The Twilight Zone
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And When the Sky Was OpenedEpisode Number: 11 Season Num: 1 First Aired: December 11, 1959 Prod Code: 173-3611 |
Three astronauts have returned from this first space flight. Major Gart is hospitalized with a broken leg. The other two, Colonels Harrington and Forbes head for a bar. Harrington gets a strange feeling…
| Writer: | Rod Serling, Richard Matheson |
| Director: | Douglas Heyes |
| Star: | Rod Serling (Narrator/Host), Rod Taylor (Col. Clegg Forbes), Charles Aidman (Col. Ed Harrington), Jim Hutton (Major William Gart) |
| Guest Star: | Maxine Cooper (Amy), Sue Randall (The Nurse), Paul Bryar (Bartender), Joe Bassett (Medical Officer), Gloria Pall (Girl at the Bar), Elizabeth Fielding (Blonde Nurse) |
Included on volume 16 of Image-Entertainment's DVD collection.
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This episode is based on the short story "Disappearing Act" by Richard Matheson. The story was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (March, 1953).
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(Closing Narration)
Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a man named Harrington, a man named Forbes, a man named Gart. They used to exist, but don't any longer. Someone or something took them somewhere. At least they are no longer a part of the memory of man. And as to the X-20 supposed to be housed here in this hangar, this too does not exist. And if any of you have any questions concerning an aircraft and three men who flew her, speak softly of them, and only in the Twilight Zone. (edit) (Opening Narration)
Narrator: Her name: X-20. Her type: an experimental interceptor. Recent history: a crash landing in the Mojave Desert after a thirty-one hour flight nine hundred miles into space. Incidental data: the ship, with the men who flew her, disappeared from the radar screen for twenty-four hours. But the shrouds that cover mysteries are not always made out of a tarpaulin, as this man will soon find out on the other side of a hospital door. (edit)
Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a man named Harrington, a man named Forbes, a man named Gart. They used to exist, but don't any longer. Someone or something took them somewhere. At least they are no longer a part of the memory of man. And as to the X-20 supposed to be housed here in this hangar, this too does not exist. And if any of you have any questions concerning an aircraft and three men who flew her, speak softly of them, and only in the Twilight Zone. (edit) (Opening Narration)
Narrator: Her name: X-20. Her type: an experimental interceptor. Recent history: a crash landing in the Mojave Desert after a thirty-one hour flight nine hundred miles into space. Incidental data: the ship, with the men who flew her, disappeared from the radar screen for twenty-four hours. But the shrouds that cover mysteries are not always made out of a tarpaulin, as this man will soon find out on the other side of a hospital door. (edit)
Following Col. Forbes' flashback in the majors room. The Colonel looks into the mirror and sees he is not there, only you can still see his arm in the mirror
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And When the Sky Was OpenedSuperb "Cleverly plotted" One of the best episodes written by Rod Serling. Continue » Posted Jul 20, 2006 2:03 pm PST |
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