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Amazing Stories (TV series)

The Amazing Stories intertitle.
Television
NameAmazing Stories
GenreAnthology, fantasy, horror, science fiction
Created bySteven Spielberg (uncredited)
Developed bySteven Spielberg, Joshua Brand, John Falsey
Directed byVarious
Theme music composerJohn Williams
ComposerJohn Williams
Country of originUnited States
LanguageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes45
Production
Executive producerSteven Spielberg
Broadcast
Original channelNBC
First airedSeptember 29, 1985
Last airedApril 10, 1987
Related showsFamily Dog

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'Amazing Stories' is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987. It was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes airing at any time from early on Sunday morning to weekday evenings to very late at night; it later received a more coherent run on Sci-Fi.

The series was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and won five. The first season episode "The Amazing Falsworth" earned writer Mick Garris an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. It was not a ratings hit (ranking 40th in Season 1 and 46th in Season 2), however, and the network did not renew it after the two-year contract expired.

The series title licensed the name of Amazing Stories, the first dedicated science fiction magazine.

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Season One (1985-1986) :
# Title Director Airdate US VHS
LaserDisc		 Japan LaserDisc
Europe VHS
1x01 "Ghost Train" Steven Spielberg September 29, 1985 Vol. 2
1x02 "The Main Attraction" Matthew Robbins October 6, 1985 Vol. 4
1x03 "Alamo Jobe" Michael D. Moore October 20, 1985
1x04 "Mummy Daddy" William Dear October 27, 1985 Vol. 1
1x05 "The Mission" Steven Spielberg November 3, 1985 Book One Vol. 1
1x06 "The Amazing Falsworth" Peter Hyams November 3, 1985 Book Three Vol. 2
1x07 "Fine Tuning" Bob Balaban November 10, 1985 Book Five Vol. 7
1x08 "Mr. Magic" Donald Petrie November 17, 1985 Book Four Vol. 6
1x09 "Guilt Trip" Burt Reynolds December 1, 1985
1x10 "Remote Control Man" Bob Clark December 8, 1985
1x11 "Santa '85" a.k.a "One Amazing Night" Phil Joanou December 15, 1985 Vol. 8
1x12 "Vanessa in the Garden" Clint Eastwood December 29, 1985
1x13 "The Sitter" Joan Darling January 5, 1986
1x14 "No Day at the Beach" Lesli Linka Glatter January 12, 1986 Book Three
1x15 "One For the Road" Thomas Carter January 19, 1986
1x16 "Gather Ye Acorns" Norman Reynolds February 2, 1986
1x17 "Boo" Joe Dante February 16, 1986
1x18 "Dorothy and Ben" Thomas Carter March 2, 1986 Vol. 4
1x19 "Mirror, Mirror" Martin Scorsese March 9, 1986 Book Four Vol. 6
1x20 "Secret Cinema" Paul Bartel April 6, 1986
1x21 "Hell Toupee" Irvin Kershner April 13, 1986
1x22 "The Doll" Phil Joanou May 4, 1986 Vol. 5
1x23 "One For the Books" Lesli Linka Glatter May 11, 1986 3-tape-set
1x24 "Grandpa's Ghost" Timothy Hutton May 25, 1986

Season Two (1986-1987) :
# Title Director Airdate US VHS
LaserDisc		 Japan LaserDisc
Europe VHS
2x01 "The Wedding Ring" Danny DeVito September 22, 1986 Book One Vol. 2
2x02 "Miscalculation" Tom Holland September 29, 1986 Vol. 3
3-tape-set
2x03 "Magic Saturday" Robert Markowitz October 6, 1986 Vol. 8
2x04 "Welcome to My Nightmare" Todd Holland October 13, 1986
2x05 "You Gotta Believe Me" Kevin Reynolds October 20, 1986 Vol. 8
2x06 "The Greibble" Joe Dante November 3, 1986 Vol. 3
3-tape-set
2x07 "Life on Death Row" Mick Garris November 10, 1986 Book Three Vol. 5
2x08 "Go to the Head of the Class" Robert Zemeckis November 21, 1986 Book Two Vol. 1
3-tape-set
2x09 "Thanksgiving" Todd Holland November 24, 1986 Vol. 5
2x10 "The Pumpkin Competition" Norman Reynolds December 1, 1986 Book Five Vol. 7
3-tape-set
2x11 "What If...?" Joan Darling December 8, 1986
2x12 "The Eternal Mind" J. Michael Riva December 29, 1986
2x13 "Lane Change " Ken Kwapis January 12, 1987 3-tape-set
2x14 "Blue Man Down" Paul Michael Glaser January 19, 1987 Book Four Vol. 6
2x15 "The 21 Inch Sun" Nick Castle February 2, 1987 Vol. 8
2x16 "The Family Dog" Brad Bird February 16, 1987 Book Two Vol. 4
3-tape-set
2x17 "Gershwin's Trunk" Paul Bartel March 13, 1987 3-tape-set
2x18 "Such Interesting Neighbors" Graham Baker March 20, 1987 3-tape-set
2x19 "Without Diana" Lesli Linka Glatter March 27, 1987 Book Five Vol. 7
2x20 "Moving Day" Robert Stevens April 3, 1987 Vol. 3
2x21 "Miss Stardust" Tobe Hooper April 10, 1987

Steven Spielberg filmography

1970sThe Sugarland Express (1974) * Jaws (1975) * Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) * 1941 (1979)
1980sRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981) * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) * The Color Purple (1985) * Empire of the Sun (1987) * Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) * Always (1989)
1990sHook (1991) * Jurassic Park (1993) * Schindler's List (1993) * The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) * Amistad (1997) * Saving Private Ryan (1998)
2000sA.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) * Minority Report (2002) * Catch Me If You Can (2002) * The Terminal (2004) * War of the Worlds (2005) * Munich (2005) * Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
2010sThe Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
Future
projects		War Horse (2011) * Lincoln (2011) * Interstellar (TBA) * The 39 Clues (TBA) * Oldboy (TBA) * Chocky (TBA) * Pirate Latitudes (TBA)
Production
credits		I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) * Used Cars (1980) * Continental Divide (1981) * Poltergeist (1982) * E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) * Gremlins (1984) * Back to the Future (1985) * The Goonies (1985) * Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) * The Color Purple (1985) * An American Tail (1986) * The Money Pit (1986) * *batteries not included (1987) * Harry and the Hendersons (1987; uncredited) * Innerspace (1987) * Empire of the Sun (1987) * Three O'Clock High (1987; uncredited) * The Land Before Time (1988) * Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) * Back to the Future Part II (1989) * Always (1989) * Dad (1989) * Arachnophobia (1990) * Back to the Future Part III (1990) * Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) * Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) * An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) * Cape Fear (1991) * We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) * Schindler's List (1993) * The Flintstones (1994) * Casper (1995) * Balto (1995) * Twister (1996) * Men in Black (1997) * Amistad (1997) * Deep Impact (1998) * The Mask of Zorro (1998) * Saving Private Ryan (1998) * The Last Days (1998) * The Prince of Egypt (1998; uncredited) * The Haunting (1999; uncredited) * Evolution (2001; uncredited) * A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) * Jurassic Park III (2001) * Shrek (2001; uncredited) * Men in Black II (2002) * Catch Me If You Can (2002) * The Terminal (2004) * The Legend of Zorro (2005) * Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) * Munich (2005) * Monster House (2006) * Flags of Our Fathers (2006) * Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) * Disturbia (2007; uncredited) * Transformers (2007) * Eagle Eye (2008) * Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) * The Lovely Bones (2009) * True Grit (2010) * Cowboys & Aliens (2011) * Super 8 (2011) * The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011) * Men in Black III-D (2012)
TelevisionNight Gallery (1970) * Amazing Stories (1985 �1987) * Tiny Toon Adventures (1990 �1992) * A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) * Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) * Family Dog (1993) * seaQuest DSV (1993 �1995) * Animaniacs (1993 �1998) * ER (1994) * Pinky and the Brain / Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1995 �1999) * Freakazoid! (1995 �1997) * Toonsylvania (1998) * Invasion America (1998) * Band of Brothers (2001) * Taken (2002) * Into the West (2005) * On the Lot (2007) * United States of Tara (2009 �present) * The Pacific (2010)
GamesMedal of Honor (1999) * Boom Blox (2008) * Boom Blox Bash Party (2009)
Short filmsTummy Trouble (1989; played with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) * Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990; played with Dick Tracy) * Trail Mix-Up (1993; played with A Far Off Place) * I'm Mad (1994; played with Thumbelina)
See alsoFirelight (1964) * Amblin' (1968) * Duel (1971) * Something Evil (1972) * Kick The Can (1983)
Filmography * Amblin Entertainment * DreamWorks * USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education



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