This Twilight Zone episode was a prize winning short film which was adapted for the Twilight Zone Series.It was not syndicated and thus very few people have ever seen it. I remember it still after all these years. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was a Civil War story about a Rebel who was sentenced to be hung by the Yankees who captured him. When the man is hung the rope breaks and the man plunges into the water below.He swims to safety despite an array of bullets being fired upon him.After a long swim he reaches land, and is ecstatic over his stroke of luck. He now feels more alive than ever. He eventually runs into a field seeing his wife and they run toward each other ready to embrace.At the moment she touches his neck we are brought back to the 1st scene on the bridge and he is hung. It all took place in his mind Everything we saw for 22 minutes actually only took place in 3 seconds just before his hanging. The interesting thing is that experts have always said that people see their entire lives flash before their eyes in the last few seconds before their death .Pearce evidently knew that. This was truly one of the most brilliant short films ever put on film. Its a shame more people didn't see it
Review of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
