Twilight Zone, The: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
About This Show
SPOILERS!: HIGHLIGHTED SOUND BITES do suggest you've seen this episode. Watch the episode below, then listen to what such talent as lead actor William Shatner, writer Richard Matheson, and director Richard Donner said about their experiences making this classic episode.
Aired on October 11, 1963, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" appeared in season five of The Twilight Zone. As William Shatner says in his Archive interview: "For some reason this episode seems to catch a twinge of some universal nightmare. People seem to remember it, and talk about it, and I get kidded about it even now about: 'Do you see anything on the wing of the airplane?'"
Credits:
Written by: Richard Matheson
Directed by: Richard Donner
Produced by: Bert Granet
Cast: William Shatner, Christine White, Edward Kemmer, Asa Maynor, Nick Cravat.
Resources
Links:
Archive of American Television's The Twilight Zone page.
"Nightmare" Shatner/Lithgow connection reference on "3rd Rock...." on YouTube.
Other classic full Twilight Zone episodes at CBS.COM.
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" page on wikipedia.
"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" on IMDb.
Collectable figure: Sideshow Gremlin From 'Nightmare At 20,000 Ft' 12 Inch Figure From Twilight Zone
Highlights
Richard Matheson on his inspiration for writing "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (00m 30s)- Richard Matheson on the structure of a Twilight Zone episode (00m 46s)
Director Richard Donner on the short shooting schedule of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (00m 54s)
William Shatner on the experience of filming "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," directed by Richard Donner (01m 06s)- Director Richard Donner on working with actor William Shatner on The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (00m 32s)
- Director Richard Donner on the practical joke played on him on the set of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" by star William Shatner and Edd Byrnes (actor and husband to "Nightmare" co-star Asa Maynor) (01m 11s)
- Richard Matheson on actor Nick Cravat as the Gremlin in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (00m 29s)
- Director Richard Donner on the technical challenges of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (00m 40s)
- William Shatner on the claustrophobic feeling he got shooting his episodes of The Twilight Zone (00m 21s)
- Director Richard Donner on the potential he saw in the script of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," and his own style of creating a reality for his work (00m 53s)
William Shatner on how his background doing farce onstage helped him on his guest appearance on 3rd Rock from the Sun playing the "Big Giant Head" (and his and John Lithgow's Twilight Zone connection) (02m 28s)- Richard Matheson on his opinion of the classic episode versus the feature film segment (00m 25s)
Richard Matheson on the legacy of The Twilight Zone (00m 45s)- William Shatner on the enduring popularity of "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (00m 38s)
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