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"The Twilight Zone" Elegy (1960)



Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   227 votes
Director:
Douglas Heyes
Writer:
Charles Beaumont (writer)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
19 February 1960 (Season 1, Episode 20)
Plot:
Three astronauts touch down on an asteroid, where they discover a world of people that appear to be frozen in time. Confused, they theorize as to why everyone is motionless, until a man springs to life and explains. | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Complete credited cast)
Cecil Kellaway ... Jeremy Wickwire
Jeff Morrow ... Kurt Meyers
Don Dubbins ... Peter Kirby
Kevin Hagen ... Captain James Webber
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Additional Details

Runtime:
25 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Douglas Heyes replaced the original short story's motionless car-race with a beauty pageant, displeasing story-writer Charles Beaumont - though, ironically, the pageant is considered the most memorable part of the episode. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: As Peter goes to the fishers, the pair shown on the bridge behind him are obviously photographs. more
Quotes:
Meyers: [Wickwire has poisoned their drinks] But why? Why us?
Wickwire: Because you are here, and you are men. And while there are men, there can be no peace.
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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Another Asteroid, 1 October 2008
8/10
Author: Hitchcoc from United States

Rod Serling liked astronauts and asteroids. This is another one of those "Where am I?" episodes. In this one a group of men find themselves in an odd town, where there are plenty of people, but they are frozen in time. They don't respond. As the astronauts move through space, they find more and more "normal" looking folks not moving. Once again it's about confusion and despair. Eventually they meet what seems like a living man who treats them kindly and asks them questions like how they would like to be remembered. We can't help but think of the first episode "Where Is Everybody?" The strange man is more and less than he seems and we know that we are in for a strange conclusion. I have to say that there is a sameness in some of these first season episodes that show a little lack of imagination. Still, it's a really interesting premise.

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