Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.

Directors:

Joe Dante, John Landis

Writers:

John Landis, George Clayton Johnson (screenplay by)

Stars:

Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow

1 win & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dan Aykroyd	...	Passenger / Ambulance Driver (prologue / segment "Time Out")
Albert Brooks	...	Car Driver (prologue)
Vic Morrow	...	Bill Connor (segment "Time Out")
Doug McGrath	...	Larry (segment "Time Out")
Charles Hallahan	...	Ray (segment "Time Out")
Rainer Peets	...	German Officer (segment "Time Out") (as Remus Peets)
Kai Wulff	...	German Officer (segment "Time Out")
Sue Dugan	...	Waitress No. 1 (segment "Time Out")
Debby Porter	...	Waitress No. 2 (segment "Time Out")
Steven Williams	...	Bar Patron (segment "Time Out")
Annette Claudier	...	French Monther (segment "Time Out")
Joseph Hieu	...	Vietnamese (segment "Time Out")
Al Leong	...	Vietnamese (segment "Time Out")
Stephen Bishop	...	Charming G.I. (segment "Time Out")
Thomas Byrd	...	G.I. (segment "Time Out")

Storyline

Four directors collaborated to remake four episodes of the popular television series 'The Twilight Zone' for this movie. The episodes are updated slightly and in color (the television show was in black-and-white), but very true to the originals, where eerie and disturbing situations gradually spin out of control.

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Plot Keywords:

profanity | star died before release | star died during filming | the twilight zone | anthology | 

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Taglines:

You're travelling through another dimension. A dimension, not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French German Vietnamese

Release Date:

24 June 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

It's a Good Life

Filming Locations:

Halfway House Cafe - 15564 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,614,000, 26 June 1983, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$29,500,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frank Marshall, producer of the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" segment, plays one of the ground crew members checking the plane's wing for damage.

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Goofs

In Segment #4, Mr. Valentine sits in seat 4A, but later on he is sitting directly over the wing. Seat 4A would not be over the wing on any modern commercial aircraft.

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Quotes

Mr. Bloom: I found out, a long, long time ago, that I wanted to be my own true age and try and keep a young mind.

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Connections

Referenced in The Last Showing (2014)

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Soundtracks

Car 54, Where Are You?
Music by John Strauss
Performed by Dan Aykroyd

User Reviews

Two strong stories, and two rather weak ones.

This movie opens with a rather humorous opening featuring Dan Akroyd and Albert Brooks as it has them discussing various things when they finally come upon the "you want to see something scary" topic of discussion. This is a kind of pre credit introduction to the horrors and wonders of the twilight zone. It then proceeds to a story of a man who is rather racist so he is the first to enter the realm and of course he is put through a lot including being in a rather bad story that was not very twilight like that ended up being part of a tragic Hollywood story as a helicopter accident would take the lead actor Morrow and two child actors. The second story follows a group of elderly people in a nursing home who are about to get a visit from an older man who has a special kind of gift from them. This story was weak too, as it was just a bit to cutesy for my tastes. Finally, the movie gets good as we have the story of a boy with a special secret. He is hit by a woman and she proceeds to take him home to meet his very strange family. This story is good, but it ends rather weakly. Finally, the highlight of this movie a story featuring John Lithgow as a passenger on a plane that is in the middle of a rather violent storm. Add to that he has a dreaded fear of flying and add to that the fact he seems to see a person on the wing of the plane and this person or thing is doing harm to the engines. Add a better ending to story three and just get two different stories all together for the first film and maybe this movie would not have to rely on one story to save the day which the last one does.