Langoliers, The Formats: TV Miniseries / VHS / DVD / Made-for-TV Movie First Aired (US): May 14th, 1995 Channel: ABC
Synopsis:
Passengers on a transcontinental flight from Los Angeles to Boston awaken to find most of their fellow passengers missing. Their attempts to make contact with anyone are in vain and they end up landing the plane in Bangor, Maine, but the airport there is also deserted. The remaining passengers finally realize that they avoided death because they were asleep but that won’t last for long as the “langoliers” are closing in on them. In order to avoid certain death, they have to fly back to Los Angeles to “fix” the time warp in which they became trapped. That means that they must be asleep when they go through the time warp but one of them will have to remain awake to land the plane. Stephen makes a cameo appearance as a Chairman of the Board during a dream sequence by Craig Toomey (Bronson Pinchot) who is losing his grip on reality.
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Posted By: Marty - 02/12/2010 - 6:15 PM EST
i like the movie i went to see own the tv now
Posted By: Mary - 11/29/2009 - 1:35 PM EST
I love this movie. This is probably my favorite by Stephen King. He is brilliant. All these years and he's still writing. I love the way the last comment stated they wish there was a part two, then just like that PART ll at the bottom, I downloaded it but haven't read it yet, not sure if it is for Langoliers. COOL ANYWAY, Mr. King you ROCk.
Posted By: Ryan - 08/26/2009 - 1:53 PM EST
i have not seen this movie but i read the book, and if this is as good as the book i would recommend it
Posted By: LocalH3ro - 06/12/2009 - 7:09 PM EST
Of the batch of SK's stories turned into TV miniseries around this time (Tommyknockers, It, & The Stand) this is one of my favourites (film & story). The acting by all is superb although Dean Stockwell went a bit OTT on the spooky/mysterious author bit IMHO (a bit cheesy sometimes as to make me cringe but forgivable in the context of his role). Having watched 'The Mist' recently (the similarities I felt existed between each) prompted me to dig out my VHS copy and re-hook up my old player. 14 years on it's still a rollercoaster ride of a film.
