Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Movie Review
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- Twilight Zone: The Movie is a 1983 American science fiction horror anthology film produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis as a cinematic interpretation of the 1959-64 TV series created by Rod Serling.
The film stars Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Quinlan, and John Lithgow, with Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks in the prologue segment.
Burgess Meredith starred in four episodes of the original series and took on Serling's position as narrator. Other actors from the original series included William Schallert, Kevin McCarthy, Bill Mumy, Murray Matheson, Peter Brocco, and Patricia Barry.
The film is a remake of three episodes of the original series and introduces one original story.
Landis directed the prologue, the first segment, and the epilogue; Spielberg directed the second segment, Joe Dante the third, and George Miller the final.
Dante recalled that the four stories were originally intended to be interwoven, with characters from one segment appearing in another segment, but problems with the filming precluded this.
The film gained notoriety before its release for the stunt helicopter crash which took the lives of actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen during the filming of the segment directed by Landis.
The two child actors had been hired illegally. Their deaths led to a high-profile legal case, although no one was found to be criminally liable for the accident.[ - Zábava
It is very sad what happened to Vic Morrow, My-Ca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen. May They all Rest in peace ☹☹☹☹☹
Plane story with John Lithgow Is my favorite , and with the boy who could do anything and traps those people at home watching cartoons and eating peanut butter burgers.
It's sad and I read that before vic morrow shot the scene that would end his life he told one of the people on the set that he must be crazy and should have a stuntman for the scene. I also seen the death footage and your right matt it is so haunting and sad.
they should of had the option to close production even john carpenter would had been a better option than landis to shoot that especiall from the thing and there is no such thing as a controllable fire when fire spreds its gonna spred
That is coincidentally what I read as well. I think it may be from a book that was written about him. I really wish we could have seen what the original version of the ending of the first segment would have been like, but I have a feeling we're likely not going to get anything about that on the Blu-ray though.
when John Landis talks he kind of sounds like a guy who would want to get punched in the face to just shut up for being very rude and obnoxious
Good review. John Landis's sort of humourous demeanour is hiding his feelings to that terrible tragedy but I've said that before.
I always enjoyed this since i saw it on TV at age 5 in 87 mainly for the last 2 stories, a nice sci-fi horror fantasy anthology
Everytime someone mentions this film to me, the haunting images of those deaths hits me like a glass shard in the brain. Such a terrible tragedy. I still dont understand all the facts of the case, but how could a jury not hold Landis accountable for putting those poor people in harms way which could clearly lead to such an accident occurring?
If Vic Morrow and those two kids were not in this movie, then they would have still been completely fine.
I remember in a biography Vic Morrow said while making the movie 'I'd have to be crazy in order to do this'.
I really enjoy this flick and I do believe it was Landis’s fault and he should of done time.
and the lawyeres were probly comming from the studio yea he violated child labor laws and i agree matt taxavation was a lesser thing than this he deliberatly put those kids in danger
on a positive note i like dick miller and john lithgow as actors tho
justin tahair I like the film Nightmare at 20,000 feet is the best segment in it.
@@verisimilitude6862 This was Australian director George Miller's US feature as co-director. See for yourself.
My favourite episode is the one starring John Lithgow.
The tragic thing is that Landis himself is very much aware of what happened and that he broke a few laws, yet he is still vilified for it even though he acknowledged that he himself was partially to blame. Now I definitely won't say he was the wrong director for this, i'm pretty sure he could have done a good job...if it wasn't for the ending being incomplete. Yes it would be interesting to see what would happen if someone like Ken Russell (a British horror director) or even Stuart Gordon was hired to direct the opening bit and the epilogue, or maybe...this may be a bit of a stretch but... George Romero. There was a 2000's Twilight Zone series I believe, I have seen Jordan Peele's version of it and I think the 80s series actually did do the segment Landis wanted to have as a second segment. Although a David Lynch directed Twilight Zone segment would have been interesting.
I believe that in a book about Morrow, it is explained his last words were 'i've got to be crazy if i'm going to do this shot' and that he also said he should have gotten a stunt double. And also I may have misjudged the second story because I remember thinking it was a bit tooo...warm hearted for a twilight zone segment, but then I realized there were episodes of the original show that had lighthearted elements to them. And while it is terrible that we never will get to see what the proper ending to the 'Time Out' segment, because I don't think it's even on the blu-ray.
With an exception of John Landis, who've wrote, co-produced and directed in this first segment, "Time-Off," several others such as
Sir Ken Russell were not interested.
@@markelijio6012 Yeah I read that...Landis wanted to do 'Monsters on Maple Street' too, but what happened happened, at least the 80s Twilight Zone eventually got to doing it.
@@nathanforester5993 He did.
@@markelijio6012 I definitely recall reading the original script and also the script for the original segment that was supposed to be inspired by 'The Masks' that Spielberg was going to make and I remember reading specifically that one kid dressed as Quasimodo turns into an actual hunchback. I read in the original script that the hitchhiker Aykroyd plays in the movie was supposed to be a recurring character in all of the stories, like sort of the host.
Honestly, the gremlin right in the window was a jumpscare that for some really got me.
Michael Bay and Paul WS Anderson may be bad directors, but atleast they care for human life. John Landis should have been jailed. Regardless of the controversy I still enjoy Twilight Zone The Movie.
that scene with vic morrow and the helicopter was the one time that CGI would have been a better method than practical effects. of course they didn't have it back then. another option would be stock footage or a miniature copter.
Its sad that the footage is out their hopefully Brandon lees death footage never gets out their i dont understand people’s fascination with seeing real footage of death a movie thats acted out i can handle but if its actually footage i cant watch it
I like John Landis as a comedy director, but I hate him as a horror director.
3:22 That's why I always hated that story plus I hated it more when I later learned about what happened to Vic Morrow and those 2 kids later when I seen that footage it's very shocking to watch especially since it was on tv news.
11:10 I agree with you Spielberg had a good reason for not wanting to talk to John Landis after all these years for not giving a fuck about his segment in the film either.
16:39 Also John McTiernan got sent to prison for laying in a court of law but Landis killed 3 people what he gets done to him a slap on on the wrist WTF?
24:51 That's one of the reasons I have trouble enjoying this film granted this coming from the guy who loved ''The Crow''.
Solid job on the review and ripping Landis a whole new asshole bro he deserved it bro.
Agreed, love the last two segments. The first two were lousy. They both could've been much better, for obvious reasons.
Steven Spielberg ended all contact with John Landis after this film. The two were partners but now Spielberg has said he wants nothing to do with Landis. This film hurt Spielberg's career also don't forget (though not nearly as bad as it hurt Landis's career)
i'll watch the Twilight Zone movie sometime and i know about Vic Morrow's death he had on the set and the first thing i saw Vic Morrow in was in the TV show Bonanza and then i found out about his death and then i saw it on CZcams and i was shocked to see it.
I found the opening hitchhiker segment of this very memorable horror anthology(written by John Landis) extremely exciting!!! I bought Dan ankroyd& Brooks opposite attract,stranger chemistry and how it goes from bad to worse kept me looking forward :-) this is one if not the first horror anthology I seen as a kid and it really disturbed me!! I feel that John Landis(despite the helicopter accident) Steven Spielberg and William Matheson&&Jon donte with including cast like John Lithgow,K.Quellin,Keith Gordon I believe and narration by burgess Meredith was in sync& SENSATIONAL!! I wasn't to impressed by Scotman C. short but I've seen worse plus it did fit the tone of the film,balancing out surreal horror& imagination. This anthology definitely is one of my favorite& doesn't get the apparition it deserves smh I'd put this right up there with creepshow,cats eye(which it reminds me more of)& my top favorite,creepshow 2& tales from the hood&I'd say I like twighlight zone the movie much better than tales from the darkside. Now that I think about it,I actually enjoyed twighlight zone the movie more than cats eye!! I got more of a kick out of the stories,cast& director/writers who worked on twighlight zone the movie.
Good review, but it could've been called "My Rant On How John Landis Sucks".
I hated John Landis after this. And I can't watch Time Out. The Kick The Can story was alright. And I can't blame Steven Spielberg. The It's A Good Life story was nice. The Nightmare At 20 Thousand Feet story was the best.
Did you know in that scene where Vic Morrow gets shot at by those Vietnam soldiers with M16s those were real bullets? According to the production designer Landis insisted on that.
That was Richard Sawyer, who was the film's art director.
My least favorite segment is the second one. It's far too saccharine for its own good and feels really out of place because of it. He did have the writer of ET work on the script, so that might have had something to do with it. I think it's the worst thing Spielberg directed. Always is his worst feature film, but Kick the Can is his worst directing job.
Matt you are cheating yourself you have to see the original TZ series
Yeah,I like every version of the Twilight Zone,but,the Rod Serling one is my favorite,even though there's a few episodes that I did'nt care for. You ought to check it out sometime if you get a chance and see what you think of it and maybe do a review on it!
I like it better than the tv show
Love this movie and the TV show which one of the TV series is my favorite probably the 80s remake because that show never let me down 😂🤣 on certain levels and the original there were some good then there were some that were stupid just didn't make sense to me this is a cool film my favorite is story is it's a good life it's cool special effects are perfecto john Landis joe dante and Steven Spielberg at their best great review but take care man you keep rocking and rolling in the 80s horror thon adios dawg !✌❤😁
this film was uneven. i think it was a mistake to remake classic episodes from the tv show. As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, then don't fix it. I liked the segments with the demon in the car, the time traveller, I sort of liked the segment with the kid watching cartoons, the other parts-the old folks home, the demon on a plane-I didn't like. I thought the tv show did those segments well enough.
One of my favorite movies
I enjoy this movie I still like the first segment but it would have been about a racist learning his lesson and instead became about a racist being punished. I enjoy all the segments despite the old folks home being the weakest one I think Spielberg originally wanted to do a remake of a horror episode but after the incident he decide to do a safe sugar coated episode. Overall the final episode about guy on the plane by George Miller is the best of the movie and it would be cool if we got a new Twilight Zone movie.
Steve Miner would have been a good choice to direct this film.
He turned it down.
I would have said Lynch but at this time David Lynch only made two movies before Dune and that was I think the Elephant Man and Eraserhead (Blue Velvet came out in 1986).
The only thing I don't like about John Landis is the whole twilight zone movie helicopter accident but anything else I think he's a nice guy
I haven’t seen this movie nor do I ever want to and it’s due to the protest against it This movie will never get my money because of what happened to Vic Morrow a great actor and the two kids
It's a tragedy& one that I don't feel was intentional. The film itself is very entertaining and we'll put together in honor of those who participated :-) it deserves more attention.
Yet Warner bros hired landis again which rehearsed this shut yo do spies like us probably Dan a probably went to bat for him but why the sane studio would let this murderer do another film for them is sicking
Spielberg is shameless at his age doing juvenile shot like ready player one he’s got enough $
@@mancavetheater1240me too
Landis should be in jail