The Twilight Zone (1959) s05e22 Episode Script

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

You unlock this door with the key of imagination.
Beyond it is another dimension- a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind.
You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas.
You've just crossed over into the twilight zone.
Tonight a presentation so special and unique, that for the first time in the five years we've been presenting the twlight zone, we're offering a film shot in france by others.
Winner of the cannes film festival of 1962, as well as other international awards, here is a haunting study of the incredible from the past master of the incredible, ambrose bierce.
Here is the french production of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge.
" First squad, stand fast.
Fall out.
Libbie.
Libbie.
Take his watch.
Yes, sir.
Atten-hut! A living man i want to be a living man in all the world ? he moves around? ? he walks around? ? he turns around? ? i see each tree? ? i read each vein? ? i hear each bug? ? upon each leaf? ? the buzzing flies? ? the splashing fish? ? they moves around? ? this living man? ? a living man? ? a living man? ? i want to be a living man.
? He must be hung! Soldier, tell to open fire! Yes, sir.
If it is necessary, fire the cannon as well! Shoulder arms.
Guards, stand fast! Steady, men.
Steady.
He mustn't escape.
There he is.
He's moving.
Peyton farquhar, you're caught like a rat in a trap.
In a trap.
Trap.
Trap.
Atten-hut! Shoulder arms! Ready! Aim! Fire! Load! Ready! Load! Fire! Fire at will! Commence firing! ? he walks around? ? he turns around? ? i see each tree? ? i read each vein? ? i hear each bug? ? upon each leave? ? the buzzing flies? ? the splashing fish? ? they moves around? ? this living man.
? "An occurrence at owl creek bridge" in two forms- as it was dreamed and as it was lived and died.
This is the stuff of fantasy, the thread of imagination, the ingredients ofthe twilight zone.

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