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Bookmark this pageTwilight Zone – The Movie (1983)
Director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller
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From Time Out Film Guide
These revamped episodes from the old supernatural TV series begin splendidly with Aykroyd and Brooks driving down a dark road at night, singing along to Creedence Clearwater and trying to guess TV theme songs. Four episodes follow, and it's ironic that producer Spielberg's geriatric remake of Peter Pan set in an Old People's home is easily the weakest of the lot, exhibiting all the churning sentimentality of a great film-maker going OTT. The others have a comic strip zeal which makes them intensely watchable, but ultimately it's left to Mad Max wizard Miller to steal the show with an extraordinary remake of Richard Matheson's story about an airline passenger who spies a demon noshing the starboard engine.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller
Producer: Steven Spielberg, John Landis
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Bill Quinn, Kathleen Quinlan, Jeremy Licht, Kevin McCarthy, John Lithgow full cast
Genre(s): Fantasy
Duration: 101 mins
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