"The Twilight Zone" (1959)Series de televisión 1959-1964

Creator:

Rod Serling

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

2 octubre 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Horror | Mystery | 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:

Surrealism | Poetic Justice | Moral | Anthology | Supernatural

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 8 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The true beginning of modern Science Fiction

US TV Schedule:

Mon. May 19	5:00 AM	SCIFI	The Shelter	#3.3
Mon. May 19	5:30 AM	SCIFI	The After Hours	#1.34

Cast

Rod Serling

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

También conocida como:

The Twilight Zone: The Original Series (Australia)
Twilight Zone (USA) (new title)
Dimensión desconocida, La (Argentina) [es]
En los límites de la realidad (Spain) [es]

Duración:

60 min (18 episodes) | 30 min (138 episodes)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Cayuga Productions

Trivialidades:

Rod Serling was ranked #1 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (1 August 2004 issue).

Quotes:

[Opening narration - season 3, season 1 alternate]
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!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy (2002) (V)

Soundtrack:

Twilight Zone Theme

The true beginning of modern Science Fiction

Wow! Where should I start? "The Twilight Zone" is arguably the greatest science fiction television show ever! Almost every single episode is a masterpiece of modern Sci-Fi. I feel "The Twilight Zone" is responsible for the way we view science fiction today...provocative, strangely eerie, and wildly entertaining. The shows creator and writer, Rod Sterling, was a master of creating a show that caused you to stop and think, re-examine reality, consider the impossible, check the closet before going to bed, and sleep with the lights on! I watched this program religiously as a child. Every Saturday night I had to bribe my little brother to stay up and watch "The Twilight Zone" with me because I was afraid to watch it alone. It came on at 11:00 p.m. By 10:45 my little brother was sound asleep with chocolate smeared around his mouth, and I would be alone, curled in a blanket, awaiting the next spine tingling episode. I was never disappointed. By the time it went off, I would usually be sitting there alone...in a comatose-like daze, staring at the static on the television screen, too afraid to turn it off because to do so would ensure that you met with some hideous fate similar to the one you just saw earlier. "The Twilight Zone" was also a spring board for many young and talented actors/actresses during its run from the late 50's well into the 60's.

Thanks to mail order companies, I have ordered and received every single episode of "The Twilight Zone"! It would be impossible for me to say which episode is my absolute favorite because I loved so many. But a couple do stick out in my mind. They are "Time Enough At Last" and "Eye Of The Beholder". If you've never watched this wonderful example of television at it's best, I plead with you to check it out. It can be found on the Sci-Fi channel as well as various other stations via cable T.V. There's no sex, no foul language, and no graphic violence. But you will find a solid plot, famous actors/actresses years before before they became famous, and a story with a very surprising twist at the end that will leave a smile on your face, or, a cringe as you wake up your someone else in the house to turn off the T.V.