. One such hidden gem is an informative interview with Bernard Williams who was Production Manager for the series. He describes the “nightmare” that was the production process: battling for set space with Stanley Kubrick who was making 2001 at the time, scheduling around the difficult weather at Portmeirion, and working nearly devoid of scripts while the ideas developed in the mind of the “formidable loner” Patrick McGoohan. Also revealed is how the mysterious Rover was eventually conceived, as Williams and McGoohan drank gin and tonic by the Stone Boat and looked up towards the heavens.

There are intro and outro sequences, a documentary on Sir Clough Williams-Ellis’s Portmeirion, a detailed text biography on Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein, stills from the set, and more. If you want Information, this DVD will deliver. And if you don’t already know, it will even tell you the identity of Number One! Be seeing you…

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