The twilight zone. Vol. 3

DVD 1959

In Kick the can: A children's game somehow offers rejuvenative powers to an old man. In Steel: Lee Marvin's boxing robot breaks so he must enter the fight disguised as his own robot. In Game of pool: A young pool player finds himself playing against a long-dead master pool shark, with his life as the stakes. In Walking distance: An advertising agent visits his home town and slips thirty years into his childhood.

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Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
monochrome
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: PG ; not recommended for young children

Other Title:

Twilight zone (Television program : 1959-1964)

Notes:

Videodisc release of four episodes from the television series The twilight zone
Kick the can originally broadcast Feb. 9, 1962; Steel on Oct. 4, 1961; A game of pool on Oct. 13, 1961; Walking distance on Oct. 30, 1959
Special features: "Inside the Twilight zone", written by Marc Scott Zicree, author of the bestseller, 'The Twilight zone companion'; includes biographical information of Rod Serling; History of the Twilight zone; reviews of each episode; cast information and a season-by-season commentary
Written and narrated by Rod Serling
Steel: Lee Marvin, Joe Mantell
A game of pool: Jack Klugman, Jonathan Winters
Walking distance: Gig Young, Frank Overton
Kick the can: Ernest Truex, Russell Collins
DVD; NTSC; standard frame; Dolby digital; digitally remastered

Contents:

Kick the can [Episode 122] / produced by Buck Houghton ; written by George Clayton Johnson ; directed by Lamont Johnson
Steel [Episode 70] / produced by Bert Granet ; written by Richard Matheson ; directed by Don Weis
Game of pool [Episode 5] / produced by Buck Houghton ; written by George Clayton Johnson ; directed by Buzz Kulik
Walking distance [Episode 86] / directed by Robert Stevens ; written and narrated by Rod Serling ; produced by Buck Houghton

Control Number:

2474646

UPC:

014381898323

Other Authors:

CBS Television Network
Cayuga Productions
Collins, Russell, 1897-1965
Johnson, Lamont
Klugman, Jack
Kulik, Buzz
Mantell, Joe, 1915-2010
Marvin, Lee
Overton, Frank, 1918-1967
Serling, Rod, 1924-1975
Stevens, Robert, 1920-1989
Truex, Ernest, 1889-1973
Weis, Don, 1922-2000
Winters, Jonathan
Young, Gig, 1913-1978

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