Twilight Zone: The Movie Page #8

Synopsis: Four directors collaborated to remake four episodes of the popular television series 'The Twilight Zone' for this movie. The episodes are updated slightly and in color (the television show was in black-and-white), but very true to the originals, where eerie and disturbing situations gradually spin out of control.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
44
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
PG
Year:
1983
101 min
3,842 Views


COX:
Kids in the beds. Well, they, uh.. . . There were kids in the beds. ALL:

Good evening, Miss Cox. Well, they're old now. Tallyho. Welcome to Sherwood, milady. What, Sir Guy? No greetings from you? What are you doing in here,

you little ragamuffin? How dare you come in here. . . . ..at this hour of the night

and frighten these people? Please... . ..take me with you. l wanna go too. You can't come with me, Leo. You'll have to stay with yourself. There's a destiny that shapes our ends,

rough-hewn though it may be. l'm sorry. Well, let's away. But l'm. . . . l'm ready now. l'm ready. AGEE: lt's wonderful being young again.

Beware the thrust of my steel. Tallyho. Watch out. He'll get it. Bring them in.

We'll put the tomatoes on the fence. Today, we go to the lake. We've been saying for years

that we'd go and see that lake. Let's ask Murray to come along. Let's ask Mr. Conroy.

He could bring his grandchild. MR. WElNSTElN: Children love water.

-Mr. Agee? Mr. Agee? Has anyone seen Mr. Agee? Hannah? BLOOM [SlNGlNG]:

While you're sittin' around mopin' Sittin' around mopin' Just listen to me I'm sure that you will agree Age means nothing to me -Mr. Bloom?

-ln person. Oh, how wonderful.

We were expecting you. Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen,

our new guest has arrived. NARRATOR:

Portrait of a woman in transit. Helen Foley. Age: 27. Occupation: schoolteacher. Up until now, the pattern of her life

has been one of unrelenting sameness... ...waiting for something

different to happen. Helen Foley doesn't know it yet,

but her waiting has just ended. Okay, l give up. Where am l? Well, you're not lost. lt looks like you missed a turnoff

at Cliffordville. Right there. Yeah, okay. Half a mile down is a gas station.

That's Beaumont. You hang a left, go four blocks.

The highway cuts in front of it. Now, you'll probably get-- [SWOOSHlNG] Hey, kid. Easy on the machinery. lt doesn't work right. Kid, l don't build the games.

l just keep the quarters. Why don't you stick another quarter in?

Maybe it'll work better. The highway splits outside of town.

lt goes off. ... [STATlC ON TV] MAN [ON TV]:

His uppercut misses, then a right-- Walter, the kid is screwing up the TV. -Hey, it's his quarter. The TV's free.

-Yeah? l got 20 bucks on this. Lots of luck. So where you headed? -Hey, Willoughby.

-Nice town. -You got a job set up there or what?

-No, not really. COUNTERMAN: Where you from?

-Homewood. [PHONE RlNGlNG] COUNTERMAN: Mm. Nice town.

-lf you say so. COOK:

Hello? Yeah. Hey, Walter. lt's your wife. Your wife. Thanks. MAN [ON TV]

lt's not a damaging punch. [BEEPlNG AND SWOOSHlNG] MAN [ON TV]:

Cannot hurt him. There's a left hand-- And Bradley-- -Okay.

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John Landis

John David Landis is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedy films, his horror films, and his music videos with Michael Jackson. more…

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