The twilight zone. Season 1 [videorecording] / produced by Cayuga Productions, Inc. in association with the CBS Television Network ; produced by Buck Houghton.

"Dual layer format"--Container.

"Presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio"--Container.

Originally broadcast on television during the 1959-1960 season.

Recorded in Dolby digital mono.

Special features: audio commentaries by Earl Holliman, Martin Landau, Rod Taylor, Martin Milner, Kevin McCarthy, and William Self; vintage audio recollections with Burgess Meredith, Douglas Heyes, Richard L. Bare, Buck Houghton, Anne Francis and Richard Matheson; Rod Serling audio lectures from Sherwood Oaks College; isolated music scores featuring the legendary Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith and more; Rod Serling promos for "Next weeks show"; original unaired pilot version of "Where is everybody?" with Rod Serling's network pitch; rare Rod Serling blooper.

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Disc 1. episode 1. Where is everybody? (Oct. 2, 1959) / directed by Robert Stevens ; written by Rod Serling. episode 2. One for the angels (Oct. 9, 1959) / directed by Robert Parrish ; written and narrated by Rod Serling. episode 3. Mr. Denton on doomsday (Oct. 16, 1959) / directed by Allen Reisner ; written and narrated by Rod Serling. episode 4. The sixteen-millimeter shrine (Oct. 23, 1959) / directed by Mitchell Leisen ; written and narrated by Rod Serling. episode 5. Walking distance (Oct. 30, 1959) / directed by Robert Stevens ; written and narrated by Rod Serling. episode 6. Escape clause (Nov. 6, 1959) / directed by Mitchell Leisen ; written and narrated by Rod Serling. episode 7. The lonely (Nov. 13, 1959) / directed by Jack Smight ; written and narrated by Rod Serling -- disc 2. episode 8. Time enough at last (Nov. 20, 1959) / directed by John Brahm ; teleplay by Rod Serling ; based on a short story by Lynn Venable. episode 9. Perchance to dream (Nov. 27, 1959) / directed by Robert Florey ; written by Charles Beaumont. episode 10. Judgment night (Dec. 4, 1959) / directed by John Brahm ; written and narrated by Rod Serling. episode 11. And when the sky was opened (Dec. 11, 1959) / directed by Douglas Heyes ; teleplay by Rod Serling ; based on a short story by Richard Matheson. episode 12. What you need (Dec. 25, 1959) / directed by Alvin Ganzer ; teleplay by Rod Serling ; based on the short story by Lewis Padgett. episode 13. The four of us are dying (Jan. 1, 1960) / directed by John Brahm ; teleplay by Rod Serling ; based on a short story by George Johnson. episode 14. Third from the sun (Jan. 8, 1960) / directed by Richard L. Bare ; teleplay by Rod Serling ; based on the short story by Richard Matheson. episode 15. I shot an arrow into the air (Jan. 15, 1960) / directed by Stuart Rosenberg ; teleplay by Rod Serling ; based on the story by Madelon Champion --

Director of photography, Joseph LaShelle (episode 1), George T. Clemens (episodes 2-12, 14-22, 24-36), Harry Wild (episode 14), Harkness Smith (episode 23) ; editor, Roland Gross (episode 1), Lyle Boyer (episode 2), Bill Mosher (episodes 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 14-16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31, 33, 34), Joseph Gluck (episodes 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28, 30, 32, 35, 36), Fred Maguire (episodes 11, 25) ; music, Bernard Herrmann (episodes 1, 5, 7), Franz Waxman (episode 4), Leith Stevens (episode 8), Van Cleave (episodes 9, 12, 20, 23), Leonard Rosenman (episode 11), Jerry Goldsmith (episodes 13, 27, 29), Lucien Moraweck (episode 19), Rene Garriguenc (episode 22), Nathan Scott (episode 30), Lyn Murray (episode 32).

Earl Holliman, James Gregory, Ed Wynn, Murray Hamilton, Dana Dillaway, Jay Overholts, Merritt Bohn, Dan Duryea, Martin Landau, Jeanne Cooper, Malcolm Atterbury, Ken Lynch, Arthur Batanides, Bill Erwin, Robert Burton, Doug McClure, Ida Lupino, Martin Balsam, Jerome Cowan, Ted de Corsia, Alice Frost, Gig Young, Frank Overton, Irene Tedrow, Michael Montgomery, Ronnie Howard, David Wayne, Thomas Gomez, Virginia Christine, Raymond Bailey, Wendell Holmes, Dick Wilson, Joe Flynn, Nesden Booth, Jack Warden, John Dehner, Jean Marsh, Burgess Meredith, Vaughn Taylor, Jaqueline de Wit, Lela Bliss, Richard Conte, John Larch, Suzanne Lloyd, Nehemiah Persoff, Deirdre Owen, Patrick Macnee, Ben Wright, Leslie Bradley, Kendrick Huxham, Hugh Sanders, Richard Peel, Donald Journeaux, Barry Bernard, James Franciscus, Rod Taylor, James Hutton, Charles Aidman, Maxine Cooper, Paul Bryaw, Sue Randall, Joe Bassett, Steve Cochran, Ernest Truex, Harry Townes, Phillip Pine, Ross Martin, Dan Gordon, Harry Jackson, Bernard Fein, Peter Brocco, Milton Frome, Beverly Garland, Fritz Weaver, Edward Andrews, Joe Maross, Denise Alexander, Lori March, Jeanne Evans, Dewey Martin, Edward Binns, Ted Otis, Harry Bartell, Leslie Barrett, Inger Stevens, Adam Williams, Lew Gallo, Leonard Strong, Russ Bender, George Mitchell, Everett Sloane, Vivi Janiss, Kenneth Haigh, Alexander Scourby, Simon Scott, Robert Warwick, Harry Raybould, Jerry Catron, Dick York, William Reynolds, William Phipps, Barney Phillips, S. John Launer, Michael Vandever, Paul Mazursky, Marc Cavell, Warren Oates, Ron Masak, Cecil Kellaway, Jeff Morrow, Don Dubbins, Kevin Hagen, Vera Miles, Martin Milner, Joe Hamilton, Naomi Stevens, Therese Lyon, Ferris Taylor, Edwin Rand, Claude Akins, Barry Atwater, Jack Weston, Jan Handzlik, Howard Duff, David White, Frank Maxwell, Eileen Ryan, Gail Kobe, Peter Walker, Susan Dorn, William Idelson, Kevin McCarthy, Edgar Stehli, Estelle Winwood, Dody Heath, Roddy McDowall, Susan Oliver, Paul Comi, B

A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but most often having a wicked sense of humor and filled with unexpected twists.

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.