Walking Distance
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"Walking Distance" is a highly acclaimed 1959 episode of the original The Twilight Zone series, in which a stressed ad executive magically revisits his idyllic childhood town and confronts the impossibility of recapturing the past.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walking Distance canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
The Twilight Zone episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| airDate | October 30, 1959 ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdFor | television ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Robert Stevens ⓘ |
| followedBy | Escape Clause ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Martin Sloan ⓘ |
| medium | television broadcast ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bernard Herrmann ⓘ |
| narrator | Rod Serling ⓘ |
| notableFor | exploration of nostalgia and the impossibility of recapturing childhood ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 1959-10-30 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
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surface form:
The Twilight Zone (original series)
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| plotSummary | A stressed advertising executive returns to his childhood hometown and finds himself back in the past, confronting the impossibility of reliving his youth. ⓘ |
| precededBy | One for the Angels ⓘ |
| producer | Buck Houghton ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | advertising executive ⓘ |
| runningTime | 25 minutes ⓘ |
| season | Season 1 ⓘ |
| series |
The Twilight Zone (TV series)
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surface form:
The Twilight Zone
|
| setting | Homewood ⓘ |
| starring |
Anne Barton
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Ernest Truex ⓘ
surface form:
Barry Truex
Byron Foulger ⓘ Frank Overton ⓘ Gig Young ⓘ Helen Brown ⓘ Irene Tedrow ⓘ Joe Mell ⓘ Lillian O'Malley ⓘ Marlene Warfield ⓘ Michael Montgomery ⓘ Robert Connelly ⓘ Ronnie Dapo ⓘ Sheridan Comerate ⓘ Terry Burnham ⓘ |
| theme |
irretrievability of the past
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midlife crisis ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| writer | Rod Serling ⓘ |
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