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 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.

Highlights
Richard Matheson on his opinion of the classic episode versus the feature film segment
00:25
Richard Matheson on the legacy of The Twilight Zone
00:45
Who talked about this show

Richard Donner

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Richard Donner on the short shooting schedule of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
00:54
Richard Donner on the technical challenges of The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
01:21
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) 
01:25
Richard Donner on working with actor William Shatner on The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
00:37
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
00:53
Richard Donner on the legacy of The Twilight Zone
03:34

William Froug

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William Froug on production on The Twilight Zone episode "The Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
01:34

Richard Matheson

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Richard Matheson on his opinion of the classic episode versus the feature film segment
00:25
Richard Matheson on his inspiration for writing "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
00:30
Richard Matheson on actor Nick Cravat as the Gremlin in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
00:25
Richard Matheson on the structure of a Twilight Zone episode
00:44
Richard Matheson on the legacy of The Twilight Zone
00:44

William Shatner

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William Shatner on appearing in the Twilight Zone episodes "Nick of Time" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", both written by Richard Matheson
06:03
William Shatner on the experience of filming the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with director Richard Donner
01:16
William Shatner on the experience of filming the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" with director Richard Donner
01:16

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