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updated/clarified note about Ridley Scott film version
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A [[remake]], in the form of a six-hour miniseries with Jim "The Passionate Christ" Caviezel as Number 6 and Sir Ian "The White Wizard" McKellen as Number 2, ran in November 2009. This was not a direct remake, as characterization, atmosphere, and ending were almost entirely different. YMMV as to whether the miniseries worked taken on its own terms, and on whether it deserved to keep the name.
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* [[Actor Shared Background]]: One of the only pieces of information Number Six voluntarily gives the Village is his date and exact time of birth (19 March 1928, 3:15 a.m.) -- which coincides exactly with McGoohan's.
* [[Absentee Actor]]: "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" was filmed while McGoohan was off shooting ''Ice Station Zebra'', so a [[Freaky Friday Flip|mind swap]] plotline was devised that allowed another actor to play
* [[Affably Evil]]: Most of the No. 2s
* [[All Just a Dream]]: The resolution of two of the later episodes, where the majority of the episode is revealed to be a simulated dream or a fictional story being improvised by a character. And then there's the episode where Number Two decides to invade Number Six's dreams...
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