Rod Serling In The Twilight Zone is the fictional life story of a young, talented writer who finds a door into another dimension and returns a changed man to create one of the most extraordinary and enduring television shows ever imagined. 

 

“Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it.
When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.”

- Rod Serling

 

 

Rod Serling In The Twilight Zone

by Chuck Fitzpatrick


2015 Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist

 

 

Praise from the 2015 Judges for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting:

 

“Brilliantly conceived, artfully crafted and deftly executed, this screenplay is a tour de force in fresh and imaginative storytelling.“

 

“… there are a lot of moving parts in this script that work well and in tandem to produce a tight, cohesive, entertaining and gripping story. This screenplay takes us deep into the imagination of a very gifted and known writer. It is a shining example of professional caliber writing in combination with an intriguing concept, inventive storytelling and strong execution."

 

 

“I want to confess right up front that I really loved this script, and it had me hooked from its fantastic opening scenes to the end. It manages to combine the traditional pleasures of the biopic with the suspense, dark humor and poignancy of Rod Serling’s finest stories.” 

 

“The dialogue is sharp.”

 
“This screenplay is beautifully structured with Rod Serling’s internal and external struggles deftly interwoven into a plot that increasingly and artfully blurs the line between reality and illusion. Thematically rich, there is meaning and substance captured in the narrative about a writer’s talent as both gift and curse as his overactive imagination and personality foibles increasingly burden him in his personal life and threaten to overcome him.”
 

“There are some very cool mind-bending notions on the page, and they lend themselves to a film that is a fun ride, and in the tradition of Serling's TV classic.”

 
 

“From the stage descriptions to the dialogue and characterization, the writing is impeccably and consistently true in tone to THE TWILIGHT ZONE series that this biographical film pays homage to. There is an engaging “wink-wink” quality to the writing even in its darkest, creepiest and most disturbing moments.”