James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theatre," a young woman attends a movie only to find that her life story is being revealed on the screen. In "Where the Dead Are," a Boston surgeon in 1868 searches for a scientist who may have the answer to a medical mystery.
James Earl Jones
Host
Amy Irving
Melissa Sanders (segment "The Theatre")
Gary Cole
James (segment "The Theatre")
Patrick Bergin
Dr. Benjamin Ramsey (segment "Where the Dead Are")
Julia Campbell
Maureen, Barmaid (segment "Where the Dead Are")
Jack Palance
Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are")
Heidi Swedberg
(segment "The Theatre")
Priscilla Pointer
Woman in cinema (segment "The Theatre")
Scott Burkholder
(segment "The Theatre")
Don Bloomfield
(segment "The Theatre")
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics is a fantasy, thriller, mystery, horror, science fiction, tv movie film released in 1994. Directed by Robert Markowitz, it stars James Earl Jones, Amy Irving, Gary Cole. James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series. In "The Theatre," a young woman attends a movie only to find that her life story is being revealed on the screen. In "Where the Dead Are," a Boston surgeon in 1868 searches for a scientist who may have the answer to a medical mystery.
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