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Original title: The Twilight Zone: A Penny for Your Thoughts. *The other episodes: “The Whole Truth”, “Still Valley”, and “I Sing the Body Electric”.įor a daily dose of Serling, you can follow me on Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest. The Twilight Zone: A Penny for Your Thoughts (TV) is a film directed by James Sheldon with Dick York, June Dayton, Dan Tobin, Cyril Delevanti. If it were up to Anthony, we’d have nothing but dinosaurs to watch every night. Episode 2.16 A Penny for Your Thoughts Original air date: FebruWriter: George Clayton Johnson Director: James Sheldon Rating: 8/10 If you’ve been following my reviews, you’ll. As Heyes later said, “Rod encouraged you to do whatever you thought would be imaginative with his scripts.”įortunately for us, “television’s elite” were up to the challenge. It was the direct result of Serling’s determination to hire the best people, then turn them loose to do what they did best.
Almost every TZ was expertly helmed by a true professional. “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” without the directorial flare of Richard Donner. “The Dummy” without the tilted camera angles that Abner Biberman used in the alley sequence when Willie is tormenting poor Jerry. Try to imagine “The Howling Man” without the transformation-between-the-pillars scene that Douglas Heyes insisted on. Other talented directors brought a sharp visual style to the Zone. Blackmail is an act, often criminal, involving unjustified threats to make a gainmost commonly money or propertyor cause loss to another unless a demand is met. So in a sense, whenever one of us does an impression of his trademark “You’re a bad man!” scene, we’re paying tribute to Sheldon. A Penny for Your Thoughts (The Twilight Zone) and Bermuda He heightens the tension of Serling’s script by focusing on the anxiety-ridden faces of his actors, bringing us every nervous glance and tight-lipped stare.Īnd when Anthony finally turns Dan Hollister into a jack-in-the-box, Sheldon contributes one of the most well-remembered sequences of the entire series, alternating between shots of Dan in close-up and silhouette as the other party guests look on in horror.īilly Mumy, who played Anthony in the second of three roles on The Twilight Zone, recalled the director working with him to develop that menacing glare when he sent someone to the cornfield. Sheldon (in the white shirt) directs “Long Distance Call”Ĭonsider how vividly Sheldon framed the world of tiny tyrant Anthony Fremont.
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