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Amazing Stories is an American anthology television series created by Steven Spielberg, that originally ran on NBC in the United States from September 29, 1985, to April 10, 1987. The series was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and won five.
Amazing Stories: Created by Steven Spielberg, Joshua Brand, John Falsey. With Charles Durning, Douglas Seale, Sharon Spelman, Louis Giambalvo. Truly amazing, fantastical, funny, and odd, and sometimes scary, sad, and endearing stories are portrayed.
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Amazing Stories is an anthology science fiction fantasy drama series on Apple TV+. Each episode of Amazing Stories will transport the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today's most imaginative filmmakers, directors, and writers. Based on the 1985 television series of the same name, each episode presents an exciting opportunity to ...
Episode list. Amazing Stories. Seasons Years Top-rated. 1985 1986 1987. S1.E1 ∙ Ghost Train. Sat, Sep 28, 1985. Opa Globe is convinced it is his destiny to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago, and tells his nine-year old grandson the old Highball Express will careen through their house. 6.5/10 (879) Rate.
- Rod Serling Gave Steven Spielberg His start.
- One of The Amazing Stories Stories Was Made Into A Movie instead.
- In Italy, Three Episodes Were Strung Together and Released as A Movie.
- Four of Amazing Stories's Episode Directors Went on to Win Best Director Oscars.
- Amazing Stories Also Launched A Young Director's Career
- June Cleaver Made A Cameo
- It's only Animated Episode Got A Spin-Off Show.
It may have been a surprise for viewers to see Steve Spielberg go from Indiana Jones and Close Encounters of the Third Kindto a series of small screen stories, but it was a return to his roots. The now-legendary director got his start making the Joan Crawford-starring segment of the first episode of Serling's Night Gallery. Crawford was initially h...
Originally called "Gramps and Grammie and Company," Spielberg idea for an Amazing Stories episode just kept growing until it became the feature film *batteries not included. The movie sees a group of building tenants threatened by a real estate developer who are rescued by robotic aliens, so, yes, it feels very, very Amblin. E.T.meets Johnny Five w...
Sometimes you've got to pivot to sell something to a non-American audience. The producers behind Amazing Stories packaged The Mission (about a turret gunner stuck inside a WWII bomber), Mummy Daddy (about an actor in a horror costume attacked by a small town), and Go to the Head of the Class (where students curse their English teacher played by Chr...
Amazing Stories was a cattle call of impressive talent, from Joe Dante and Irvin Kershner to Mick Garris and Lesli Linka Glatter (hello, The Walking Dead fans). Spielberg attracted top names, and four of them would go on to win Best Director Oscars: Clint Eastwood directed an episode about a grieving artist, Martin Scorsese directed an episode abou...
Just as Spielberg got his start under Rod Serling's wing, Spielberg repaid the favor by hiring the young Phil Joanou right out of USC film school after seeing his short film/student project The Last Chance Dance. In addition to directing several music videos for U2 and Tom Petty, Joanou went on to direct Three O'Clock High (1987), Final Analysis (1...
Remote Control Man follows the familiar trope of the put-upon husband with a horrid wife ("There was time now!") whose only joy is escaping into the TV. His new, amazing set delivers characters right into his living room, including June Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver. Barbara Billingsley reprised her iconic role two decades after the wholesome sit...
From Brad Bird no less. The director behind The Iron Giant and several of Pixar's best pictures made an offbeat animated episode of Amazing Stories about the life of a dog, where we got to see the family's escapades from canine-level. In another weird turn of events, the episode spun-off into its own show eight years later on a different network, s...
Season 1 of Amazing Stories premiered on September 29, 1985. The first season of this anthology series sets the tone with tales of light humor and even heavy drama with a twist of magic! Season 2. 78 % 1986 • 21 Episodes. Season 2 of Amazing Stories premiered on September 22, 1986.
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It lasted from September 1985 to April 1987 for a total of 45 episodes in two seasons. Still, a revival was announced in 2015, and aired exclusively on Apple 's streaming service Apple TV+ on March 2020. For tropes in "Family Dog" and its spin-off series, please see the relevant page.
