Twilight Zone: The Movie Page #9

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
3,858 Views


-Hey, hey, Charlie. Hey, come on, man, take it easy. Take it easy. CHARLlE:

That's it. That's enough. What's going on here? COUNTERMAN:

Hey, what happened? Hey, look, l don't know what happened,

lady, but whatever happened, l'm sorry. -Yes, well, here.

-Hey, uh, forget about the sandwich. -No charge.

-Terrific. Nice town. -That was real good.

-Thanks a lot, guys. [CAR ENGlNE STARTS] Oh, sh*t. Oh, my God. -Oh, are you all right?

ANTHONY:
Yeah. Yeah, are you sure? HELEN:

Here, let me see. ANTHONY:

Ouch. Oh, no. Look at that. l'll give you some money.

Can you get it fixed? Yeah. -Could you maybe give me a ride home?

-Yeah, sure. HELEN:

Oh, you live all the way out here. l'll bet your parents

are worried about you. ANTHONY: Not really.

-No? Today's my birthday.

They don't even care about that. Really? Wow, what a crummy birthday. ANTHONY:

lt's okay. l made a friend. Me too. l'm Anthony. Helen Foley. -l'm very glad to meet you, Helen.

-Thank you. -What a lovely house.

-You like it? Yeah, it's really peaceful

out here by itself. Come on in. [BOOMlNG AND THUMPlNG

ON TV] Hello? lt's me. -Hi, Anthony.

-Hi. -Well, well, well.

-Hello. -Anthony's home.

-Look at this. -How do you do?

ANTHONY:
This is Helen. ls that right?

Helen, delighted to meet you. WALT: Any friend of Anthony's--

-Hello. This is Uncle Walt and my sister, Ethel. -How do you do?

MOTHER:
Well, now. -Did l hear Anthony come in?

-Yes, there he is. This is my mother and father. -Hello.

-Hello. -This is Helen.

-Helen Foley. -Oh, Helen, delighted.

-lt's a pleasure to meet you, Helen. -She gave me a ride home.

-Did she? -You don't mean it.

-Oh, very generous of you. Yes, well, l'm afraid

we had a little accident. -Accident?

-An accident? HELEN: Yes, l knocked Anthony down

while he was riding his bicycle. -Did you?

-You knocked him down? Yes. [FAMlLY CHUCKLES] Well, doesn't look like

there was any harm done. WALT:

No, sir. Anthony's fine. Oh, yes. Anthony's fine. Can Helen stay for supper, mother? -l just left my car--

-What a wonderful idea. -Of course she can.

-Of course. -Well, that would be lovely.

ANTHONY:
Can we eat right now? -Oh, yes.

-Sure, why not? WALT:

Why not? We can eat anytime we want. May l wash my hands? -Right this way.

-You may leave this. -All right.

-And l'll help you with your sweater. Thank you. MOTHER:

See you in a little while. [ALL LAUGHlNG] FATHER:

Mind the step. Anthony. Anthony? Ah, the beach. Ah, l used to love the beach. Mmm. ETHEL: Give me a light

and you can have a cigarette. Give me a cigarette

then you can have a light. -lt doesn't work that way.

-Don't tell me how it works. Where is that mirror? MOTHER: You two shouldn't be smoking

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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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