Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 101 min

genre: fantasy

theme: anthology

director: George Miller

Score: 6 / 10

Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 American sci-fi fantasy horror anthology film produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis. Based on Rod Serling's 1959–1964 television series of the same name, the film features four stories directed by Landis, Spielberg, Joe Dante, and George Miller. Landis' segment is an original story created for the film, while the segments by Spielberg, Dante, and Miller are remakes of episodes from the original series. The film's cast includes Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers, John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, and Kathleen Quinlan. Original series cast members Burgess Meredith, Patricia Barry, Peter Brocco, Murray Matheson, Kevin McCarthy, Bill Mumy, and William Schallert also appear in the film, with Meredith assuming Serling's role as narrator.

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written and directed by John Landis

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author	George Clayton Johnson Jerome Bixby John Landis Melissa Mathison Richard Matheson
contentLocation	France
director	George Miller Joe Dante John Landis Steven Spielberg
editor	Howard E. Smith Malcolm Campbell Michael Kahn Tina Hirsch
events	aviation time travel
genre	animation fantasy horror science fiction
keywords	a quality of mercy al leong ambulance driver american soldiers annette claudier back there boxing match build bullet wound burning cross candy apples capture car driving christina nigra concentration camp country road dragon drink drive east asia edward donno elsa raven emergency landing engage fear of flying film flameout flight attendant fly fourth wall french family game german german language german officer german soldier gremlin grumpy man hamburger helen shaw holocaust train ice cream it\'s a good life jewish jim crow kai wulff kick the can kill ku klux klan land little girl lynch martin garner morality tale morning murray matheson nazi-occupied france new job old age old man open panic attack parking lot peanut butter physical activity potato chips pressurized cabin railroad freight car reign of terror retirement home scar school teacher selma diamond senior citizen short story shout sky marshal south southern united states spring ss officer stephen bishop steven williams talk television set than the the death of both actors and morrow during filming the twilight zone thomas byrd time out tom byrd tom willett top hat trap travel turbofan twilight zone twilight zone accident viet cong vietnam vietnam war warn world war ii write young boy young man
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith
producer	John Landis Steven Spielberg
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	California Los Angeles
theme	anthology science fantasy science fiction horror time war