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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305669395
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305669392
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: April 03, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 39739
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: October 02, 1959



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Episodes: 'One for the Angels' (Ep. 2, October 9, 1959) - A salesman (Ed Wynn) cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place. Only the salesman's greatest pitch can save her! 'The Man in the Bottle' (Ep. 38, October 7, 1960) - A discontented curio shop owner thinks he's finally found happiness when a genie he discovers in an old bottle grants him four wishes. But be careful what you wish for. 'The Arrival' (Ep. 67, September 22, 1961) - A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing! When a veteran FAA investigator is called upon to solve the mystery, his own past provides the answer. 'In Praise of Pip' (Ep. 121, September 27, 1963) - An alcoholic bookie (Jack Klugman) regrets that he wasn't a better father to his son, Pip (Bill Mumy), critically wounded in South Vietnam. A visit to an amusement park gives them both a second chance.

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Volume 14 of The Twilight Zone on DVD is a wall-to-wall tribute to series creator Rod Serling. All four TV episodes represented here are original ideas scripted by Serling himself, with his strengths--and some of his weaknesses--on display. 'One for the Angels' was the second episode broadcast in the series and demonstrates Serling's sentimental streak: an aging street peddler (former vaudevillian Ed Wynn) is confronted by Death (Murray Hamilton, bearing a curious resemblance to Serling), but strikes a clever deal to forestall his demise. Ah, but there's always a catch... 'The Man in the Bottle' is a variation on the old genie-in-a-magic-lamp number, except that this time the elegant genie comes out of an ordinary wine bottle. Luther Adler plays a bitter antique store owner who learns his lesson in four short wishes. Not much of an episode, really, but the punch line to the third wish is one of those startling twists that stuck in the collective imagination of Zone fans everywhere. The eerie 'Arrival' indulges Serling's fondness for aviation stories, as a DC-3 pulls into a hangar with not a soul aboard--not even the pilot. Like many of Serling's tales, it follows the theme of regret, which also hangs heavy in 'In Praise of Pip,' the opening episode of the series' fifth and final broadcast year, 1963. A two-bit bookie (Jack Klugman) reflects on his wasted life when he learns that his son is near death on a Vietnam battlefield. Although the episode is derivative of Serling's previous efforts on the same topic, this one does provide a glimpse of two actors who appeared frequently on the Zone, Klugman and kid actor Billy Mumy. Klugman's anguished aside about Vietnam ('There isn't even supposed to be a war going on there, and my kid is dying') may well be American popular culture's first, hesitant questioning of a war that would soon bloom into a national nightmare. --Robert Horton



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Super Dooper !!!
An absolute must for fans of the Twilight Zone. These are the greatst stories ever told. A must have!!


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - WISHES AND REQUESTS
The theme of this quartet of mostly lackluster episodes is "The Mind's Endless Dimensions". The first, "One ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great stories, wonderful performances!
"One for the Angels" and "In Praise of Pip" alone justify buying this DVD. The former is a charming folktale ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Four Wonderful Episodes that Demonstrate Serling's Talent
Any one of these episodes could serve to demonstrate the craft as well as the concern for humanity that always ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Another Great twilight zone DVD
I won't waste space by describing the synopsis and content of the DVD and focus on the episodes itself. One for ... Read More

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