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• Actors: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, Vaughn Taylor, James Turley
• Writers: Rod Serling
• Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: April 18, 2000
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004S89H
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,840 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Twilight Zone: Vol. 23" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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An above-average edition in the Twilight Zone DVD collection, Volume 23 begins with "Long Live Walter Jameson," starring Kevin McCarthy as a Methuselah-like history teacher whose lessons are based on personal experience--but his secret of longevity is discovered with fateful results. McCarthy's climactic aging scene marked a milestone in TV makeup effects, and it's still dramatically effective. The same can't be said for "Dead Man's Shoes," a typical episode in which a Bowery bum (Warren Stevens) steals the shoes off the body of a murdered gangster, and instantly assumes the dead man's identity, thus assuming his role in a deadly cycle of fate. It was a good idea in 1962, but the pulpy plot and characters were hokey even then.

"You Drive" is an enjoyable fifth-season episode starring stalwart character actor Edward Andrews as a hit-and-run driver who is relentlessly badgered by his driverless car, which honks its horn, chases him, and wreaks havoc with the man's guilty conscience. A precursor to Stephen King's Christine, this offbeat episode offered ample proof that the latter-day Twilight Zone still had a knack for capitalizing on simple ideas. Likewise "The Long Morrow" offers a tragic twist on the effects of long-term space travel. Removing himself from deep freeze, spacefaring astronaut Robert Lansing ages normally while his Earthbound lover (Mariette Hartley) awaits his return in suspended animation. Thanks to some subtle acting by '60s TV veterans Lansing and Hartley, the episode's payoff is still poignantly effective; ironically, CBS announced The Twilight Zone's cancellation shortly after this episode aired. --Jeff Shannon

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TWILIGHT ZONE VOL 23 - DVD Movie

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Love and Justice in "The Twilight Zone", June 11, 2001

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Twilight Zone: Vol. 23 (DVD)

The four episodes collected on Volume 23 of "The Twilight Zone" DVD series do not share a similar theme, although two deal with the supernatural search for justice while the other pair feature the problem having too much time can cause love. So you can see two pairs of episodes from the celebrated television anthology series created by Rod Serling without stretching too far.

Episode 24, "Long Live Walter Jameson" (Written by Charles Beaumont, First aired March 18, 1960) features the familiar face of Kevin McCarthy ("Invasion of the Body Snatchers") in the title role. Jameson bought the gift of immortality two thousand years ago from an alchemist and has seen all of his wives, children and friends grow old and die over and over again. Now he wants it all to be over. This first season episode features some nice special effects work with makeup as Jameson ages rapidly at the end.

Episode 83, "Dead Man's Shoes (Written by Beaumont and OCee Ritch, First aired January 19, 1962), begins with Nate Bledsoe (Warren Stevens) putting on a pair of expensive shoes taken from a murdered gangsters. The dead man's spirit takes over Bledsoe's body and tracks down his killer, refusing to be denied vengeance. Rather straight forward this is an average "Zone" at best. However, if you were watching the second version of "The Twilight Zone" in 1985, you might have caught the remake of this episode as "Dead Woman's Shoes."

Episode 134, "You Drive" (Written by Earl C. Hamner, Jr., First aired January 3, 1964) tells of Oliver Pope (Edward Andrews), who kills someone in a hit-and-run accident and then discovers that his car will not let him forget what he has done. A nice little chiller from the man who created "The Waltons," who usually wrote the kindler, gentler episodes of the "Zone." The result is what you would call an average episode.

Episode 135, "The Long Morrow" (Written by Rod Serling, First aired January 10, 1964) features a fine performance from Robert Lansing as Commander Douglas Stansfield. Before leaving for deep space Stansfield meets Sandra Horn (Mariette Hartley). The two fall in love, but Stansfield's mission will take 30 years, during most of which he will be kept in suspended animation. After he leaves, Sandra has herself put into hibernation. But you know the course of true love never runs smooth in the Zone. You can see the O. Henry ending coming, but still a nice episode. No classics this time around, but certainly a solid collection of "Zone" episodes none the less.

5.0 out of 5 stars Still Great After 3+ Decades, July 3, 2007

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Teacher Guy (L.A. Lakers Land, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Twilight Zone: Vol. 23 (DVD)

I bought this for "Long Live Walter Jameson" and "The Long Morrow." They're still great after 30+ years. These DVD's are a great bargain.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long Live Walter Jameson - One of the best in the series!, January 20, 2005

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jpcitylights (Woodland Hills, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Twilight Zone: Vol. 23 (DVD)

The original Twilight Zone is my all-time favorite TV series, ahead of Seinfeld and the original Star Trek. And this volume contains one of my Top 5 TZ episodes of all time (Long Live Walter Jameson).

Long Live Walter Jameson - Absolutely first rate and fascinating story of a 2000 year-old man (brilliantly played by Kevin McCarthy of the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers) with amazing special effects for a show produced in the 1960's.

Dead Man's Shoes - Interesting story with a solid performances.

You Drive - An average TZ episode with a nice morality twist.

The Long Morrow - Touching love story with an ironic ending.