I have a copy of the script, and to tell the truth, it's not very good. I
live and work here in Los Angeles, though for a different studio, and when
I finally read it I rather breathed a sigh of relief that they weren't
moving forward on it yet.

There's a role in there that's obviously for PMG, and he's still credited,
but it's hard to see what remains of his original idea for the film
anymore. At one point I had heard that there was a draft wherein "Daniel
Webster" was the Number One? Something like this? Can't recall for sure,
but I think this was a draft of PMG's.

I'd like to see him act again, but I don't know that we'll see that, which
makes me quite sad. He seems fairly settled in at this point. I have to
make do with collecting all his old films and whatnot.

Which isn't that terrible, to be honest. :)

ah well.

jinx edie

At 07:55 PM 11/19/03 +0000, you wrote:

>Doesn't look good to be honest. Every so often talk of a Prisoner
>movie seems to reach a boiling point, then talk dies down.
>
>Personally, I'm unsure. After all, Priz's relative contemporaries
>such as 'The Saint' and 'The Avengers' have had films that have been
>critically panned. There is something about trying to distill a
>1960s TV show and then giving it a 1990s/21st century make over, then
>stretching it to a film format that means the finished product will
>either alienate fans of the original text, the casual cinema goer, or
>both.
>
>Dan
>
>--- In beseeingyou@yahoogroups.com, Tim <habituallyblue@y...> wrote:
> > I heard rumors of a Prisoner movie awhile back. Do
> > any of you know if one is in the works? And,
> > tangentially, what are your feelings on whether The
> > Prisoner should come to the big screen or not?
> >
> > Tim