Home Page
Contact Us
Search Page
Links Page
Top DVDs
Action
Adam Sandler
Anne Bancroft
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Cary Grant
Christian
Classics
Comedy
Cult Movies
Disney Animated
Documentary
Drama
Fitness, Yoga
Horror
Jackie Chan
Jim Carrey
John Wayne
Kids, Family
Mel Gibson
Music Video
Mystery
New Age
Sandra Bullock
Science Fiction
Sports
Steve McQueen
Sylvester Stallone
Television
Tom Cruise
Twilight Zone
Westerns
Top Videos
Action
Christian
Classics
Comedy
Cult Movies
Documentary
Drama
Fitness, Yoga
Horror
Kids, Family
Music Video
Mystery
Peter Cushing
Science Fiction
Sports
Television
Westerns
|
|
Buy Used/3rdParty
More product information
Find VHS version
Find Movie Posters
|
The Twilight Zone: Vol. 23
Our Price: $9.99
DVD - 18 April, 2000
Image Entertainment
NR (Not Rated)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Black & White
- Color
- DVD-Video
- NTSC
Related Areas: Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Movie, Science Fiction, TV Shows / TV Movie, Television |
|
|
| DVD Description An above-average edition in the Twilight Zone DVD collection, Volume 23 begins with "Long Live Walter Jameson," starring Kevin McCarthy as a Methuselah-like history teacher whose lessons are based on personal experience--but his secret of longevity is discovered with fateful results. McCarthy's climactic aging scene marked a milestone in TV makeup effects, and it's still dramatically effective. The same can't be said for "Dead Man's Shoes," a typical episode in which a Bowery bum (Warren Stevens) steals the shoes off the body of a murdered gangster, and instantly assumes the dead man's identity, thus assuming his role in a deadly cycle of fate. It was a good idea in 1962, but the pulpy plot and characters were hokey even then. "You Drive" is an enjoyable fifth-season episode starring stalwart character actor Edward Andrews as a hit-and-run driver who is relentlessly badgered by his driverless car, which honks its horn, chases him, and wreaks havoc with the man's guilty conscience. A precursor to Stephen King's Christine, this offbeat episode offered ample proof that the latter-day Twilight Zone still had a knack for capitalizing on simple ideas. Likewise "The Long Morrow" offers a tragic twist on the effects of long-term space travel. Removing himself from deep freeze, spacefaring astronaut Robert Lansing ages normally while his Earthbound lover (Mariette Hartley) awaits his return in suspended animation. Thanks to some subtle acting by '60s TV veterans Lansing and Hartley, the episode's payoff is still poignantly effective; ironically, CBS announced The Twilight Zone's cancellation shortly after this episode aired. --Jeff Shannon |
| Customer Reviews
Still Great After 3+ Decades I bought this for "Long Live Walter Jameson" and "The Long Morrow." They're still great after 30+ years. These DVD's are a great bargain.
Weak and Shameful First and foremost, these all have great ideas (the Shoes and Walter Jameson, at least), but all are horribly done. Bad dialogue, (which is one of the main reasons I watch TZ) saturates everything, not to mention the shifty acting.
Long Live Walter Jameson is the reason I bought this DVD. Being a huge fan of TZ and owning several DVD's I must say this is the weakest set of episodes I have seen yet.
Long Live Walter Jameson was much worse than I remember it being after seeing it on tv. Sure, the idea is brilliant, but the dialogue is weak, and quite simply, again, bad acting.
Ok, so Walter Jameson is the best on the DVD and I would give it a 2 1/2. The Shoes, a 2 the other two, -1's...
Sorry guys, but this is a dud, I was so blown away by how bad they were that I had to write this.
Long Live Walter Jameson - One of the best in the series! The original Twilight Zone is my all-time favorite TV series, ahead of Seinfeld and the original Star Trek. And this volume contains one of my Top 5 TZ episodes of all time (Long Live Walter Jameson).
Long Live Walter Jameson - Absolutely first rate and fascinating story of a 2000 year-old man (brilliantly played by Kevin McCarthy of the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers) with amazing special effects for a show produced in the 1960's.
Dead Man's Shoes - Interesting story with a solid performances.
You Drive - An average TZ episode with a nice morality twist.
The Long Morrow - Touching love story with an ironic ending.
|
|
Amazon.Com prices and availability subject to change.
|
|
|
