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Amazing Stories - Book One
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301961417
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6301961412
Label: MCA/Universal Television
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MCA/Universal Television
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MCA/Universal Television
Release Date: August 11, 1993
Running Time: 70 minutes
Studio: MCA/Universal Television
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1985
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Editorial Review:
In 1985, Steven Spielberg launched the anthology TV series Amazing Stories, directing one of the early episodes, "The Mission," a taut, emotional story set during a World War II combat flight.
Kevin Costner plays the pilot of an American bomber running raids into German airspace. During a dogfight with Nazis, a piece of enemy aircraft wedges itself into the hull of Costner's rig and jams the hatch of the ball turret gunner. The shootout cripples the landing mechanism, and the net effect is that the gunner (Casey Siemaszko) is stuck in his transparent shell, unable to get back up into the body of the plane and certain to die horribly during an imminent, emergency landing. Spielberg keeps tightening the screws, brilliantly directing a handful of good actors (Kiefer Sutherland is in the mix) in a tight space rapidly filling with dread and grief. While it has to be said that the resolution of "The Mission" may well be the most improbable turn of events in television history, everything up to that point is as exciting as TV can get.
Also on Book 1 is "The Wedding Ring," starring real-life spouses Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman as a married couple who spice up their 10th year together after DeVito, playing a costumer in a wax museum, gives his mousy bride a ring that belonged to a black-widow killer. Perlman, cast as a beleaguered waitress exploited by a callous boss, gets a personality makeover whenever she dons the ring, becoming insatiable in bed and a convincing femme fatale everywhere else. The only problem is that she's soon chasing her terrified husband around with a large kitchen knife, imbued with more than the sexy spirit of the ring's previous owner. Directed by DeVito, this cute episode works best as a different kind of vehicle for Perlman, who really does make the screen sizzle. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - The Mission with Kevin Costner and Kiefer Sutherland is the best of the series!
Best episodes are on this VHS. It is becoming very rare and hard to find becuae the DVD series came out. The bonus to buying this VHS tape is that it has a story called, "The Wedding Ring" (see VHS cover)which is not on the DVD or any other tape at this time. It is a great story with Danny Devito and his wife (the short currly haired waitress from "Cheers" - not Diane) and they go a great job of spinning a great yarn. This is worth the money if you can still find it and if you still have a VHS ... Read More
Rating: - DVD? Hello....
Maybe someone can explain why this truely Amazing anthology is not on DVD. Given the glut of tv series that have been released, that "Amazing Stories" remains locked away is criminal. [Oddly enough, the most interesting (if short lived) tv series ever made - Level 9, First Wave, Special Unit 2, Dark Skies, Prey, Swift Justice, Strange Luck - remain in blackout. Heck, Firefly, the Lone Gunmen, and Crusade made it to DVD and they lasted no longer than a number of these equally well made shows.] It's ... Read More
Rating: - Best hour of TV ever
I remember watching this Amazing Stories premiere and being
rendered slackjawed for the entire episode. I can remember no
better television, ever. It was like watching 'Raiders of the
Lost Ark', '1941', and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' all
wrapped up in an hour of tension. This is a masterpiece worthy
of film.
...and the DeVito episode is pretty good too.
:)
Rating: - With dream's, You live
I can seriously relate to the characters in the mission. My grandfather was a tailgunner during WWII. Once he was sick and unable to go on a mission. His entire crew and plane were destroyed on take-off. And where would I be? Out of existance. Steven Spielberg directs the first in a series of Amazing stories, a story about heart and survival. Kevin Costner is the captain of a crew of airmen in WWII. The Bellygunner dreams one day of drawing for Disney, and hopes as soon as the war is over, to work in the ... Read More
Rating:  - The First Episode Reviewed, not the second!
The first episode, "The Mission", is a very enetertaining tale that anybody under the age of 20 would enjoy. I consists of fighting in WW2 and of the lives of B-17 pilots. It is a miniature "Memphis belle" yet is in its own class. A B-17 has many gun turrets on it, and one is located on the bottom of the plane. In this episode of Amazing stories, the belly gunner's bubble is damaged, and he cannot get out. To make matters worse, the bombers landing gear will not go down, so the crew ... Read More
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