S 3.E 24

To Serve Man

L'épisode a été diffusé 2 mars 1962
TV-PG
25m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. Linguists Michael Chambers, Patricia Brody, and their team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose... Tout lireAn alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. Linguists Michael Chambers, Patricia Brody, and their team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce to be "To Serve Man."An alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. Linguists Michael Chambers, Patricia Brody, and their team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce to be "To Serve Man."

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Rôles principaux41

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Lloyd Bochner

Michael Chambers

Susan Cummings

Patty

Richard Kiel

Kanamit

Hardie Albright

Secretary General

Theodore Marcuse

Citizen Gregori

Bartlett Robinson

Colonel #1

Carleton Young

Colonel #2
(as Carlton Young)

Nelson Olmsted

Scientist

Robert Tafur

Señor Valdez

Lomax Study

Leveque

Jerry Fujikawa

Japanese Delegate
(as J.H. Fujikawa)

Don Ames

Man in Line
(uncredited)

David Armstrong

Security Guard
(uncredited)

Mary Ellen Batten

1st Woman in Line
(uncredited)

Gene Benton

Reporter #2
(uncredited)

Keith Britton

1st Man in Line
(uncredited)

John Burnside

Cameraman
(uncredited)

William Burnside

Cameraman
(uncredited)

Histoire

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Le saviez-vous

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Anecdotes
All of the nine-foot-tall Kanamits are played by the same actor - 7'2" tall Richard Kiel. This is most apparent at the end, when two identical Kanamits stand near the spaceship in a split screen effect.

Gaffes
Kanamits have to lower their heads to pass through human height doorways on their own ships.

Citations
Michael Chambers: *SPOILER*
[to the audience]
Michael Chambers: How about you? You still on Earth, or on the ship, with me? Well, it doesn't make very much difference because sooner or later we'll, all of us, be on the menu. All of us.

Connexions
Edited from Le jour où la Terre s'arrêta... (1951)

Bandes originales
Twilight Zone Theme
(theme song)
Composed by Marius Constant
(seasons 2-5)

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9/10

KANAMITS PROMISE NEW ERA!

A lot of fun to be had with this one, even if you are good at guessing twists. The fourth wall comes down. You get a very cinematic short sci-fi drama carried by Lloyd Bochner as a cerebral, urbane, relaxed hero. He gives an almost Montaigne-like portrait of 'how to live well with aliens'. Susan Cummings blends with him perfectly as his female linguist counterpart. The introduction of a Kanamit (Richard Kiel) by the enormous shadow at the UN is impressive (going straight there saves the Kanamits the embarrassment of saying 'Take me to your leader').

Having heard Richard Kiel's excellent ability as a public speaker (one of the best I've ever heard in person, and I've listened to a lot of Shakespearean actors) at a James Bond convention, I am amused now to see only his visual talents used on screen. I believe his Kanamit was voiced by Joseph Ruskin (Genie from Man In The Bottle, series 2).

One of the great episodes. Clearly having a little fun at the 1950's sci-fi movies expense.