Directed by John Landis (prologue and segment 1)
Steven Spielberg (segment 2)
Joe Dante (segment 3)
George Miller (segment 4 and epilogue)
Produced by John Landis
Steven Spielberg
Kathleen Kennedy (segment 2)
Jon Davison &
Michael Finnell (segment 3)
Written by Rod Serling (television series)
John Landis (prologue and segment 1)
George Clayton Johnson (original screenplay 'Kick the Can', segment 2)
Richard Matheson and
Melissa Mathison (segment 2)
Jerome Bixby (story 'It's a Good Life', segment 3)
Richard Matheson (segment 3)
Richard Matheson (short story 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet' and screenplay, segment 4)
Narrated by Burgess Meredith
Rod Serling
Starring Dan Aykroyd
Albert Brooks
Vic Morrow
Scatman Crothers
Kathleen Quinlan
John Lithgow
Kevin McCarthy
Abbe Lane
Dick Miller
Bill Quinn
William Schallert
Nancy Cartwright
Charles Hallahan
Selma Diamond
Donna Dixon
Priscilla Pointer
Helen Shaw
Christina Nigra
John Dennis Johnson
John Larroquette
Larry Cedar
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography Allen Daviau
John Hora
Stevan Larner
Editing by Malcolm Campbell
Tina Hirsch
Michael Kahn
Howard E. Smith
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) June 24, 1983 (1983-06-24)
Running time 101 minutes
Country United States
Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 film produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis as a theatrical version of The Twilight Zone, a 1959 and '60s TV series created by Rod Serling. It starred Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Quinlan and John Lithgow. Burgess Meredith, who starred in several episodes of the original series, took on Serling's position as narrator, although unlike Serling he did not appear on screen, nor did he receive screen credit. But, his name did appear in the end credits.
The film remade three classic episodes of the original series and included one original story. John Landis directed the prologue and the first segment, Steven Spielberg directed the second, Joe Dante the third, and George Miller directed the final segment. The promotional song from this movie, "Nights Are Forever", written by Jerry Goldsmith with lyricist John Bettis, and sung by Jennifer Warnes, is heard briefly during the jukebox scene in the opening segment with Vic Morrow.
The film garnered notoriety for the helicopter crash which took the lives of actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, during the filming of Landis's segment. The deaths led to high-profile legal action, although in the subsequent trial no one was held criminally culpable for the accident.
Anybody else think Anthony would be the coolest little brother ever?
"Hey, Anthony, bro... Listen... Its like, my birthday, and I was wondering if you could ya know... Wish that Emma Stone was naked and in my bedroom?"
WWOLFwts 4 months ago 16
I have never really been able to find a horror film that has scared me like this story, the director did a great job of building suspense. I still cant get over the artistic style of the set design/lighting, and the rabbit monster!!! Amazing piece of cinema. Bravo.
JDKarl25 3 months ago 4