Le prisonnier - Patrick McGoohan - 1967-1968

[Basculo Cui Cui]

A high-ranking but un-named Agent in the British Government resigns from his job/post and leaves for a holiday. While packing he is gassed and is taken to a beautiful but deadly prison known only as "The Village" where people are taken, given a Number to be called by and kept there for the rest of their lives if they don't tell No. 2 (the deputy head of "The Village") the information they are captured for. Escape is nearly impossible as "The Village" has amazing but deadly weapons to use if anybody tries to escape. The Agent is given the title of "No. 6" but he adopts the name of "The Prisoner". The series tells of his attempts to resist the plots of each No. 2 (who is replaced with another if an attempt on No. 6 fails) to get his information and against any attempt to disrupt the nearly peaceful running of the "The Village". The Village is determined to crack The Prisoner by attempting to get the answer to why he resigned from his job/post. As time goes on, two questions plague The Prisoner's mind - How can he escape and who is the real leader of the Village - the mysterious No. 1?.

 

[kovershenko]

série génialisssime un remake a été diffusé sur C+ intitulé l'hommede nulle part tout aussi flippante avec une fin plus classique que le prisonnier à voir

[El rectificador]

Quel série génialissime...Vraiment une des meilleures séries qui m'ait été donné de voir !

[Kerozene]

Sans doute ce que la télévision a produit de mieux en matière de série.

Et c'est toujours aussi fascninant aujourd'hui que ça l'était il y a 10 ans, 20 ans, 30 ans ! Une véritable perle !

[ctiss]

Une curiosité: des planches du projet avorté d'adaptation de la série par Jack Kirby:

 

 

http://www.forumpimpf.net/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19854

 

 

http://twomorrows.com/kirby/articles/11prisoner.html

 

 

une édition blu-ray de la série est prévue pour le 27 octobre.

 

http://www.audiovideohd.fr/actualites/5066-Le-Prisonnier-The-prisoner-Blu-ray.html

 

 

Personnellement, je suis curieux de voir ce que va donner le remake avec Jim cazaviel et Ian Mckellen