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THE PRISONER
A remake of the original series had been in the works, in one form or another, since 2005. The series premiered on November 15, 2009 as a miniseries on North American cable channel AMC in cooperation with British broadcaster. The six part series premiered in the UK on 17 April 2010.
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."
Exploring the desert, the 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.
6 himself is unable to remember his real name, or much of his life before the Village, only snippets of memory of New York City and a mysterious woman he met in a diner and took home. Meanwhile, he soon finds himself locked in a battle of wills against 2, the Village's leader, who goes to great lengths to make 6 assimilate into life in the Village. 6, meanwhile, tries to contact "dreamers" – Village residents who, like himself, have been experiencing flashes of memory of their life outside the Village. Along the way, he befriends 147, a Village taxi driver; 313, a doctor with whom 6 develops a romantic connection but who has her own secrets; and "11–12", 2's son, who begins to question the reality of the Village.
Each episode title in the series is one word taken from an episode title from the original programme.
Main Cast:
- Ian McKellen as 2 / Curtis
- James Caviezel as 6 / Michael
- Ruth Wilson as 313 / Sarah
- Jamie Campbell Bower as 11–12
- Hayley Atwell as 4–15 / Lucy
- Rachael Blake as M2
- Lennie James as 147
- Renate Stuurman as 21-16
The Prisoner shows that the channel AMC could warm to a series that is set in a dystopian future that deals with themes of imprisonment. The Prisoner was also AMC’s first successful miniseries which is what our series hopes to be
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