Incredible stories
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Incredible stories |
| Original title | Amazing stories |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1985-1987 |
| Production company |
Universal Television , Amblin Entertainment |
| length | 25-30 minutes |
| Episodes | 47 in 2 seasons |
| genre |
Fantasy , horror , science fiction |
| idea | Steven Spielberg |
| production | David E. Vogel |
| music | John Williams |
| First broadcast | September 29, 1985 (USA) on NBC |
First publication in German |
March 8, 1993 on RTL 2 |
The Twilight Zone is an American fantasy - horror - and science fiction - television series by Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1987. It includes 47 episodes in two seasons and was broadcast on 8 March 1993 on German television for the first time. In 1991 three episodes were published in German on Laser Disc.
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In the Incredible Stories , the viewer should be carried away into the world of the supernatural with a mixture of humor and horror. The 47 episodes tell stories of ghost trains that drive through houses, of magical meteorites that magnetize a young man, of journeys into the past, of a magician who actually has clairvoyant skills and thus helps the police to catch a serial killer, from mysterious dolls to aliens landing in Hollywood or deadly toupees killing those who wear them because the hair came from a murderess. Sometimes astonishing and cleverly constructed coincidences up to comic stories from the realm of the imagination.
Episode list
season 1
| No. (total) |
No. (season) |
Title (Germany) |
Original title | Director | First broadcast (Germany) |
First broadcast (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The ghost train | Ghost train | Steven Spielberg | March 8, 1993 | September 29, 1985 |
| 2 | 2 | The meteor | The main attraction | Matthew Robbins | March 9, 1993 | October 6, 1985 |
| 3 | 3 | The last battle | Alamo Jobe | Michael D. Moore | March 10, 1993 | 20th October 1985 |
| 4th | 4th | The Mummy | Mummy daddy | William Dear | March 11, 1993 | October 27, 1985 |
| 5 | 5 | The emergency landing (1) | The Mission (Part 1) | Steven Spielberg | March 15, 1993 | 3rd November 1985 |
| 6th | 6th | The emergency landing (2) | The Mission (Part 2) | Steven Spielberg | March 16, 1993 | 3rd November 1985 |
| 7th | 7th | The clairvoyant | The Amazing Falsworth | Peter Hyams | March 17, 1993 | 5th November 1985 |
| 8th | 8th | The visitor | Fine tuning | Bob Balaban | March 18, 1993 | November 11, 1985 |
| 9 | 9 | The magic of cards | Mr. Magic | Donald Petrie | March 22, 1993 | 17th November 1985 |
| 10 | 10 | The heavenly ones | Guilt trip | Burt Reynolds | March 23, 1993 | 1st December 1985 |
| 11 | 11 | Out of control | Remote Control Man | Bob Clark | March 24, 1993 | December 8, 1985 |
| 12 | 12 | Santa Claus | Santa '85 | Phil Joanou | March 25, 1993 | December 15, 1985 |
| 13 | 13 | In love with art | Vanessa in the garden | Clint Eastwood | March 29, 1993 | December 29, 1985 |
| 14th | 14th | The taming | The sitter | Joan Darling | March 23, 1993 | 1st December 1985 |
| 15th | 15th | The hero | No day at the beach | Lesli Linka Glatter | March 31, 1993 | January 12, 1986 |
| 16 | 16 | Whoever digs a pit for another ... | One for the Road | Thomas Carter | April 1, 1993 | January 19, 1986 |
| 17th | 17th | The dreamer | Gather Ye Acorns | Norman Reynolds | April 5, 1993 | February 2, 1986 |
| 18th | 18th | Witty | Boo! | Joe Dante | April 6, 1993 | February 16, 1986 |
| 19th | 19th | coma | Dorothy and Ben | Thomas Carter | April 7, 1993 | March 2, 1986 |
| 20th | 20th | The phantom in the mirror | Mirror, mirror | Martin Scorsese | April 8, 1993 | March 9, 1986 |
| 21st | 21st | Hidden Camera | Secret Cinema | Paul Bartel | April 13, 1993 | April 6, 1986 |
| 22nd | 22nd | A deadly toupee | Hell toupee | Irvin Kershner | April 14, 1993 | April 13, 1986 |
| 23 | 23 | Liebemacher's dolls | The Doll | Phil Joanou | April 15, 1993 | May 5, 1986 |
| 24 | 24 | Knowledge is power | One for the Books | Lesli Linka Glatter | April 19, 1993 | May 11, 1986 |
| 25th | 25th | The spirit lives on | Grandpa's Ghost | Timothy Hutton | April 20, 1993 | May 25, 1986 |
season 2
| No. (total) |
No. (season) |
Title (Germany) |
Original title | Director | First broadcast (Germany) |
First broadcast (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th | 1 | The stolen ring | The wedding ring | Danny DeVito | April 21, 1993 | September 22, 1986 |
| 27 | 2 | The wrong formula | Miscalculation | Tom Holland | April 22, 1993 | September 29, 1986 |
| 28 | 3 | Grandfather's most beautiful day | Magic Saturday | Robert Markowitz | March 8, 1994 | October 6, 1986 |
| 29 | 4th | Everyone their nightmare | Welcome to my nightmare | Todd Holland | March 9, 1994 | October 13, 1986 |
| 30th | 5 | The plane crash | You gotta believe me | Kevin Reynolds | March 10, 1994 | October 20, 1986 |
| 31 | 6th | The monster from the storybook | The Greibble | Joe Dante | March 15, 1994 | 3rd November 1986 |
| 32 | 7th | The death row inmate | Life on Death Row | Mick Garris | March 16, 1994 | November 10, 1986 |
| 33 | 8th | The Unloved Teacher (1) | Go to the Head of the Class (Part 1) | Robert Zemeckis | March 17, 1994 | November 21, 1986 |
| 34 | 9 | The Unloved Teacher (2) | Go to the Head of the Class (Part 2) | Robert Zemeckis | March 22, 1994 | November 21, 1986 |
| 35 | 10 | The well inhabitants | Thanksgiving | Todd Holland | March 23, 1994 | November 24, 1986 |
| 36 | 11 | The miracle cure | The Pumpkin Competition | Norman Reynolds | March 24, 1994 | 1st December 1986 |
| 37 | 12 | The desired child | What if ...? | Joan Darling | March 29, 1994 | December 8, 1986 |
| 38 | 13 | Dead or alive | The Eternal Mind | J. Michael Riva | March 30, 1994 | December 29, 1986 |
| 39 | 14th | Time signals | Lane Change | Ken Kwapis | March 31, 1994 | January 12, 1987 |
| 40 | 15th | The new partner | Blue Man Down | Paul Michael Glaser | April 5, 1994 | January 19, 1987 |
| 41 | 16 | Lucy, the wonder plant | The 21 Inch Sun | Nick Castle | April 6, 1994 | 2nd February 1987 |
| 42 | 17th | Poor mutt | The Family Dog | Brad Bird | April 7, 1994 | February 16, 1987 |
| 43 | 18th | The creative one | Gershwin's drink | Paul Bartel | April 12, 1994 | February 13, 1987 |
| 44 | 19th | The new neighbors | Such interesting neighbors | Graham Baker | April 13, 1994 | February 20, 1987 |
| 45 | 20th | The return | Without Diana | Lesli Linka Glatter | April 14, 1994 | February 27, 1987 |
| 46 | 21st | An unusual move | Moving Day | Robert Stevens | April 19, 1994 | March 3, 1987 |
| 47 | 22nd | The competition | Miss Stardust | Tobe Hooper | April 20, 1994 | March 10, 1987 |
background
- The largely computer-generated opening credits were designed by Ron Cobb and James D. Bissell . The calculations were carried out by Robert Abel and Associates on a Powernode 9080 from Gould Electronics . This Unix-based computer was one of the first dual-CPU computers with shared memory and achieved a computing power of a maximum of 20 MIPS .
Awards
Emmy Award 1986
- The hairstylist Bernadette Parker won the award in the category "Outstanding Achievement In Hairstyling For A Series" with the episode "The Dreamer" (# 17 "Gather Ye Acorns")
- The cameraman John McPherson won the award in the category "Outstanding Cinematography For A Series" for the double episode "Die Notlandung" (# 5 and # 6 "The Mission")
- Actor John Lithgow won the award in the category “Outstanding Guest Performer In A Drama Series” for his role as “John Walters” in the episode “Liebemacher's Puppen” (# 23 “The Doll”)
- The sound engineers Wayne Allwine, Richard L. Anderson, James Christopher, George Frederick, Lettie Odney, John Stacy, Kenneth Wannberg , Burton Weinstein & Denise Whiting won with the double episode "Die Notlandung" (# 5 and # 6 "The Mission") in the category "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series"
- The costume designer James Cullen, Joseph Roveto, Jane Fame & Frances Vega were in the category "Outstanding Achievement in Costuming For A Series" for the episode "The Dreamer" (# 17 "Gather Ye Acorns") nominated
- As well as Carol Hybl, Danny North, Dee Dee Scarano, Sanford Slepak for the episode "Der Geisterzug" (# 1 "Ghost Train")
- The makeup artists Charles House & Michael G. Westmore were nominated for the episode "The Dreamer" (# 17 "Gather Ye Acorns") in the category "Outstanding Achievement In Makeup For A Series"
- Director Steven Spielberg was nominated for the double episode "Die Notlandung" (# 5 and # 6 "The Mission") in the category "Outstanding Directing In A Drama Series"
- Both the editor Steven Kemper with the double episode "Die Notlandung" (# 5 & # 6 "The Mission") and Joe Ann Fogle with the episode "Die Mumie" (# 4 "Mummy, Daddy") were each awarded for "Outstanding Editing For A Series (single camera production) ”nominated
Emmy Award 1987
- The make- up artists Fred Blau, Mark Bussan, Zoltan Elek, Charles House & Michael G. Westmore won the award for “Outstanding Achievement In Makeup For A Series” with the episode “The Return” (# 45 “Without Diana”)
- The cameraman John McPherson was with the two-part episode "The unloved teacher" (# 33 and # 34 "Go to the Head of the Class") nominated for the category "Outstanding Cinematography For A Series"
Further awards and nominations
- ASC Award: Cinematographer John McPherson was nominated in 1987 for the double episode “The Unloved Teacher” (# 33 and # 34 “Go to the Head of the Class”) in the “Regular Series” category
- Edgar Award : The author Mick Garris won 1986 with the episode "The Clairvoyant" (# 7 "The Amazing Falsworth") the award for the best episode of a television series
- Saturn Award : In 2007 the entire first season was nominated for the “Best Retro Television Series Release on DVD” award
German publications
- Movie with the episodes "The Mummy", "The Emergency Landing" and "The Unloved Teacher" (1987)
- Movie laser disc (1991)
- 8 VHS cassettes with 3 episodes each of the 1st and 2nd season of CIC-Video
- 2 DVD boxes each with 12 episodes of the 1st season of ems new media (2008)
- DVD of the movie (2010)
- Seasons 1 and 2 as SD on BluRay (DVD quality on BluRay) by Turbine Medien (2017)
New edition
A new edition of the same name by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz will appear on Apple TV + from March 8, 2020 .
Web links
- Amazing Stories in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Incredible stories in the online movie database
- Incredible stories in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Award History Search" on emmys.com
- ↑ Archive of the ASC Awards and Nominations ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Edgars Database"
