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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
"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!"
1983 1h 41m EN
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6.5
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★6.5TMDB · 851
HorrorFantasyScience Fiction
Synopsis
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An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
“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!”
Cast
Dan Aykroyd
Passenger
Albert Brooks
Driver
Scatman Crothers
Mr. Bloom
John Lithgow
Valentine
Vic Morrow
Bill
Kathleen Quinlan
Helen Foley
Charles Hallahan
Ray
Doug McGrath
Larry
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- John Landis
- Writers
- George Clayton Johnson, Jerome Bixby, Melissa Mathison
- Languages
- Vietnamese, English, German, French
- Countries
- United States of America
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Vietnamese, English, German, French.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by John Landis, shot by John Hora. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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ERA
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Original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Tina Hirsch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks and Scatman Crothers carry the top of the cast.
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AWARDS
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Marketing tagline: "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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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0086491 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
John Landis directs. John Hora behind the camera. Jerry Goldsmith scores. Tina Hirsch cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Vietnamese, English, German, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 143 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Vietnamese, English, German, French.
- 3Directed by John Landis, shot by John Hora. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Tina Hirsch shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks and Scatman Crothers carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "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!".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0086491 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 10 themes, including "nazi", "anthology", "remake", "psychotronic".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- John Hora
- Original score
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Editing
- Tina Hirsch
- Production design
- James D. Bissell
- Costume design
- Deborah L. Scott
- Makeup / hair
- Rob Bottin
- Sound
- Gregg Landaker
- Stunt coordinator
- Bill Couch
- Runtime
- 101 min · 1h 41m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $29,450,920
- Return
- 295% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
Also by
John Landis
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Warner Bros. Pictures
US
Amblin Entertainment
US
Key crew
- Executive ProducerFrank Marshall
- Production DesignJames D. Bissell
- Second Assistant CameraRick Fee
- Special Effects SupervisorMichael Wood
- CastingMike Fenton
- Associate ProducerGeorge Folsey Jr.
- First Assistant CameraNorman Cattell
- Makeup Effects DesignerRob Bottin
- Camera OperatorJohn Toll
- EditorTina Hirsch
- Script SupervisorKatherine Wooten
- Steadicam OperatorGarrett Brown
- Second Assistant DirectorAlan Smithee
- CastingJane Feinberg
- CastingMarci Liroff
- Second Assistant DirectorAndy House
- Special Effects AssistantGene Grigg
- EditorMalcolm Campbell
- First Assistant CameraEric Engler
- EditorMichael Kahn
- Second Assistant DirectorDan Attias
- First Assistant DirectorElie Cohn
- Set DecorationJackie Carr
- Art DirectionJames H. Spencer
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- nazi
- anthology
- remake
- psychotronic
- mysterious
- zone
- based on tv series
- wistful
- suspenseful
- foreboding
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1983-06-24PG
Also known as
International titles
- No Limite da RealidadeBR
- Unheimliche SchattenlichterDE
- La Dimension DesconocidaMX
- La Dimension DesconocidaES
- トワイライトゾーン／超次元の体験JP
- The Twilight ZoneUS
- トワイライトゾーン／超次元の体験：1983JP
- 환상특급 더 무비KR
