Twilight Zone, The: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
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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 Twlight 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.
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Video: The Twilight Zone: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" from Veoh.
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
![Richard Matheson on his inspiration for writing "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"](http://www.emmytvlegends.org/files/imagecache/interview_carousel_thumb/header-thumbs/3M4XLFDfGD8.jpg "Richard Matheson on his inspiration for writing "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet""){kind=small}
![Director Richard Donner on the short shooting schedule of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"](http://www.emmytvlegends.org/files/imagecache/interview_carousel_thumb/header-thumbs/pRXhCHWYbFk.jpg "Director Richard Donner on the short shooting schedule of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet""){kind=small}
![William Shatner on the experience of filming "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," directed by Richard Donner](http://www.emmytvlegends.org/files/imagecache/interview_carousel_thumb/header-thumbs/dSlXGq_DGHo.jpg "William Shatner on the experience of filming "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," directed by Richard Donner"){kind=small}
![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)](http://www.emmytvlegends.org/files/imagecache/interview_carousel_thumb/header-thumbs/KLn-T0b69lo.jpg "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)"){kind=small}
