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The Langoliers | Year: 1995 Classification: Horror Directed: - Tom Holland Actors/Actresses: - Patricia Wettig - Dean Stockwell This Terrific Premise that become a Camp Classic. A Jet leaves to fly from Los Angeles to Boston on a Red-Eye flight. A Group of Passengers (Patricia Weltig, Mark Lindsay Champman, Kate Maberly, Bronson Pinchot, Dean Stockwell, Baxter Harns, Kimber Riddle, Christopher Collet & Frankie Faison) and a Pilot (David Morse) have been sleeping in the Jet and then Waking up and they discovers that the another Passengers and Pilot have simply Vanished and the Jet is on Auto-Pilot. But once they manage to land the Plane in the State of Maine. The Situation didn`t improve with nobody around the Airport & It seems, once they are on the ground, it seems the time has stopped and they feel a dread evil presence. Which is headed straight to them, a feel on a never-ending nightmare on their destruction. Which is going to be their final destination for the Survivors. Directed by Tom Holland (Child`s Play, Fatal Beauty, Fright Night) made a fascinating but stupid (if long) adapation of Stephen King`s Novel (From the Novella-Four Past Midnight). But the film ended up being a Unintentionaly Hilarious with some silly dialogue and the most awful Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), you will ever see. Despite a Good Cast (Especially Pinchot offers a Change of Pace role) and a unique story. Morse, who later appears in Two Stephen King`s adapations:The Excellent-The Green Mile and the Underrated-Hearts of Atlantis. Holland, who later directed-Stephen King`s Underrated-Thinner. Which Thinner was writting under King`s Pseudonym, which the name is Richard Bachman. Even King`s appears in a Cameo in this miniseries. This adapation turns into a Watchable Campy film that could`ve been a Richer more Satisfying film with a Larger Budget for the Visual Effects!. Teleplay by the Director. Grade:B+. Intriguing premise makes for a decent thriller. The Langoliers is a very intriguingly plotted 3-hour long thriller about a group of people who awaken on board a red-eye flight only to find everyone else on board the plane is gone. It's a great beginning, and the movie sustains interest throughout its entire running time, no mean feat for such a film of such length. But a couple of things should be made clear about this film. For one, if you have an interest in seeing it, you should try your best NOT to find out anything about the plot other than its initial premise. There are some problems, however, that keep this from getting a good 4-star rating from me. Number one would have to be the dialogue, which flucuates between intellectually stimulating and downright preposterous. There are also the special effects, which really do stink quite a bit. The final scene is also rather cringe-inducing, but otherwise, this is a pretty decent adaptation of a fascinating novella from Stephen King. This isn't as good as The Stand or Storm of the Century, but it'll hold your interest for 3 hours. Worst airline movie ever? Sure am glad I wasted hours of my life to find out the Langoliers were a bunch of evil bowling balls. Buy The Langoliers at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Langoliers Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Langoliers This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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