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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 23-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Justine Bateman
Molly
Marc McClure
Howard
Michael Tulin
Sean
Mario Roccuzzo
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- John Harrison
- Writers
- Emilie M. Harvey
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
John Harrison directs. Frank De Palma cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 23-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 240 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Editor Frank De Palma shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Justine Bateman and Marc McClure and Michael Tulin carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0094543 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 7Classified under 8 themes, including "anthology", "murder", "double cross", "failed tv pilot".
The technical file
- Editing
- Frank De Palma
- Makeup / hair
- Claudia E. Thompson
- Runtime
- 23 min · 0h 23m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
John Harrison
Production companies
Who made it
- GA
Gaylord Productions
Key crew
- TeleplayJohn Harrison
- Executive ProducerJerry Golod
- Associate ProducerJames R. McGee
- Casting DirectorJean Scoccimarro
- MusicJohn Harrison
- EditorFrank De Palma
- Art DirectionSarina Rotstein
- Unit ManagerWinter Horton
- Production AccountantLorie Zerweck
- Assistant DirectorJan Ervin
- Location ManagerNeil Kinsella
- PropsJim Ransohoff
- Assistant DirectorTony To
- Special EffectsTommy Bellissimo
- Set DecorationCindy Trueman
- Makeup ArtistClaudia E. Thompson
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistBryan Moore
- Sound MixerEd White
- Boom OperatorMatthew John McFadden
- Assistant CameraMichael Cardone
- Assistant CameraTodd Slyapich
- Assistant CameraRenato Di Giuseppe
- Steadicam OperatorRandy Nolan
- Sound EditorStewart Nelsen
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- anthology
- murder
- double cross
- failed tv pilot
- elevator
- tv pilot
- horror anthology
- computer disc
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1986-10-24
Also known as
International titles
- Éjszakai liftHU
