This is one of Matheson’s favourite episodes, praising Donner’s direction and Shatner’s performance, but despising the appearance of the monster itself. Directed by Richard Donner from a script by Richard Matheson starring William Shatner & Christine White. #123 NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET – Recovering from a recent nervous breakdown, a man becomes convinced that a monster only he can see is damaging the plane he’s flying in. Real Steel (2011) starring Hugh Jackman is supposedly based on Matheson’s short story, though screenwriter John Gatins sets the first half of the film in regional America and annoyingly adds a small boy and an upbeat conclusion. His potential for tenacity and optimism continues as always, to outfight, outpoint and outlive any and all changes made by his society, for which three cheers and a unanimous decision rendered from The Twilight Zone.” Directed by Don Weis from a script by Richard Matheson starring Lee Marvin & Joe Mantell. Proof also of something else: that no matter what the future brings, man’s capacity to rise to the occasion will remain unaltered. “Portrait of a losing side, proof positive that you can’t out-punch machinery. To replace his broken client, the manager decides to enter the ring and replace him. #122 STEEL – In the near future, professional boxing has been outlawed and is performed by mechanical robots. Mumy appeared in two other episodes: It’s A Good Life and Long Distance Call. Klugman appeared in three other episodes: A Game Of Pool, A Passage For Trumpet and Death Ship. Filmed on location at the Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, this episode was one of the first American television dramas to mention the growing war in Vietnam, actually opening in Vietnam with a wounded Pip being brought into a M*A*S*H unit. Newman from a script by Rod Serling starring Jack Klugman & Billy Mumy. When a young gambler uses company funds to bet with Max, then loses everything, Max returns his money, angering Max’s bosses. His only pride is his son Pip, currently serving in the US Armed Forces in Vietnam. #121 IN PRAISE OF PIP – In the early sixties, small-time bookie Max Phillips hates his life. You’ve just crossed over into… The Twilight Zone.” You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound a dimension of sight a dimension of mind. “You unlock this door with the key of imagination.
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