The Twilight Zone: Vol. 7 | 
| Actor: Rod Serling
Studio: Panasonic
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Format: Black & White, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 100
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 8987
ISBN: 6305302316
UPC: 607865100700
EAN: 9786305302315
ASIN: 6305302316
Theatrical Release Date: October 2, 1959
Release Date: March 2, 1999
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Episodes: "Perchance to Dream" (Ep. 9, November 27, 1959) - A man (Richard Conte) is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die. His pursuer? A mysterious vixen he meets in his dreams! The first non-Rod Serling script of the series. "The Hitch-Hiker" (Ep. 16, January 22, 1960) - Alone on a cross-country trip, Nan Adams (Inger Stevens) has a blowout. Surviving the incident, she gets back on the road--only to see the same hitch-hiker everywhere she looks! "King Nine Will Not Return" (Ep. 37, September 20, 1960) - WWII Captain James Embry (Robert Cummings) finds himself next to a crashed plane in a vast desert. Where is his crew? And why are futuristic jet planes flying overhead? "Shadow Play" (Ep. 62, May 5, 1961) - Trapped in a recurring nightmare, a man (Dennis Weaver) tries to persuade those who are sentencing him to death that the whole scenario is not real. Will they ever listen?
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 Clever dream-like episodes September 24, 2008
All of these episodes make references to dreams. In "Shadow Play," a convincted man claims his sentence and execution is a dream. Watch for the white horse prop in the D.A.'s living room that makes an appearance in "The Jungle" and "A Most Unusual Camera." In "King Nine Will Not Return," Cummings suffers a nightmare -- and was later pissed because Serling would not submit the episode for Emmy consideration. Cummings could have played the role in Serling's "The Loner" had relations not been severed. "Perchance to Dream" is the first of Charles Beaumont's clever stories and a man who suffers from a recurring dream. Suzanne Lloyd, who played Maya, the Cat Girl, spent hours watching tigers and lions at a zoo to imitate the actions of a cat for this episode. "The Hitch-Hiker," well . . . better than give away a bit of trivia, go to bear manor media (dot) com and look up The Twilight Zone (biography) and read up on it.
Trivia above supplied not from the DVD, but from the book, "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic" because the 800 plus page book is a P-E-R-F-E-C-T companion to the DVD. Before or after you watch an episode, you can use the book to uncover the in-jokes, bloopers and trivia that make viewing these episodes fun. Both are available on Amazon.
"The Hitch-Hiker" Wins First Prize On This DVD! November 23, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This 7th volume of "The Twilight Zone" series of DVDs issued by Image Entertainment, Inc., is a first-rate installment. Two of these four half-hour "TZ" episodes are a couple of the best in the Rod Serling TV series, IMHO. Those two episodes being: "The Hitch-Hiker", starring the lovely Inger Stevens, and "Shadow Play" with Dennis Weaver.
The other two programs on the disc are "Perchance To Dream" and "King Nine Will Not Return". Both earn an "OK" rating by yours truly, but fall short of the quality of the other two programs on the DVD.
Video quality is excellent on all of these Image Twilight Zone discs, with very good audio quality as well. Video is displayed in the standard TV ratio of 1.33:1; while the audio is in 2.0 Dolby Digital Mono.
The 1960 tension-filled TZ classic episode, "The Hitch-Hiker", stars 25-year-old Swedish beauty Inger Stevens, who tragically committed suicide at age 35 in April 1970. Inger plays "Nan Adams", who is driving alone across the country and keeps seeing the same shabbily-dressed hitch-hiker along the roadside. She can't seem to shake him. He's always there, no matter how fast she drives to elude him. It's an absorbing and effectively-told tale of one woman's growing fear and apprehension. The hitch-hiker's final line of dialogue caps off the episode in fine fashion. One of THE best "Zones" ever made.
Ironically, "The Hitch-Hiker" in many ways mirrors the plot of the 1971 Steven Spielberg TV-movie, "Duel", which starred Dennis Weaver, who just happens to be the star of the other top-notch episode on this TZ DVD.
"Shadow Play", as noted, is my other fave on this platter. It is "Zone" episode #62, airing in May of 1961. Dennis Weaver portrays the tortured death-row prisoner "Adam Grant". It's not physical torture that Mr. Grant is forced to endure, but rather a mental agony, stemming from his own horror-filled dreams of being put to death -- over and over again. This is yet another excellent TZ script, and Weaver is simply outstanding in his role here as a man who cannot escape his persistent nightmare.
Chalk up Volume 7 as another winner in the Image Entertainment series of "Twilight Zone" Digital Discs.
 Three good episodes, one is fair June 13, 2004
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Perchance to Dream - Man has been awake for 4 days because he fears a dream-induced death. One of my favorite episodes.The Hitch Hiker - Woman driving cross-country keeps passing the same hitch-hiker. Phones home and gets chilling message. So-so. King Nine will not Return - Pilot Bob Cummings crash lands in the African desert in 1943 - but where is his crew? Wakes up in hospital 17 years later. Reminiscent of the TV-movie "Sole Survivor" which is not out on DVD :-( Good one. Shadow Play - Dennis Weaver is trapped in his nightmare of repeatedly being put to death for murder. In each repetition, the supporting actors change roles. Neat.
Great DVD January 20, 2004
Perchance to Dream- Good episode, it got a little tedious at some parts though. (***)Hitch Hiker- Great episode! Very good ending. (****) King Nine will not Return- I liked it. A lot of people seem to not. (***) Shadow Play- Good episode. Made you think. (***)
The illusion of reality that we find in "The Twilight Zone" May 21, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The illusion of reality is explored in Volume 7 of "The Twilight Zone." In "Perchance to Dream," written by Charles Beaumont from his own short story, Edward Hall (Richard Conte) tells his psychiatrist (John Larch) about nightmarish dreams in which Maya (Suzanne Lloyd), a carnival dancer, is trying to scare him to death. Because of a heart condition, if the dreams do not kill Hall, trying to stay awake will. Beaumont continues his exploration of dreams in "Shadow Play," which features a memorable performance by Dennis Weaver as Adam Grant, a condemned prisoner who will be executed. Grant insists he is having a recurring nightmare and that when he dies everyone else will cease to exist. In Rod Serling's "King Nine Will Not Return," Captain James Embry (Bob Cummings) wakes up besides the wreckage of his B-25 bomber, "King Nine," and frantically searches for his crew as odd visions persist. Inger Stevens and Leonard Strong turn in strong performances as Nan Adams and the title character in Serling's "The Hitch-Hiker," based on the radio play of that name by Lucille Fletcher. Following a blowout, Nan repeatedly sees the same hitch-hiker as she travels along the highway. Since this is, after all, the Twilight Zone, we all know the true identity of the hitch-hiker. The two Beaumont Zones are superior the pair of Serling efforts, although none of the four really qualify as outright classics. Still, this is an interesting "theme" volume in this DVD set.
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