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"The Twilight Zone" Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1963)



Overview

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9.2/10   495 votes
Réalisateur:
Richard Donner
Writers:
Richard Matheson (writer)
Rod Serling (creator)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
11 octobre 1963 (Season 5, Episode 3)
Plot:
A man, newly recovered from a nervous breakdown, becomes convinced that a monster only he sees is damaging the plane he's flying in. | add synopsis
Avis des utilisateurs:
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Ensemble

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William Shatner ... Bob Wilson
Christine White ... Julia Wilson
Ed Kemmer ... Flight Engineer (as Edward Kemmer)
Asa Maynor ... Stewardess
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Additional Details

Durée:
25 min
Pays:
USA
Langue:
Anglais
Couleur:
Noir et Blanc
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 suite
Son:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Curiosités

Anecdotes:
Richard Matheson originally wanted Patricia Breslin to play Bob Wilson's wife. suite
Goofs:
Factual errors: Opening the hatch as was done here would have eliminated cabin pressure in the plane. suite
Guillemet:
Bob Wilson: I realize what this sounds like. Do I look insane?
Julia Wilson: No, darling, no.
Bob Wilson: I know I had a mental breakdown. I know I had it in an airplane. I know it looks to you as if the same thing is happening again, but it isn't. I'm sure, it isn't.
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11 out of 29 people found the following comment useful:-
Stewardess, Pass Me the Revolver, 16 June 2006
7/10
Author: dougdoepke de Claremont,USA

Pity poor William Shatner. He's just been released from the laughing academy, so now he's on his way home, a little shaky but apparently cured. Except, of course, he's boarded a flight on Twilight Zone Airlines. Trouble is there's a non-paying passenger on board, who looks like the abominable snowman and prefers riding on the wing instead of sampling the delights of the airline's dinner tray. Even worse, he's heck-bent on tearing the wing apart so he can get a look at what makes this 10-ton tin coffin tick. And, naturally, only the recovering looney Shatner sees him. You can imagine the strain.

Rather amusing exercise in personal paranoia as Shatner delivers convincing performance-- still and all, it's hard to take the drama seriously since the snowman appears to have wandered away from a Disneyland parade of warm and fuzzies. And then there's the cop-out ending. For some reason this is one of series' most celebrated entries. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because some of us have had a similar experience after romancing our favorite 12-pack.

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