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Overview

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Director:
Tom Holland
Writers (WGA):
Stephen King (novel)
Tom Holland (teleplay)
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Release Date:
14 May 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
Prepare yourself for the flight of your life!
Plot:
Most of the passengers on an airplane disappear, and the remainder land the plane in a mysteriously barren airport. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Stephen King is coming back to TV
 (From AOL - TVSquad. 29 September 2009, 3:03 PM, PDT)

Bag Of Bones movie sets its sights on Maine
 (From Fangoria. 13 March 2009, 2:16 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
A GREAT time-travel thriller more (164 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Patricia Wettig ... Laurel Stevenson
Dean Stockwell ... Bob Jenkins

David Morse ... Captain Brian Engle

Mark Lindsay Chapman ... Nick Hopewell
Frankie Faison ... Don Gaffney
Baxter Harris ... Rudy Warwick
Kimber Riddle ... Bethany Simms
Christopher Collet ... Albert Kaussner

Kate Maberly ... Dinah Catherine Bellman

Bronson Pinchot ... Craig Toomey
Tom Holland ... Harker
Julie Arnold Lisnet ... Aunt Vicki
Michael Louden ... Richard Logan
Kymberly Dakin ... Doris Heartman
David Forrester ... Danny Keene
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Stephen King's The Langoliers (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence and some sci-fi terror.
Runtime:
180 min | 60 min (3 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Dean Stockwell's character says that it is not possible to travel through time, he mentions stopping the Kennedy assassination. In "Quantum Leap" (1989), Dean Stockwell's character helped Sam (Scott Bakula) try to stop the Kennnedy assassination through time travel. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the plane is flying over the supposedly lifeless Maine landscape, a herd of cows can be seen grazing on a hillside. more
Quotes:
Bob Jenkins: Now we know...
Laurel Stevenson: We know what?
Bob Jenkins: We know what happens to today when it becomes yesterday... It waits for them... the timekeepers of eternity!
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Movie Connections:
References Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) more

FAQ

Why could only sleeping people go through the rip?
Was it necessary for...
What happened to the people who weren't asleep when the airplane passed through the rip?
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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A GREAT time-travel thriller, 2 November 2002
Author: Theresa Howard (Resa71@webtv.net) from Port Charlotte, Florida

First of all, I don't understand why so many viewers "trashed" this novella-turned-TV movie.....I read "Four Past Midnight", and once I heard that it was being made into a TV movie, I couldn't wait to see it. Let me tell you, I was NOT disappointed, and felt that it followed the story very well. While it's true that the special effects for "The Langoliers" themselves weren't the greatest, the actors (ESPECIALLY Bronson Pinchot as the psychotic, paper-shredding "Craig Toomey") made up for this glitch 100%! Dean Stockwell as "Bob Jenkins" was exceptionally good, as he & Bronson were the 2 best characters in the movie & DEFINITELY kept things interesting!

Bronson Pinchot made a GREAT career decision taking on the role of "Craig Toomey", as he's the complete opposite of "Balki" from "Perfect Strangers"; he was BRILLIANT, and sent a definite chill down my spine!

This novel & movie REALLY makes you wonder what it would be like if humans could travel back in time, even as little as 15 minutes, and what exactly would happen to us.....I give this a 9 out of 10 rating (9 due to the poor special effects of the time-chomping Langoliers), and DEFINITELY recommend it to any sci-fi fan!

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