1983 · 101 min · PG

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Name: Twilight Zone: The Movie
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Released: 1983
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Albert Brooks, Scatman Crothers, John Lithgow, Vic Morrow

Directed by John Landis, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg, George Miller · Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) is a Horror film, directed by John Landis, Joe Dante, Steven Spielberg, and George Miller set in France and Vietnam during the 1940s–1980s. It runs 101 minutes and is rated PG.

A psychological horror and creature feature, with a tense and surreal dreamlike tone. Themes of prejudice & racism, mortality & aging, and madness / loss of sanity play out through anthology and frame narrative.

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography

Allen DaviauJohn HoraStevan Larner

Cast

Dan AykroydAlbert BrooksScatman CrothersJohn LithgowVic MorrowKathleen QuinlanCharles HallahanDoug McGrath

The world of this film

Setting

Where

France Vietnam

Setting

Urban Rural Wilderness

When

1940s 1960s 1980s

Premise & themes

Premise

Psychological Horror Creature Feature

Themes

Prejudice & Racism Mortality & Aging Madness / Loss Of Sanity

Structure

Anthology Frame Narrative Metafiction

Tone

TenseSurreal Dreamlike

Shape

Protagonist

Ensemble

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Based on

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