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Twilight Zone: The Movie
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1983 film (RT 96:33) produced by Steven Spielberg as a theatrical version of The Twilight Zone, a 1950s and 60s TV series created by Rod Serling. It starred Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow and John Lithgow.
The prologue starts with a driver and his passenger driving through the mountains very late at night, singing along to Creedence Clearwater Revival's cover of Midnight Special on a cassette, which then breaks.
First segment is loosely based on the original Twilight Zone episode "A Quality of Mercy" and slightly "Deaths-Head Revisited".
The second segment is directed by Spielberg and is a remake of the episode "Kick the Can".
The third segment, a remake of the episode "It's a Good Life".
The fourth segment is directed by George Miller. It's a remake of the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode.
The prologue starts with a driver and his passenger driving through the mountains very late at night, singing along to Creedence Clearwater Revival's cover of Midnight Special on a cassette, which then breaks.
First segment is loosely based on the original Twilight Zone episode "A Quality of Mercy" and slightly "Deaths-Head Revisited".
The second segment is directed by Spielberg and is a remake of the episode "Kick the Can".
The third segment, a remake of the episode "It's a Good Life".
The fourth segment is directed by George Miller. It's a remake of the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode.
Dec 7, 2007 4:23 PM
Re: Twilight Zone: The Movie
The film remade three classic episodes of the original series and included one original story. John Landis directed the prologue and the first segment, Spielberg directed the second, Joe Dante the third, and George Miller directed the final segment.
The film is perhaps best known for the helicopter accident which took the lives of actor Vic Morrow and two illegally hired child actors, although in the subsequent trial no one was held criminally culpable for the accident.
The film is perhaps best known for the helicopter accident which took the lives of actor Vic Morrow and two illegally hired child actors, although in the subsequent trial no one was held criminally culpable for the accident.
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Twilight Zone: The Movie
Great post. I've always thought that the movie opens strong with Aykroyd and Brooks, but then it slows down a little. Lithgow is awesome in the final act, though.
By: marsean
