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The Twilight Zone 

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Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.

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Rod Serling
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5   4   3   2   1  
1964   1963   1962   1961   1960   1959  
Top Rated TV #21 | Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 14 nominations. See more awards »

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Rod Serling ...  Narrator / ... 156 episodes, 1959-1964
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The Twilight Zone is a place that exists at any moment of time, of space or of mind....but always when you least expect it. When you find yourself in this realm of unlimited possibility, be careful what you say or do. The right decisions may help you find your way back out....sometimes with greater happiness and wealth. The wrong decisions often lead to madness and death, or an eternity trapped in this dimension. Tread warily past the sign post ahead that says you've entered, The Twilight Zone Written by Bryan Ells

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Trivia

Michael Jackson sampled Rod Serling's narrations in his song "Threatened". He sampled from several episodes, but the two most noticeable ones are The Twilight Zone: It's a Good Life (1961) and The Twilight Zone: In His Image (1963). See more »

Quotes

[Opening narration (season 1)]
Narrator: There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone.
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Alternate Versions

The syndicated version has about 2-4 minutes cut from each episode and starts all episodes with the second season opening credits. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Quantum Leap: Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 1966 (1992) See more »

Soundtracks

Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Bernard Herrmann
(season 1)
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A Show of Depth Well Ahead of it's Time
7 December 2002 | by yarboroughSee all my reviews

"The Twilight Zone" brought a complexity and maturity to television that had never existed before and probably hasn't been seen since. The stories were always ironic, briliant, and fascinating, and they often came with a moral lesson. Episodes like "A Kind of a Stopwatch", with Richard Erdmann, "Time Enough At Last", with Burgess Meredith, "Nightmare at 20,00 Feet", with William Shatner, and "Where is Everybody," with Earl Holliman, dove into concepts and situations no other show would have even touched. The entertainment brought on by "The Twilight Zone" was as vast as the Zone itself. Its principal writers, Sterling, Beaumont, and Matheson, were the best of their era. For sheer television entertainment, nothing compares to the brilliant, heavyweight stories of "The Twilight Zone." TO be frank, "The Twilight Zone" was the first show that didn't insult the viewer's intelligence.


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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 1959 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

The Twilight Zone See more »

Filming Locations:

Yuma, Arizona, USA See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(18 episodes) (season 4) | (138 episodes) (season 1-3 and season 5)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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