Treasures of The Twilight Zone

Product Description ------------------- Three episodes from Rod Serling's classic, groundbreaking series exploring the fantastic and the frightening. Episodes: Where Is Everybody? (Ep. 1, October 2, 1959) - Mike Ferris (Earl Holliman) finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched. The premiere episode of the series. The Encounter (Ep. 151, May 1, 1964) - Fenton, a WWII veteran, proudly show his captured samurai to Arthur Takamuri, a young Japanese/American gardener--who picks it up and instantly know he must kill his host! A rare and much sought-after non-syndicated episode! An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ep. 142, February 28, 1964) - A Confederate is spared death when the rope meant to hang him miraculously breaks. Or does it? This French short subject, aired once on The Twilight Zone, was the 1963 Academy Award winner for Best Short Film. .com ---- From the tinkling avante-garde drone of the opening theme, The Twilight Zone promises a journey into the unknown. The mix of science fiction, the macabre, and O. Henry twists compel viewers to this day, and decades after Rod Serling's accled CBS-TV series left the air it remains one of the great cult classics of all time. Treasures of the Twilight Zone presents a collection of rarities that were frequently excluded from the show's syndication package. The pilot episode "Where Is Everybody?" stars Earl Holliman wandering through an empty ghost town seeking someone, anyone, to break his isolation. The volatile, edgy study in racism, "The Encounter," with Neville Brand and George Takei was pulled from syndication after its initial showing. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," the show's memorable swan song, was the only episode created outside of Serling's production company and his creative control, an award-winning short film from France by Robert Enrico. The real treasures of this Twilight Zone DVD, however, remain two of its compelling supplements. A thoughtful 1959 interview with Rod Serling (from the TV show The Mike Wallace Interview) cuts through the usual small talk to get to the business of writing for TV, from the creative process to commercial compromises and sponsor-driven censorship, and the original "pitch" film made for sponsors features Rod Serling using simple props in brilliantly inventive ways to explain his vision for the series. --Sean Axmaker

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