9: Videos (What "Prisoner" material can I find in the real world?)
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This article is from the The Prisoner FAQ, by Patrick LoPresti patl@lcs.mit.edu with numerous contributions by others.
9: Videos (What "Prisoner" material can I find in the real world?)
The 17 episodes are available on video tape and laser disk; check
your local video store. There are also three "special" videos:
"The Prisoner Companion", "The Best of the Prisoner", and "The
Chimes of Big Ben" (alternate version). There was once an
alternate version of "Arrival"; Six of One has an acoustically
taped version of it, but no video copy is known to exist.
For about $20 each, any of the tapes may be ordered from:
Movies Unlimited
6736 Castor Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19149-2184
Order: (800) 523-0823
Service: (215) 722-8398
MPI Home Video
???
Oak Forest, IL ?????-?????
(800) 323-0442
(Catalog numbers MP1984 to MP2000; alternate "Chimes" MP1384)
Steven Ricks (a Six of One member) has produced an 8-volume video
documentary called "The Prisoner in Depth". It has received rave
reviews by the alt.tv.prisoner readership. However, he is only
authorized to sell the videos to Six of One members, and he
probably only has them in PAL format. He can be contacted at:
Steven Ricks
25 Lion Court
Well End
Borehamwood
Herts
WD6 5NJ
UK
The laser discs breifly came back into production in the U.S. The
first (and only) new disc is MPI catalog number CLV1984, ISBN
1-56278-796-9, UPC 0 30306-1984-6 0. It contains the episodes
"Arrival" and "The Chimes of Big Ben". The quality of "Chimes" is
reportedly better than that of earlier laser disc releases; that
of "Arrival" is reportedly worse (due to lost master tapes?).
Unfortunately, due to low sales on Disc 1, no further discs in the
series will be produced. [Anyone have information on the Japanese
imports? - Pat]
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