"The Twilight Zone" (1959) Serie TV 1959-1964

Voti degli utenti:

9.6/10   

Creatore:

Rod Serling
(ancora)

Stagioni:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Data di uscita:

2 ottobre 1959 (USA)

Genere:

Drammatico | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Fantascienza | Thriller

Plot:

Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end with an ironic twist that would see the guilty punished.

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Supernatural | Moral | Famous Opening Theme | Surrealism

Premi:

Won Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

When It Worked, No TV Show Was (Or Is) More Imaginative

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 4	1:30 AM	SCIFI	The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms	#5.10
Sat. July 4	2:00 AM	SCIFI	Dead Man's Shoes	#3.18

Cast

Rod Serling

...

Narrator / ... (156 episodi, 1959-1964)

(ancora)

Serie diretta da
John Brahm		(12 episodi, 1959-1964)
Douglas Heyes		(9 episodi, 1959-1961)
Buzz Kulik		(9 episodi, 1960-1963)
Lamont Johnson		(8 episodi, 1961-1963)
Richard L. Bare		(7 episodi, 1960-1964)
James Sheldon		(6 episodi, 1961-1962)
Richard Donner		(6 episodi, 1963-1964)
Don Medford		(5 episodi, 1960-1963)
Montgomery Pittman		(5 episodi, 1961-1962)
Jack Smight		(4 episodi, 1959-1961)
Alvin Ganzer		(4 episodi, 1959-1960)
Ted Post		(4 episodi, 1960-1964)
William F. Claxton		(4 episodi, 1960-1962)
Elliot Silverstein		(4 episodi, 1961-1964)
Abner Biberman		(4 episodi, 1962-1964)
Joseph M. Newman		(4 episodi, 1963-1964)
Alan Crosland Jr.		(4 episodi, 1963)
Robert Florey		(3 episodi, 1959-1964)
Mitchell Leisen		(3 episodi, 1959-1960)
Robert Parrish		(3 episodi, 1959-1960)
Ron Winston		(3 episodi, 1960-1964)
Stuart Rosenberg		(3 episodi, 1960-1963)
David Orrick McDearmon		(3 episodi, 1960-1961)
Jus Addiss		(3 episodi, 1961-1963)
Perry Lafferty		(3 episodi, 1963)
Robert Stevens		(2 episodi, 1959)
John Rich		(2 episodi, 1960-1963)
Anton Leader		(2 episodi, 1960-1961)
Boris Sagal		(2 episodi, 1961)
Christian Nyby		(2 episodi, 1962)
Don Siegel		(2 episodi, 1963-1964)
Robert Butler		(2 episodi, 1964)

Crediti sceneggiature serie
Rod Serling		(148 episodi, 1959-1964)
Charles Beaumont		(22 episodi, 1959-1964)
Richard Matheson		(16 episodi, 1959-1964)
Earl Hamner Jr.		(8 episodi, 1962-1964)
George Clayton Johnson		(7 episodi, 1960-1963)
Montgomery Pittman		(3 episodi, 1961-1962)
Jerry Sohl		(3 episodi, 1963-1964)
Oceo Ritch		(2 episodi, 1961-1962)
Frederick Louis Fox		(2 episodi, 1962)
Henry Slesar		(2 episodi, 1963-1964)
Martin Goldsmith		(2 episodi, 1964)

Series Produced by
Buck Houghton	....	producer (102 episodi, 1959-1962)
Rod Serling	....	executive producer: Cayuga Productions (36 episodi, 1959-1960)
Del Reisman	....	associate producer (22 episodi, 1960-1961)
William Froug	....	producer (22 episodi, 1963-1964)
Bert Granet	....	producer (18 episodi, 1963-1964)
Herbert Hirschman	....	producer (12 episodi, 1963)
Murray Golden	....	associate producer (10 episodi, 1963)

Series Original Music by
Van Cleave		(12 episodi, 1959-1964)
Bernard Herrmann		(7 episodi, 1959-1963)
Fred Steiner		(7 episodi, 1960-1963)
Jerry Goldsmith		(7 episodi, 1960-1961)
René Garriguenc		(4 episodi, 1960-1964)
Tommy Morgan		(3 episodi, 1962-1964)
Jeff Alexander		(2 episodi, 1960-1964)
Lucien Moraweck		(2 episodi, 1960-1964)
Nathan Scott		(2 episodi, 1960-1962)

Series Cinematography by
George T. Clemens		(117 episodi, 1959-1964)
Robert Pittack		(20 episodi, 1962-1964)
Jack Swain		(6 episodi, 1961-1962)
Fred Mandl		(2 episodi, 1964)
Charles F. Wheeler		(2 episodi, 1964)

Series Film Editing by
Bill Mosher		(43 episodi, 1959-1962)
Jason H. Bernie		(23 episodi, 1961-1962)
Richard V. Heermance		(18 episodi, 1963-1964)
Joseph Gluck		(15 episodi, 1959-1960)
Thomas W. Scott		(12 episodi, 1963-1964)
Leon Barsha		(11 episodi, 1960-1961)
Richard W. Farrell		(10 episodi, 1963-1964)
Edward Curtiss		(4 episodi, 1963)
Eda Warren		(4 episodi, 1963)
Everett Dodd		(3 episodi, 1963)
Fred Maguire		(2 episodi, 1959-1960)
Al Clark		(2 episodi, 1963)

Series Casting by
Patricia Mock		(25 episodi, 1963-1964)
Millie Gusse		(24 episodi, 1959-1960)
Ethel Winant		(22 episodi, 1960-1961)
Larry Stewart		(10 episodi, 1964)
Robert Walker		(9 episodi, 1962)

Series Art Direction by
George W. Davis		(148 episodi, 1959-1964)
Philip Barber		(51 episodi, 1960-1962)
William Ferrari		(26 episodi, 1959-1963)
Merrill Pye		(20 episodi, 1960-1962)
Walter Holscher		(13 episodi, 1963-1964)
Malcolm Brown		(12 episodi, 1963-1964)
Eddie Imazu		(10 episodi, 1964)
Edward C. Carfagno		(7 episodi, 1963)
Paul Groesse		(5 episodi, 1963)
John J. Thompson		(4 episodi, 1963)
William Craig Smith		(3 episodi, 1960-1961)
Robert Tyler Lee		(3 episodi, 1961)

Series Set Decoration by
Henry Grace		(116 episodi, 1959-1964)
H. Web Arrowsmith		(49 episodi, 1960-1962)
Robert R. Benton		(25 episodi, 1963-1964)
Rudy Butler		(21 episodi, 1959-1960)
F. Keogh Gleason		(20 episodi, 1960-1962)
Frank R. McKelvy		(13 episodi, 1963-1964)
Don Greenwood Jr.		(8 episodi, 1963)
Edward M. Parker		(5 episodi, 1963)
Jerry Wunderlich		(3 episodi, 1960-1964)
Arthur Jeph Parker		(3 episodi, 1960-1961)
Buck Henshaw		(3 episodi, 1961)
Budd Friend		(2 episodi, 1960)
George R. Nelson		(2 episodi, 1962)

Series Makeup Department
William Tuttle	....	makeup artist / makeup designer / ... (12 episodi, 1960-1964)

Series Production Management
Ralph W. Nelson	....	production manager (139 episodi, 1959-1964)
E. Darrell Hallenbeck	....	production manager (7 episodi, 1960-1961)
Sidney S. Van Keuren	....	production manager (6 episodi, 1960-1961)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
E. Darrell Hallenbeck	....	assistant director (53 episodi, 1960-1962)
Charles Bonniwell	....	assistant director (25 episodi, 1963-1964)
Edward O. Denault	....	assistant director (24 episodi, 1959-1960)
Carl 'Major' Roup	....	second assistant director (12 episodi, 1963-1964)
Marty Moss	....	assistant director (10 episodi, 1964)
Donald C. Klune	....	assistant director (9 episodi, 1960)
John D. Bloss	....	assistant director (9 episodi, 1963)
Ray DeCamp	....	assistant director (9 episodi, 1963)
Lindsley Parsons Jr.	....	assistant director (3 episodi, 1960-1961)
Kurt Neumann	....	assistant director (3 episodi, 1960)
Henry Weinberger	....	assistant director (2 episodi, 1960-1961)

Series Sound Department
Franklin Milton	....	sound (148 episodi, 1959-1964)
William Edmondson	....	sound (44 episodi, 1961-1962)
Joe Edmondson	....	sound (40 episodi, 1963-1964)
Van Allen James	....	sound effects editor (36 episodi, 1959-1960)
Philip Mitchell	....	sound (27 episodi, 1959-1964)
Jean G. Valentino	....	sound (21 episodi, 1959-1960)
Charles Scheid	....	sound (16 episodi, 1960-1961)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Tom D. Schamp	....	lighting director (6 episodi, 1960-1961)

Series Editorial Department
Robert J. Serling	....	technical advisor: aviation editor, United Press International (1 episodio, 1961)

Series Music Department
Van Cleave	....	conductor (8 episodi, 1961-1964)
Fred Steiner	....	conductor (7 episodi, 1960-1963)
Bernard Herrmann	....	conductor (6 episodi, 1959-1963)
Lud Gluskin	....	conductor (6 episodi, 1960-1964)
Jerry Goldsmith	....	conductor (4 episodi, 1960-1961)
Jeff Alexander	....	conductor (2 episodi, 1960-1964)
Tommy Morgan	....	conductor / music playing (2 episodi, 1962-1964)

Series Other crew
Richard P. McDonagh	....	story consultant (23 episodi, 1961-1962)
John Conwell	....	assistant to producer (18 episodi, 1963)
Jim Brady	....	technical director (6 episodi, 1960-1961)
James B. Clark	....	associate director (6 episodi, 1960-1961)

Società di produzione

• Cayuga Productions
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (in association with)

Distributori

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1959) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• AXN (????) (Japan) (TV)
• CBS Films (1965-1971)
• CBS/Fox (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Fuji Television Network (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD) (season 5)
• Kita Nihon Broadcasting (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Nihonkai Telecasting (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Paramount Television
• Radio Aoyama Television (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Radio Tohoku Television (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Super Channel (2003) (Japan) (TV)
• Viacom
• Yamagata Broadcasting (1960) (Japan) (TV)
• Yomiuri Television (1960) (Japan) (TV)

Altre società

• Liggett & Myers  original sponsor (Chesterfield cigarettes)
• Procter & Gamble  original sponsor (Lilt home perm, Crest toothpaste)

Alias:

"The Twilight Zone: The Original Series" (Australia)
"Twilight Zone" (USA) (new title)
"Ai confini della realtà" (Italy) [it]

Durata:

51 min (18 episodes) | 25 min (138 episodes)

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Divieti:

USA:TV-PG | Australia:M | Australia:PG | Argentina:13

Luoghi riprese:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Compagnia:

Cayuga Productions

Curiosità:

Although the phrase "Submitted for your approval" from Rod Serling's opening narration has come to be closely identified with the show (and is often used by Serling impressionists), it is actually heard in only three episodes: "Cavender is Coming" (from Season Three), "In Praise of Pip," and "A Kind of a Stopwatch" (both from Season Five).

Citazioni:

[Opening narration - season 3]
Narrator: You are traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!

Collegamenti:

Citato in "The Flash: Double Vision (#1.4)" (1990)

Colonna sonora:

Twilight Zone Theme

When It Worked, No TV Show Was (Or Is) More Imaginative

Rod Serling's distinctive approach gave "The Twilight Zone" a unique character that will always keep it among the best-remembered of all classic television shows. Not only that, but it set high goals for itself, and it took a lot of chances - and not chances in the phony, trivial sense in which a lot of more recent series "take chances" by resorting to unnecessarily provocative or indecent material that actually guarantees them attention and acclaim.

"The Twilight Zone" took chances by experimenting with many different kinds of stories and material, and by aiming to provide high-quality entertainment while simultaneously giving you something to think about. As a result, there were a few episodes that didn't quite click, and that seem odd or even dull. But when it worked - as it did a great deal of the time - no television show then or now was more imaginative.

In a short review, it would be impossible to list all of the memorable episodes, or even to cover the full range of the kinds of material that it used. There were chilling episodes like "To Serve Man", which is often remembered by those who saw it decades ago, and there were thought-provoking episodes like "In the Eye of the Beholder", which was also imaginatively filmed.

Many episodes relied primarily on a well-written and well-conceived story, while others, like "The Invaders", relied heavily on excellent acting performances (in that case, by Agnes Moorehead). There were occasional light-hearted episodes like "Once Upon a Time", which was also a nice showcase for the great Buster Keaton.

It's too bad that these anthology-style series went out of fashion, because a number of them were of high quality. This one, in particular, stands well above its subsequent imitators. The best science fiction, like the best of any genre or art form, appeals to the imagination, not to the senses, and imagination is what "The Twilight Zone" was all about.