The new miniseries The Prisoner scuttles the original’s Cold War politics for post-9/11 paranoia. Sir Ian McKellen, Jim Caviezel, and screenwriter Bill Gallagher discuss the remake.
While the British television show The Prisoner ran only for 17 episodes, more than 40 years ago, its effects have been far-reaching. The spy series’ iconic imagery, surreal plot, and heightened sense of fear and paranoia has influenced such shows as Lost and Battlestar Galactica, and was parodied on The...
