CREATORS STEVEN SPIELBERG, JOSHUA BRAND, JOHN FALSEY
CREATORS STEVEN SPIELBERG, JOSHUA BRAND, JOHN FALSEY
Steven Spielberg started his professional filmmaking career in television with Universal directing one of three stories in the pilot for Rod Serling’s 1970s anthology series Night Gallery, so it was something of fate that he would return to television after over a decade in feature films with his own anthology series, Amazing Stories, for NBC in 1985.
Family audiences were treated to a new short film borne of imagination and rooted in genre—fantasy, horror, thriller, science fiction or comedy— and featuring a roster of notable actors including Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Tim Robbins, John Lithgow (in an Emmy-winning performance), Kevin Costner and more.
Spielberg directed two Amazing Stories episodes, Ghost Train and The Mission, and called on many of Hollywood’s greatest directorial talents, including Martin Scorsese (Mirror, Mirror), Robert Zemeckis (Go to the Head of the Class), Clint Eastwood (Vanessa in the Garden, from a teleplay written by Steven Spielberg), Danny DeVito (The Wedding Ring), and a young Brad Bird (Family Dog). The original Amazing Stories series brought the mesmerizing magic, mystery, suspense and humor of Amblin Entertainment features into the home with 45 unique episodes from some of filmmaking's finest storytellers.
Steven Spielberg started his professional filmmaking career in television with Universal directing one of three stories in the pilot for Rod Serling’s 1970s anthology series Night Gallery, so it was something of fate that he would return to television after over a decade in feature films with his own anthology series, Amazing Stories, for NBC in 1985.
Family audiences were treated to a new short film borne of imagination and rooted in genre—fantasy, horror, thriller, science fiction or comedy— and featuring a roster of notable actors including Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Tim Robbins, John Lithgow (in an Emmy-winning performance), Kevin Costner and more.
Spielberg directed two Amazing Stories episodes, Ghost Train and The Mission, and called on many of Hollywood’s greatest directorial talents, including Martin Scorsese, Robert Zemeckis, Clint Eastwood, and a young Brad Bird. The original Amazing Stories series brought the mesmerizing magic, mystery, suspense and humor of Amblin Entertainment features into the home with 45 unique episodes from some of filmmaking's finest storytellers.
A brand-new Amazing Stories series from Amblin Television is currently in production for Apple for a 2019 release.
1. Ghost Train
A grandfather is haunted by visions of the past when his son builds a country home on the site of a previous train wreck. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Teleplay by Frank Deese, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: September 29, 1985)
2. The Main Attraction
An arrogant high school jock suddenly becomes attractive in ways he never dreamed of when he is struck unexpectedly by a meteorite. Directed by Matthew Robbins. Teleplay by Brad Bird and Mick Garris, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: October 6, 1985)
3. Alamo Jobe
Young "Alamo Jobe" finds himself in the right place at the wrong time when he tries to deliver a message during the Battle of the Alamo and ends up in 1980s San Antonio. Directed by Michael Moore. Teleplay by Joshua Brand & John Falsey, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: October 20, 1985)
4. Mummy Daddy
An actor unearths terror when he neglects to remove his mummy costume from a movie shoot before rushing to his wife's side in a hospital delivery room. Directed by William Dear. Teleplay by Earl Pomerantz, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: October 27, 1985)
5. The Mission
A thrilling one-hour episode of "Amazing Stories" in which a routine World War II mission quickly becomes a life-or-death situation for a young bomber with a damaged landing gear. Stars Kevin Costner, Casey Siemaszko and Kiefer Sutherland. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Teleplay by Menno Meyjes, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: November 3, 1985)
6. The Amazing Falsworth
An amazing nightclub mindreader unwittingly taps into the visions of a murderer somewhere in the audience. Stars Gregory Hines. Directed by Peter Hyams. Teleplay by Mick Garris, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: November 5, 1985)
7. Fine Tuning
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery when an extraterrestrial transmission reveals aliens imitating characters from 1950s TV shows. Stars Milton Berle. Directed by Bob Balaban. Teleplay by Earl Pomerantz, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: November 10, 1985)
8. Mr. Magic
A once-great illusionist finds one more trick up his sleeve with the help of a magical, mysterious deck of cards. Stars Sid Caesar. Directed by Donald Petrie. Teleplay by Joshua Brand & John Falsey. (Original airdate: November 17, 1985)
9. Guilt Trip
There's romance on the high seas when an overworked emotion, Guilt, decides to take a vacation cruise and falls hard for Love. Stars Dom DeLuise and Loni Anderson. Directed by Burt Reynolds. Teleplay by Gail Parent & Kevin Parent. (Original airdate: December 1, 1985)
10. Remote Control Man
Reality TV takes on new meaning for a man who discovers a remote that brings TV characters to life. Directed by Bob Clark. Teleplay by Douglas Lloyd McIntosh, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: December 8, 1985)
11. Santa '85
Christmas cheer is in noticeably short supply when Santa is arrested while delivering presents, and it's up to one little boy to bust him out. Directed by Phil Joanou. Teleplay by Joshua Brand & John Falsey, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: December 15, 1985)
12. Vanessa in the Garden
An impressionist painter devastated by the loss of his wife discovers a unique way of having her live on in his art. Stars Harvey Keitel and Sondra Locke. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Teleplay by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: December 29, 1985)
13. The Sitter
Two mischievous boys manage to scare away every sitter in town, only to meet their match in Jennifer Mowbray, who uses voodoo to gain the upper hand. Directed by Joan Dear. Teleplay by Mick Garris, from a story by Joshua Brand & John Falsey. (Original airdate: January 5, 1986)
14. No Day at the Beach
During an amphibious assault in World War II Italy, a simple-minded and throughly teased GI, Arnold Skamp, unexpectedly finds a chance to prove himself a hero. Stars Charlie Sheen. Directed Lesli Linka Glatter. Teleplay by Mick Garris, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: January 12, 1986)
15. One for the Road
A group of Depression-era barflies scheme to strike it rich by tricking the local drunk into signing an insurance policy, hoping he's just a few glasses away from drinking him to death. Stars James Cromwell and Joe Pantoliano ("The Goonies," "Empire of the Sun"). Directed by Thomas Carter. Teleplay by Jim Bissell. (Original airdate: January 19, 1986)
16. Gather Ye Acorns
A mysterious troll tells a young dreamer never to throw anything away. But after fifty year of living the life of a pack rat in a veritable junkyard, the man wonders if he really has anything to show for his life. Stars Mark Hamill. Directed by Norman Reynolds. Teleplay by Stu Krieger, from a teleplay by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: February 2, 1986)
17. Boo!
Two ghosts are dying to get rid of the porno star and her husband who have moved into their house. Directed by Joe Dante. Teleplay by Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel. (Original airdate: February 16, 1986)
18. Dorothy and Ben
Revived after forty years in a coma, Ben Dumfy discovers he can communicate telepathically with another comatose patient, a young girl on the brink of death. Directed by Thomas Carter. Teleplay by Michael de Guzman, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: March 2, 1986)
19. Mirror, Mirror
After claiming that his monstrous creations don't bother him, popular horror novelist Jordan Manmouth is haunted by a mysterious hooded figure in his mirror. Stars Sam Waterston. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Teleplay by Joseph Minion, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: March 9, 1986)
20. Secret Cinema
A young woman named Jane becomes convinced that the people closest to her, including her own mother are involved in a conspiracy to film her life using secret cameras. Directed by Paul Bartel. Teleplay by Paul Bartel. (Original airdate: April 6, 1986)
21. Hell Toupee
After buying a new toupee, an otherwise mild-mannered attorney is inexplicably compelled to murder other lawyers. Directed by Irvin Kershner. Teleplay by Gail Parent & Kevin Parent. (Original airdate: April 13, 1986)
22. The Doll
A lonely bachelor who finds that the handmade doll he bought for his niece is no ordinary toy. Stars John Lithgow in an Emmy-winning performance. Directed by Phil Joanou. Teleplay by Richard Matheson. (Original airdate: May 4, 1986)
23. One for the Books
An old janitor finds that he can pick up more than garbage when he realizes he can gain knowledge from the books around him. Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. Teleplay by Richard Matheson, from his short story. (Original airdate: May 11, 1986)
24. Grandpa's Ghost
A devoted young man tries to help his grandmother come to terms with her husband's death—even though Grandpa keeps appearing when his grandson's not around. Stars Andrew McCarthy. Directed by Timothy Hutton. Teleplay by Michael de Guzman, from a story by Timothy Hutton. (Original airdate: May 25, 1986)
1. The Wedding Ring
A gold ring with magical powers transforms a weary waitress into a sexy seductress with murder on her mind. Stars Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito. Directed by Danny DeVito. Teleplay by Stu Krieger ("The Land Before Time"), from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: September 22, 1986)
2. Miscalculation
A nerdy college kid tries, unsuccessfully, every trick in the book to meet girls, until he discovers a potion that makes gorgeous magazine pin-ups spring to life. Stars John Cryer. Directed by Tom Holland. Teleplay by Michael McDowell. (Original airdate: September 29, 1986)
3. Magic Saturday
A boy uses a magic spell to switch bodies with his ailing grandfather so the old man can experience a Saturday afternoon as a boy once more. Stars M. Emmet Walsh. Directed by Robert Markowitz. Teleplay by Richard Christian Matheson. (Original airdate: October 6, 1986)
4. Welcome to My Nightmare
A horror movie fan becomes trapped in a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller "Psycho." Stars David Hollander, Robyn Lively and Christina Applegate. Directed by Tom Holland. Teleplay by Tom Holland. (Original airdate: October 13, 1986)
5. You Gotta Believe Me
A man desperately tries to alter fate when he experiences a horrifying dream of a jet crash. Stars Charles Durning. Directed by Kevin Reynolds ("Fandango"). Teleplay by Stu Krieger ("The Land Before Time") from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: October 20, 1986)
6. The Greibble
Alone in her house, a woman encounters a strange furry creature with an appetite for inanimate objects. Stars Haley Mills. Creature effects by Rob Bottin. Directed by Joe Dante. Teleplay by Mick Garris, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: November 3, 1986)
7. Life on Death Row
Hours before his scheduled execution, a death-row inmate is given the power to heal. Stars Patrick Swayze and Hector Elizondo. Directed by Mick Garris. Teleplay by Rockne S. O'Bannon, from a story by Mick Garris. (Original airdate: November 10, 1986)
8. Go to the Head of the Class
A teenage horror buff is so smitten with a sexy classmate that he helps her use black magic as revenge on their bullying, loathsome English teacher. Stars Christopher Lloyd. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Teleplay by Mick Garris & Tom McLouglin and Bob Gale, from a story by Mick Garris. (Original airdate: November 21, 1986)
9. Thanksgiving
A girl's miserable life is brightened when she starts communicating with a race of beings who live far below at the bottom of. a well. Stars Kyra Sedgwick and David Carradine. Directed by Todd Holland. Teleplay by Pierre R. Debs and Robert C. Fox. (Original airdate: November 24, 1986)
10. The Pumpkin Connection
Livid at losing the Yarborough County pumpkin growing contest for the 22nd year in a row, rich and miserly Elma Dinnock, seeks a cheat to win from a mysterious botanist. Stars Polly Holliday ("Gremlins") and June Lockhart. Directed by Norman Reynolds ("Raiders of the Lost Ark"). Teleplay by Peter Z. Orton. (Original airdate: December 1, 1986)
11. What If...?
Ignored by self-absorbed parents, a five-year-old boy is touched by metic that gives his life a new dimension. Directed by Joan Darling. Teleplay by Anne Spielberg. (Original airdate: December 8, 1986)
12. The Eternal Mind
A dying scientist uploads his mind into a computer, with unforeseen circumstances. Stars Jeffrey Jones. Directed by Michael Riva ("The Goonies"). Teleplay by Julie R. Moskowitz & Gary Stephens. (Original airdate: December 29, 1986)
13. Lane Change
Fleeing from a bad relationship, a woman picks up a hitchhiker and begins to see glimpses of her past in her windshield. Stars Kathy Baker and Priscilla Pointer Directed by Ken Kwapis. Teleplay by Ali Marie Matheson. (Original airdate: December 29, 1986) (Original airdate: January 12, 1987)
14. Blue Man Down
A police officer who blames himself for his partner's death is rejuvenated by his new partner. Stars Max Gail and Kate O'Neil. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. Teleplay by Jacob Epstein & Daniel Lindley, from a story by Steven Spielberg. (Original airdate: January 19, 1987)
15. The 21-Inch Sun
A struggling TV sitcom writer becomes a huge success, thanks to his scriptwriting spider plant. Stars Robert Townsend. Directed by Nick Castle. Teleplay by Bruce Kirschbaum. (Original airdate: February 2, 1987)
16. Family Dog
Brad Bird's classic animated special is a lighthearted look at family life through the eyes of a meek dog. Voiced by Stan Freberg, Annie Potts and Mercedes McCambridge. Spun-off into a primetime animated series. Directed and teleplay by Brad Bird. (Original airdate: February 16, 1987)
17. Gershwin's Trunk
A composer contacts the spirit of George Gershwin in an effort to deliver a hit musical. Stars Bob Balaban, Carrie Fisher and Lainie Kazan. Directed by Paul Bartel. Teleplay by John Meyer & Paul Bartel. (Original airdate: March 13, 1987)
18. Such Interesting Neighbors
A family suspects the bizarre occurrences on its block are linked to unusual neighbors. Stars new-wave sensation Adam Ant. Directed by Graham Baker. Teleplay by Mick Garris & Tom McLoughlin, from a story by Jack Finney. (Original airdate: March 20, 1987)
19. Without Diana
An eight-year-old girl whose disappearance devastated her parents 40 years prior mystically reappears at their door and teachers her father a spiritual lesson. Directed by Leslie Linka Glatter. Teleplay by Mick Garris. (Original airdate: March 27, 1987)
20. Moving Day
A teenager learns that his parents are actually visitors from another planet. Stars Stephen Geoffreys and Mary Ellen Trainor ("The Goonies"). Directed by Robert Stevens. Teleplay by Frank Kerr. (Original airdate: April 3, 1987)
21. Miss Stardust
A beauty contest promotor encounters a pushy space being who demands that his contestants be permitted to compete. Stars Dick Shawn and Weird Al Yankovic. Directed by Tobe Hooper. Teleplay by Thomas Szollosi & Richard Christian Matheson, from a story by Richard Matheson. (Original airdate: April 10, 1987)
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Brian (Lukas Haas, left) sits with his Opa (Roberts Blossom), who tells the young boy a tale of The Highball Express, a ghost train the old timer is convinced will return to carry him on to his destiny. From "Ghost Train," from a story by and directed by Steven Spielberg.
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An actor (Tom Harrison, center) in a horror movie is mistaken as a real mummy by a superstitious lynch mob (two members, pictured, played by Tracey Walter (left) and Brion James (far right) in "Mummy, Daddy."
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Captain (Kevin Costner, front, right) looks on with awe at his crew's gunner (Casey Siemaszko, front, left), a talented young cartoonist with an indescribably powerful imagination in "The Mission," directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Gregory Hines (right) plays a nightclub mesmerist with a precognitive gift—or curse—in "The Amazing Falsworth."
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Milton Berle contends with overzealous fans, tourists to Los Angeles from another galaxy in "Fine Tuning."
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Television pioneer Sid Caesar returns to the small screen for "Amazing Stories" as Mr. Magic, aka Lou Bundles, a once legendary but now inept magician who wishes for just a bit more magic so he can take his proper final bow. From the episode "Mr. Magic."
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Funnyman Dom DeLuise ("An American Tail") stars as Guilt, who meets and falls in love with Love (Loni Anderson) in the comical "Amazing Stories" episode "Guilt Trip," directed by Burt Reynolds.
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Santa (Douglas Seale) does hard time in the hoosegow after inadvertently setting off a burglar alarm while delivering toys one Christmas Eve. It's up to a brave little boy named Bobby (Gabriel Damon) to spring the kindly Kringle from the clink so Christmas isn't canceled in "Santa '85."
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Bad boys Dennis (Joshua Rudoy, left) and Lance (Seth Green) create chaos and square off with their mystical babysitter Jennifer Mowbray (Mabel King) and her power of imaginative and hilarious hoodoo in "The Sitter." Beware the Duppy!
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Ben (Joe Senca, right) and parents (Kathleen Lloyd, center; Joe Regalbuto, left) watch over Dorothy (Natalie Gregory) as she lies locked in a coma. Ben, risen after a 40-year coma, provides a psychic conduit to Dorothy's mind for her grieving parents in "Dorothy and Ben".
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Jordan Manmouth (Sam Waterston), a mega-successful writer of horror fiction, pauses to reflect on his own real-life terrors in "Mirror, Mirror," directed by Martin Scorsese.
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John Lithgow plays lonely man John Walters, who finds a connection with another via a unique, hand-crafted doll in "The Doll, written by genre legend Richard Matheson. Lithgow earned an Emmy Award for his performance in this episode.
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Leo Penn (right) plays Fred, a janitor at a college stricken with mental overload when his brain begins to rapidly intake and process knowledge at an unprecedented pace. Fred's wife Eva (Joyce Van Patten) and scientists are at a loss for Fred's condition in "One for the Books," from a teleplay by writer Richard Matheson.
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Lois (Rhea Perlman) promises to love and cherish her husband Herbert (Danny DeVito) 'til death does them part—which could be sooner rather than later thanks to a cursed heirloom Herb slips onto Lois' finger in "The Wedding Ring." DeVito also directed the comedy-thriller episode.
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Phil (Jon Cryer) is a randy college student who discovers a magical formula for meeting beautiful girls of all kinds—alive and dead—in "Miscalculation."
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Marky (Taliesin Jaffe, right) is able to gift his grandpa "Stormin' Norman" (M. Emmet Walsh, left) the chance of leaving his old, ailing body for one last, magical Saturday as only a boy can enjoy that most glorious and free weekend day. From the episode "Magic Saturday," written by Richard Christian Matheson.
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In "Welcome to My Nightmare," Harry (David Hollander, left) is a horror movie fan with an overactive imagination which unceremoniously drops him into Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." Sometimes movies are best enjoyed within the safe confines of the silver screen.
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A horrific and all-too-real nightmare convinces Earl Sweet (Charles Durning) that he has seen a premonition—and not a mere dream—of a tragedy involving a downed 747 in "You Gotta Believe Me."
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A strange, storybook creature attempts to eat a mother (Haley Mills) out of hearth, house, home and sanity when it suddenly intrudes on her quiet suburban life in "The Griebble." Directed by Joe Dante, from a teleplay by Mick Garris based on a story by Steven Spielberg. The impressive animatronic/puppet effects for the Greibble were created by Rob Bottin ("Twilight Zone The Movie.")
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Patrick Swayze and Hector Elizondo square off in "Life on Death Row," director Mick Garris' tale of a murderer gifted with the power to heal others by touch... just as he himself is about to be executed for his crimes.
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Professor Beanes (Christopher Lloyd, right) threatens Peter Brand (Scott Coffey, left) with a visit from "The Misters" for passing notes with the beautiful Cynthia (Mary Stuart Masterson, center, soft-focus) during his lecture in "Go to the Head of the Class," directed by Robert Zemeckis ("Back to the Future").
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David Carradine plays the cruel and greedy Calvin in "Thanksgiving," the story of a man who attempts to exchange goods for gold, but himself becomes a precious commodity.
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Elma Dinnock (Polly Holliday, Mrs. Deagle from "Gremlins") cannot get a break when it comes to the annual pumpkin-growing contest in "The Pumpkin Competition." Here, she glowers at her longtime rival Mildred (June Lockhart) following her decades of growing the winning gourd. Directed by Norman Reynolds, the production designer of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
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A dying scientist uploads the data of his mind into a computer system in "The Eternal Mind," a story that explores the incompatibilities of the nature of biological beings and artificial intelligence.
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A struggling sitcom scribe (Robert Townsend) finds the perfect writing partner in the most improbable of places: a houseplant exposed to a constant stream of comedy from the life-giving light of the cathode ray.† (†That's old TV tech for you youngsters out there.)
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Dog (at times a quivering, snarling, white-hot ball of canine terror), is only too unhappy to play dress-up with his girl, Buffy Binford (voiced by Brooke Ashley) in "Family Dog," writer-director Brad Bird's animated story of a put-upon pooch living in suburbia.
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Jo-Jo Gillespie (Bob Balaban, center), a failing Broadway composer, calls on the help of the deceased George Gershwin through the conduit of a spiritualist to help his flagging career. Paul Bartel (right) costars as Detective Watts, who suspects Gillespie of foul play in the making of his musical.
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The lives of the Lewis family are upturned when oddball occupants of mysterious origin move in next door in "Such Interesting Neighbors."
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A missing daughter reappears in the lives of her parents 40 years on, only while they have aged, their child has not in "Without Diana," a tender tale of loss and closure directed by Lesli Linka Glatter from a teleplay by Mick Garris.
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Cabbage Man (Weird Al Yankovic) threatens PR flack Joe Willoughby (Dick Shawn) about how the results of a suddenly intergalactic beauty competition should shake out in "Miss Stardust." Directed by Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist") from a teleplay by Thomas Szollosi and Richard Christian Matheson, from Matheson's father Richard's short story.
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"Ghost Train" director Steven Spielberg talks with his young performer Lukas Haas, while director of photography Allen Daviau ("E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial") observes.
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Lukas Haas (foreground), with his "Ghost Train" director Steven Spielberg on the boy's bedroom set of the premiere episode of "Amazing Stories." The episode features not only a full-size locomotive, but also a toy train set, a meaningful image in numerous Spielberg films.
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Steven Spielberg preps his crew for filming "The Mission," his hour-long special episode of "Amazing Stories."
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Director Steven Spielberg councils the clergy in the finer points of calling last rites for a dead-man coming in for a crash landing in "The Mission."
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Director Steven Spielberg observes playback in an early "video village" on the stage of "The Mission," his special hour-long episode† of "Amazing Stories" from the first season. (†46 minutes without commercial breaks.)
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Director Peter Hyams (left) consults with his actors Gregory Hines (center) and Richard Masur (right) between setups on "The Amazing Falsworth."
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Director Peter Hyams, himself often camera operator on his own features and shows, frames a shot for "The Amazing Falsworth."
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Milton Berle, who makes a special appearance as himself in "Fine Tuning," on location with his director Bob Balaban ("Close Encounters of the Third Kind").
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Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, also a personal friend of "Amazing Stories" creator Steven Spielberg, sets up a shot in the cramped quarters of a bathroom set filled with mirrors in his episode "Mirror, Mirror."
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Director Phil Joanou (right) was given the opportunity to direct two "Amazing Stories" fresh out of film school. Here, he and his Emmy Award-winning lead actor John Lithgow (left) listen to an off-camera associate between takes on "The Doll."
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Danny DeVito takes his crew through the paces for what he needs to capture a particularly kinetic comedy sequence in "The Wedding Ring."
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"Amazing Stories" series story editor-writer Mick Garris cuts his directing teeth on "Life on Death Row," the story of a prisoner with a miraculous gift.
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Joan Darling directs "What If...?" the story of a lonely, neglected little boy written by Anne Spielberg. Another Spielberg connection: Darling appeared as an actress in Steven Spielberg's "Par for the Course" (1971), an episode of "The Psychiatrist" in which she gives an especially moving performance as a grieving widow.
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An odd assemblage of extra-terrestrials and human beings backstage at the Miss Stardust beauty competition including Cabbage Man (Weird Al Yankovic, far left), and PR stiff Joe Willoughby (Dick Shawn, far right).
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Director Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist") sets up a shot for "Miss Stardust," the final amazing story of the series.
