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"Amazing Stories" The Mission (1985)
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3 November 1985
(Season 1, Episode 5)
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A courageous young World War II gunner and aspiring cartoonist, trapped in the belly of a B-17 aircraft...
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The Mission means mission accomplished
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(Episode Complete credited cast) | Kevin Costner | ... | Captain |
 | Casey Siemaszko | ... | Jonathan |
 | Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Static |
 | J.J. Cohen | ... | Jake (as Jeffrey Jay Cohen) |
| John Philbin | ... | Bullseye |
| Gary Mauro | ... | Sam |
| Glen Mauro | ... | Dave |
| Terry Beaver | ... | Officer |
| David Grant Hayward | ... | Mechanic #1 |
 | Peter Jason | ... | Commander |
| Karen Kopins | ... | Liz |
 | Anthony LaPaglia | ... | Mechanic #2 (as Anthony La Paglia) |
| Gary Riley | ... | Tail Gunner |
| Ken Stovitz | ... | Lamar |
| Nelson Welch | ... | Father McKay |
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46 min
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This episode runs for 60 minutes, as opposed to the usual 30 minutes for the episodes in this series. (See also episode #2.8 "Go to the Head of the Class")
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This is a great classic. I would consider this one of Steven Spielberg's best short ever. The pace is typically slow for a 80's production compared to nowadays. If you watch this for the first time you should keep this in mind. If you are familiar to the movie Poltergeist you can expect much the same screen writing pace. What stands out is the excellent performance of all actors (including some nice morse coding skills from Sutherland). A very young Casey Siemaszko lays down an astonishing performance too. His expressiveness brilliantly captures the despair and emotion of the strong scenario and everything after the line "I'm not gonna die father..." simply's outstanding and also mixes very well with the score.
I think this episode is by far one of the best of the whole "Amazing Stories" series and captures the American spirit beautifully; from the different attempts to rescue a comrade, to acrobatic landing maneuvering of an airplane, to the miracle itself. The contained message's that everything is made possible if you believe in it. It goes to portray the ever important aspect of American culture that individualism mixed with strong beliefs are the very embodiment of the American dream. The heavy usage of symbolism is leaving its distinct marks allover - from Airforce to IIWW freedom, from superstition in numbers to the supernatural ending with the burned drawing at the closing scene - a real masterpiece.