Stephen King's The Langoliers
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Stephen King's The Langoliers
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| Episodes: | 2 |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Country: | United States |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Seasons Breakdown: | (1) 2 |
| Category: | Time Travel |
| Colour: | Yes |
| Format: | Mini-Series |
| Company: | Laurel Entertainment |
| Creator: | Based on The Langoliers by Stephen King |
| Run Time (mins): | 120 |
| Language: | English |
| Type of Show: | Live Action |
| Status: | Ended |
| Broadcaster: | ABC |
| First Aired: | May 14, 1995 |
| Last Aired: | May 15, 1995 |
Summary
The narrative adopts elements reminiscent of mid‑century aviation disaster films, though the crisis confronting the aircraft is not mechanical failure or terrorism but a temporal anomaly. During a red‑eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken to discover that the remainder of the travellers, along with the flight crew, have inexplicably vanished. Only those who had been asleep remain aboard.
The aircraft continues on autopilot, and one of the surviving passengers, himself a trained pilot, is able to land the plane safely. Their predicament, however, is far from resolved. The group soon realises that they have passed through a rupture in time and emerged into an earlier temporal layer that exists only as an inert, incomplete facsimile of reality. The airport is deserted, food lacks flavour, and even beverages have lost their effervescence. A steadily approaching, ominous sound signals the arrival of the Langoliers, malevolent entities that consume the remnants of expired moments in time.
Recognising the danger, the stranded passengers conclude that their sole chance of survival is to retrace their original flightpath and attempt to re‑enter the time‑rip. Their efforts to take off before the Langoliers reach them form the central tension of the story’s climax.
Cast
Laurel Stevenson PATRICIA WETTING, Bob Jenkins DEAN STOCKWELL, Capt. Brain Engel DAVID MORSE, Nick Hopewell MARK LINDSAY CHAPMAN, Don Gaffney FRANKIE FAISON, Rudy Warwick BAXTER HARRIS, Bethany Simms KIMBER RIDDLE, Albert Kaussner CHRISTOPHER COLLETT, Dinah Bellman KATE MABERLEY, Craig Toomey BRONSON PINCHOT.
aka: Langoliers, the
See Also: Stand, the, Stephen King's Golden Years, Stephen King's Storm of the Century and Stephen King's The Stand
Tags: Time Travel, United States, 1995, English
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