Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each of them being a new version of a classic story from Rod Serling's landmark television series.
- Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations
Rainer Peets
- German Officer (segment "Time Out")
- (as Remus Peets)
William S. Taylor
- G.I. (segment "Time Out")
- (as William B. Taylor)
Storyline
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- TriviaAs Vic Morrow was waiting to film what would turn out to be the scene that killed him, he allegedly said to a production assistant, "I must be out of my mind to be doing this. I should've asked for a stunt double. What can they do but kill me, right?!" While he was filming Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974), he insisted on having a $1 million life insurance policy before he would shoot any scenes involving the helicopter in which he was due to ride. He was very insistent, and when asked why, Morrow allegedly replied "I have always had a premonition I was going to die in a helicopter crash!"
- GoofsAn exterior shot of the airplane in Segment #4 shows the landing gear to be in the down position. The pilot later comments that the plane would be landing in twenty minutes, far too long for gear to be down prior to touchdown.
- Quotes
Car Passenger: Hey... you wanna see something really scary?
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 8 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
- SoundtracksNights Are Forever
Performed by Jennifer Warnes
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Lyrics by John Bettis
Produced by Bruce Botnick with James Newton Howard
[Segment #1: playing when William enters the bar]
Featured review
When I first watched this film at the age of seven, I must have been freaked out for weeks. Never had a movie had that kind of effect on my psyche, especially "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet." While some will label this as a bad film due to the fact it didn't faithfully reproduce the original stories very well. I say 'Who Cares!' Sometimes, fear and entertainment is all that one needs in regard to a cool movie such as this one. While it is certainly not a film that will rank highly in the greatest films of all time category, at least it proved this concept in story telling is pertinent today, even in today's cynical culture.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Al filo de la realidad
- Filming locations
- 15238 Victory Boulevard, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA(bar in segment #1; exterior & interior)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,450,919
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,614,366
- Jun 26, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $29,450,919
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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