Product Details

• Actors: Martin Manulis
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Panasonic
• DVD Release Date: January 3, 2003
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008DDG5
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,402 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Rate Production a MUST have DVD, December 7, 2000

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gobirds2 (New England) - See all my reviews

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This is an excellent biographical documentary about the life and works of Rod Serling. It is brilliantly constructed and edited. This well crafted presentation is a first rate production all around. Rod Serling was a man of great literary and social intellect, somewhat ignored because of the genre he worked within and was famous for. His endearing legacy, "The Twilight Zone" frequently bordered on the edges of science fiction if not immersed in it. Society's values being what they are, science fiction has never been thoroughly embraced by conventional thought as a legitimate literary or cinematic art form until very recently. That is society's loss and Serling's heartbreak. I originally saw this documentary on Public Television and was pleased to find it issued on DVD in this high quality format. Highly recommended!

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Tribute to "Television's Last Angry Man", June 25, 2006

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Kris C. Jones "Video Editor" (East Ridge, TN (Chattanooga), TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (DVD)

I just watched this excellent dvd from the CBS "Masterworks" series, and couldn't be more impressed with it. It is a real "labor of love", done in the style of an old Twilight Zone episode with the voice of Rod narrating a flashback through his career, using actual film clips (some from some of his very early & hard-to-find works...) as the basis of the narrative. Marc Scott Zicree (the author of the authoritative guide to TZ) was a consultant to this project written by John F. Goff & Thomas Wagner. These two writers manage to hit most of the major points in succinct fashion, and Serling's life makes for a compelling story -- even for the "non-fan." The many famous writers and actors Rod worked with are all interviewed throughout, as well as an old archival kinetoscope of his interview with Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" fame. Also glimpsed are the commercials Serling unfortunately lowered himself to doing toward the end of his career, a choice he himself would later verbally regret. An excellent companion to the book by Gordon Sander I used as the title of this review.

* As a personal postscript, it should be known that I work as a video editor in the broadcast television industry. Unfortunately, watching this documentary makes it all too evident how far television has fallen, and truly has become the "vast wasteland" spoke of at its birth.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superlative look at the man and his legacy, August 9, 1999

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This is a truly wonderful documentary. It examines Rod Serling's life and influences, as well as giving us an intimate look at his visionary show "The Twilight Zone".