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The Twilight Zone, Vol. 38

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381895520
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 12, 2000
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 84099
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1962



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Episodes: 'The Gift' (Episode 97, April 27, 1962) - An alien who crash-lands into a remote mountain village stirs up the inhabitants fears and animosity, but he befriends a little boy and gives him a mysterious present. 'Young Man's Fancy' (Episode 99, May 11, 1964) - When a newlywed couple briefly return to the groom's childhood home, the ties of the past prove too strong to resist. 'The Incredible World of Horace Ford' (Episode 117, April 18, 1963, 50 min.) - Toy designer Horace Ford (Pat Hingle) spends most of his time reminiscing about his idyllic childhood. But when he gets the chance to go back to those years, he gets a bitter taste of reality.

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The wonders and perils of childhood form the framework for this excursion to the middle ground between light and shadow. All three episodes are second-string efforts that hint at the creative downward spiral the series would take in the third season.

'The Gift': A mysterious gift bestowed upon a young Mexican boy by a dying space traveler is discovered too late to have miraculous powers. The episode, originally written prior to filming the show's pilot episode, travels the same thematic path as Serling's 'The Shelter' and 'The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,' but to lesser effect. Vladimir Sokoloff's empathetic performance and a score by classical guitarist Laurindo Almeida are highlights; future director Paul Mazursky appears as a military officer.

'Young Man's Fancy': A newlywed (Phyllis Thaxter) struggles to overcome the influence--and spirit--of her husband's dead mother. Despite Thaxter's finely pitched performance, this is a muted effort from writer Richard Matheson, who disliked the end result.

'The Incredible World of Horace Ford': Based on a Studio One production by Twelve Angry Men author Reginald Rose, this hour-long episode from the fourth season follows an immature toy designer (Pat Hingle), whose visits to the neighborhood of his youth teach him that childhood nostalgia is often far from the truth. Hingle is alternately moving and grating, which blunts his final lesson, but Rose's script (which originally had a more downbeat ending) is affecting and dramatic.

As with the previous volumes, Image's DVD also includes episode commentary and a history of the series by Twilight Zone historian Marc Scott Zicree. --Paul Gaita



Customer Reviews
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent Series
I have a whole stack of episodes from this series.I wouldn't say every episode is brilliant,but some ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Horace Ford Saves Two Unrealized Episodes
`THE GIFT' and `YOUNG MAN'S FANCY' are two episodes that should have been much better. `THE GIFT' written ... Read More


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