"The Twilight Zone" Death Ship (1963)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Don Medford

Escritores:

Richard Matheson (writer)
Rod Serling (creator)

Series de televisión:

"The Twilight Zone" (1959)

Fecha de lanzamiento original:

7 febrero 1963 (Temporada 4, Episodio 6)

Género:

Drama | Fantasía | Horror | Misterio | Ciencia-Ficción | Suspenso

Plot:

A interplanetary expedition from earth finds an exact duplicate of their ship and themselves crashed on the planet they were surveying. Should they stay or risk taking off and crashing? |

Plot Keywords:

Planet | Spaceship | Vision Of The Future | Based On Short Story | Astronaut

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Mind-Blowing Spaceship Show

Reparto

Jack Klugman	...	Capt. Paul Ross
Ross Martin	...	Lt. Ted Mason
Fred Beir	...	Lt. Mike Carter (as Fredrick Beir)
Mary Webster	...	Ruth Mason
Ross Elliott	...	Kramer
Sara Taft	...	Mrs. Nolan
Tammy Marihugh	...	Jeannie Mason

Duración:

51 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Locaciones de Filmación:

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

Compañía:

Cayuga Productions

Trivialidades:

Some of the score was taken from Jerry Goldsmith's music used in the episode "Back There".

Conexiones de Película:

Version of Countdown (2009/I)

Mind-Blowing Spaceship Show

The spaceship from Forbidden Planet is used again. I even think of this as Forbidden Planet 2...well almost. This is all about a pain-in-the-bum Captain (Jack Klugman) who can't understand what is going on with his "death ship". I first viewed this episode when I was 17 (in 1983) and it never really escaped my memory...the closing narration plays in my head whenever I encounter stupid people doing the same thing all the time. But is the episode a classic? No. The teaser, act one and the end are classic but a good part of it is crap. It feels like a 51 minute episode that should of been a 25 minute show.

It gets high marks for the use of stock Jerry Goldsmith music played during the bit where Klugman glares at the dead crew. And, as I said, the closing narration is a mind-blower.

I love spaceship shows on television and Death Ship would have to go down as one of the first produced to really capture my imagination. Twilight Zone was not the only series to steal from Forbidden Planet, it is common knowledge that Star Trek/Lost In Space stole from Forbidden Planet but the underground city in The Time Tunnel pilot (1966) was designed after the underground city seen in Forbidden Planet.