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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 2nd 2007 edited
Been looking to add this to my collection for some time - just did too!
Fantastic late 60's sci-fi with a bit of class and charm about it.
There was a white coloured edition doing the rounds for upwards of £40-£50 (£50.97 at the moment) I never fancied that set , good job too because...
There is a new 6-disc 40th anniversary special edition collection now available at a much better price and is now fully restored with a load of new content - full details and side-by-side comparison at bottom of post(and on the 2nd post)....
Priced at £34.99 at the currently rather user-unfriendly Vigin Megastore's website.
Next best price is £37.89.
Virgin Megastore are going through a re-branding into 'Zavvi' in the Uk and Ireland - you may have noticed the sites looks very different.It's slow and difficult to use but I got mine ordered eventually... just takes a bit of trial and error!
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The Prisoner 40th anniversary special edition
.Special features include - take another deep breath.....
Don’t Knock Yourself Out: This exclusive, feature-length documentary is the definitive look at the production of The Prisoner, told by those involved in its creation. It includes a combination of archive and newly-filmed interviews with nearly 40 people, including Annette Andre, Bernard Williams, David Tomblin, Derren Nesbitt, Peter Wyngarde, Anton Rodgers, Michael Grade, George Baker and Peter Bowles.
Audio Commentaries on Arrival, The Chimes of Big Ben, The Schizoid Man, The General, Dance of the Dead, A Change of Mind and Fall Out.
Original Edits of Arrival and The Chimes of Big Ben: Long thought only to exist in a low-quality format, the original edit of Arrival is presented here as a brand new digital restoration from the original 35mm film elements, along with a music-only soundtrack featuring Wilfred Josephs’ complete and abandoned score. This version is exclusive to this set. Also included is the previously-available original edit of The Chimes of Big Ben - viewers will note a drop in the technical quality of this episode.
Arrival Original Edit Restoration: A featurette using split-screen to demonstrate the scale of restoration required for this episode.
Trailers: Digitally restored trailers for all seventeen episodes and two generic trailers.
Production Guide: An exclusive book on the making of the series by Andrew Pixley.
Behind-the-Scenes Footage: This unique footage, taken on location at Portmerion, shows a number of aspects of behind-the-scenes production, including the only known footage to exist of the original, abandoned Rover prototype. Also includes recently discovered, previously-unseen footage. From the collection of and (c) Steven Ricks.
Production Paperwork Archive: Original scripts for each episode are included on Discs 1-6 and Disc 7 contains some original production documentation, press releases and other memorabilia. The scripts make fascinating reading and include different versions of some shooting scripts, as well as revisions and some unused storylines. This unique collection is sourced from the personal archives of Tony Sloman, Steven Ricks and Simon Coward and is reproduced with their permission and assistance.
Image Archive: Individual galleries of over 1200 stills are featured throughout this set, with episodic ones appearing on Discs 1-6 and Disc 7 featuring generic/PR photos, coverage of the original Press Conference in 1967 and Jack Shampan’s designs. Also included on Disc 6, courtesy of the Steven Ricks collection is a series of Exposure Strips produced originally by the film labs when prepping rushes. As well as showing a number of clapperboards and other key items of interest they also detail the filming of some scenes that aren’t included in the final episodes.
Dolby 5.1 Audio Mix: Each of the seventeen episodes has the option to be listened to in either original Mono or Dolby 5.1 (where the original mono materials have been used to best effect).
Commercial Break Bumpers
Archive Material: Archive Material which includes textless titles with clean themes by Ron Grainer, Wilfred Josephs and Robert Farnon, as well as material from Living in Harmony, Fall Out, Rover, foreign Filing Cabinet title footage and the McGoohan photo montage from Arrival.
Be seeing you!
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 2nd 2007 edited
Follow below link for a side-by-side comparison of the restored and unrestored film.
Enjoy!
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 2nd 2007 edited
Great post Rob, sounds like good value for all you get thrown in. Clean restoration job by the looks of things, which isn't always the case.
Haven't bought from Virgin since the redesign, not a huge fan of the new look so no surprises it's equally cumbersome to get through the checkout too.
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 2nd 2007
glad you liked my post - i'll try and make it more informative next time
The virgin MS must be under major construction at the mo - it is terrible , with proxy errors aplenty and tons of bugs.
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 2nd 2007
yeh, put some effort into it next time eh, sheesh
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeOct 2nd 2007 edited
boxset looks good...
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CommentAuthorrobtallica
- CommentTimeOct 2nd 2007 edited
Got my dispatch email at 5pm'ish , £29.99 was the cost - it went back up inside a couple of hours again to £34.99 , still a bargain me thinks
I agree the set looks very attractive , nice and big too... much better than the beige coloured 2004 release
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CommentAuthorgrant
- CommentTimeApr 11th 2008
Been a while since last looked at this box set but down to £31.99 at Zavvi with Amazon being next cheapest at £35.97.
The Prisoner: Complete Box Set - £31.99 delivered at Zavvi
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- CommentAuthorjake
- CommentTimeJul 3rd 2008
Now £29.95 at Base (dvd.co.uk)
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