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Wednesday 14 January 2009

Patrick McGoohan RIP - "Be seeing you"

Patrick McGoohan the actor best known for starring as "6" in the cult 1960s TV show The Prisoner, has died at the age of 80.

Here's the opening titles, love the Lotus




Here's an extract from "You must conform"



And finally here's one of the many "I am not a number speeches"



Number 6: Where am I?
Number 2: In the Village.
Number 6: What do you want?
Number 2: We want information.
Number 6: Whose side are you on?
Number 2: That would be telling. We want information... information... information.
Number 6: You won't get it.
Number 2: By hook or by crook, we will.
Number 6: Who are you?
Number 2: The new Number 2.
Number 6: Who is Number 1?
Number 2: You are Number 6.
Number 6: I am not a number, I am a free man.



For more on "The Prisoner" take a trip here and of course here to Six of One. And here's a rather good analysis of The Prisoner - Have a read.

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