Amazing Stories (1985)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Steven Spielberg
Creator / Executive Producer / Director / Producer / Executive Producer / Writer / Story
Joshua Brand
Creator / Writer
John Falsey
Creator / Writer
Ron Cobb
Title Designer
Kathleen Kennedy
Production Executive
James D. Bissell
Title Designer / Writer
Frank Marshall
Production Executive
John Williams
Main Title Theme Composer
Rick Carter
Production Design
Richard B. Lewis
Art Direction
Dennis Venizelos
Background Designer
Philip Phillipson
Background Designer
Karen Hansen
Other
Andrew Phillipson
Background Designer
Lauralei Wethy
Other
Adam B. Gordon
Other
Fred Cline
Background Designer
Denese Oates
Other
John McPherson
Director of Photography
Ruth Edelman
Supervising Animator
Allen Daviau
Cinematography
Lesli Linka Glatter
Director
Norman Reynolds
Director
Phil Joanou
Director
Joan Darling
Director
Thomas Carter
Director
Joe Dante
Director
Todd Holland
Director / Writer
Nick Castle
Director
Martin Scorsese
Director
Paul Michael Glaser
Director
J. Michael Riva
Director
Mick Garris
Director / Writer
Clint Eastwood
Director
Matthew Robbins
Director
Peter Hyams
Director
Irvin Kershner
Director
Tom Holland
Director
Robert Markowitz
Director
Kevin Reynolds
Director
Michael D. Moore
Director
Tobe Hooper
Director
Darrell Rooney
Layout
Robert Stevens
Director
Burt Reynolds
Director
Bob Clark
Director
Donald Petrie
Director
James Beihold
Layout
Robert Zemeckis
Director
Timothy Hutton
Director
Ken Kwapis
Director
Graham Baker
Director
Steven Kemper
Editor
Kendall O'Connor
Color Grading
David E. Vogel
Producer
Steve Starkey
Associate Producer
Stephen Semel
Associate Producer
Skip Lusk
Associate Producer
Bruce Broughton
Music
Georges Delerue
Music
Billy Goldenberg
Music
Ralph Burns
Music
John Mayer
Music
John Addison
Music
Danny Elfman
Music
Brad Fiedel
Music
Craig Safan
Music
David Shire
Music
Kenneth Wannberg
Music
Alan Silvestri
Music
Jonathan Tunick
Music
Phil Marshall
Music
Leonard Rosenman
Music
Lennie Niehaus
Music
Miles Goodman
Music
Fred Steiner
Music
Pat Metheny
Music
James Horner
Music
David Newman
Music
Michael Kamen
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Music
Steve Bartek
Music
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Music
Thomas Newman
Music
Jimmy Webb
Music
Steve Dorff
Music
Johnny Mandel
Music
Glenn Paxton
Music
Susan Lantz
Animation
Brigitte Strother
Color Designer
Tony Fucile
Animation
Kirk Wise
Animation
Kiefer Sutherland
Static
Lou Dellarosa
Animation Production Assistant
Kyra Sedgwick
Dora Johnson
Brooke Ashley
Buffy Binford (voice)
Gregg Vanzo
Animation
David Rappaport
Troll
Alan Smart
Animation
Ralph Eggleston
Animation
Joe Pantoliano
Joe
Rich Moore
Animation
Ian Wolfe
Grandpa Charlie
Tanya T. Wilson
Animation
Gregory Hines
Falsworth
Gabriel Damon
Bobby Mynes
Ron Hughart
Animation
Sondra Locke
Vanessa Sullivan
Dan Jeup
Animation
Katherine Borowitz
Katherine Baldwin
David Stephan
Animation
Ken Bruce
Animation
Dennis Lipscomb
Val Webster
Scott Coffey
Peter Brand
Duncan Marjoribanks
Animation
Christina Applegate
Holly
Susan Kroyer
Animation
Adam Ant
Ted Hellenbeck
Terrey Hamada
Animation
Russ Edmonds
Animation
Stephen Geoffreys
Alan Webster
Tim Burton
Animation
Milton Berle
Self
Mark Kausler
Animation
Chris Buck
Animation Supervisor
Danny DeVito
Herbert / Director
Jill Stirdivant
Color Designer
Mercedes McCambridge
Miss Lestrange (voice)
David Cutler
Animation
Loni Anderson
Love
Natalie Gregory
Dorothy
Klay Hall
Animation
Mary Stuart Masterson
Cynthia Simpson
Tim Hauser
Animation
Marcia Strassman
Nel Lewise
Stu Krieger
Writer
Kate McNeil
Patty O'Neil
Michael De Guzman
Writer
Herta Ware
Grandma Helen
Tom McLoughlin
Writer
Earl Pomerantz
Writer
Dom DeLuise
Guilt
Gail Parent
Writer
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Cabbage Man
Frances Bay
Mrs Claus
Richard Matheson
Writer
Ryan McWhorter
Brad Hellenbeck
Richard Christian Matheson
Writer
Mary Ellen Trainor
Mara Webster
Bob Gale
Writer
Mabel King
Jennifer Mowbray
Jacob Epstein
Writer
Gary Stephens
Writer
Geoffrey Lewis
Dan
Al Ruscio
Tony Maroni
Tom Szollosi
Writer
Peter Z. Orton
Writer
Annie Potts
Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
Michael McDowell
Writer
Mark Hamill
Jonathan Quick
Joseph Minion
Writer
June Lockhart
Mildred
Pat Hingle
Sheriff Horace Smyvie
John Meyer
Writer
Douglas Lloyd McIntosh
Teleplay
Tim Robbins
Jordan's Phantom
Stan Freberg
Skip Binford (voice)
Rockne S. O'Bannon
Writer
Sid Caesar
Lou Bundles
Bruce Kirschbaum
Writer
Lowell Ganz
Writer
Scott Menville
Billy Binford (voice)
Frank Kerr
Writer
Pierre R. Debs
Writer
Charles Nelson Reilly
Father McClintley
Anne Spielberg
Writer
Patrick Swayze
Eric David Peterson
Babaloo Mandel
Writer
John D'Aquino
Large Man
Max Gail
Duncan Moore
Ali Marie Matheson
Writer
Menno Meyjes
Writer
Chris Nash
DeSoto
Julie Moskowitz
Writer
Eddie Zammit
Maurici
Frank Deese
Writer
Michael Villella
Dr. Levin
Kevin Parent
Writer
Frank Doubleday
Beckloff
Jake Hart
Jonah Kelly
Casey Siemaszko
Jonathan
Kevin Costner
Captain
Douglas Seale
Santa / Mike Malloy
Bronson Pinchot
The Director
Kelly Reno
Jobe H. Farnum
Lisa Jane Persky
Shirley Crater
John Scott Clough
Brad Bender
Eric Bruskotter
Stan
Richard Masur
Trent Tinker
Matthew Labyorteaux
Andy
Gary Riley
Jimmy / Tail Gunner
Debbie Lee Carrington
Alien
Daniel Frishman
Alien
Kevin Thompson
Alien
Gordon Jump
Father
Rick Ducommun
Larry
Michael DeLuise
Boyfriend
Carol Arthur
Mother
Kristine Blackburn
Daughter
Sydney Lassick
Walter Poindexter
Nancy Parsons
Grendel
Charles Durning
Assistant to the Boss / Earl
Marvin J. McIntyre
Deputy Weatherby
Harvey Keitel
Byron Sullivan
Seth Green
Lance Paxton
J.J. Cohen
Bert / Jake
Brad Bird
Scientist #2 / Family Dog (Voice) / Director / Writer
Charlie Sheen
Casey
Jim Gatherum
George
James Cromwell
Francis
Mark Tymchyshyn
O'Farrow
Mike Finneran
Customer
Forest Whitaker
Jerry
William Dear
David / Director
Eddie Bracken
Nelson Chumsky
Joe Seneca
Ben Dumfy
Sam Waterston
Jordan Manmouth
Penny Peyser
Jane
Leo Penn
Fred
Andrew McCarthy
Edwin
Joshua Rudoy
Billy / Dennis Paxton
Rhea Perlman
Lois
Jon Cryer
Phil
Catherine Gilmour
Ms. Awesome
Rebecca Schaeffer
Ms. Crownings
M. Emmet Walsh
Grandpa
David Hollander
Harry
Mary Betten
Nancy
Hayley Mills
Joan Simmons
Don McLeod
Greibble
Christopher Lloyd
Professor B.O.Beanes
Tom Bresnahan
Cusimano
David Carradine
Calvin
Polly Holliday
Elma Dinnock
J.A. Preston
Prof. Bertram Carver
Clare Kirkconnell
Pamela Kelly
Tom McConnell
Raymond Kelly
Ric Cane
Crosswalk man
Sherry Landrum
Woman in car
Laurel Green
woman
Jeffrey Jones
John Baldwin
Larry Spinak
Geek / Arnold Skamp
Kathy Baker
Charlene Benton
Jay Ingram
Lieutenant
Mark Erickson
Atwood
Robert Benedict
TV reporter
Debbie Lynn Ross
Hostage
Robert Townsend
Billy Burliss
Michael Lerner
Mr. Marvin
Robert Starr
Robert
Bridget Sienna
Actress
Alan Solomon
Actor
Richard Chudnow
Castel's Assistant
Jeremy Iacone
Italian Man
Alec Murdock
Man
Charlene Nelson
Production Assistant
Jean St. James
Personal Secretary
Lisa London
Secretary
Marina Anderson
Berlis Babe
Dana Gladstone
Producer / George Gershwin
Marshall Efron
Burglar (voice)
Stanley Ralph Ross
Burglar (voice)
Jack Angel
Security Guard (voice)
Bob Balaban
Jo-Jo Gillespie / Director
Frederick Coffin
Al Lewise
Ina Fried
Randy Lewise
Victoria Catlin
Ann Hellenbeck
Billy Green Bush
George Willoughby
Dianne Hull
Kathryn Willoughby
Gennie James
Diana Willoughby
Kristen Vigard
Karen
Dick Shawn
Joe Willoughby
Royal Dano
Salvation Army Officer / Elmer Quick
Jim Siedow
Totzke
Angel Tompkins
Mia
Gabe Cohen
Mendelheim
Robert Kim
Businessman
Taliesin Jaffe
Mark / Scott
Libby Aubrey
Beauty
Norman Friedman
Man
Tom Harrison
Harold
Barbara Sharma
Mrs. Bender
Jeff Cohen
Ralph / Eddie
Bill Allen
Cliff Ratte
Joan Foley
Scientist
Dominick Brascia
Billy Johnson
Isabelle Walker
Francine
Megan Wyss
girl
Piper Cochrane
Darcy Cook
Jon Van Ness
Jim Bowie
John Philbin
Bullseye
Gary Mauro
Sam
Glen Mauro
Dave
Ken Stovitz
Lamar
Joseph G. Medalis
Jimmy
Vance Colvig
Vaudevillian
Paul 'Mousie' Garner
Vaudevillian
Don Davis
Vaudevillian
Happy Hall
Vaudevillian
Jack Spoons
Vaudevillian
Whitey Roberts
Vaudevillian
C.J. Hunt
Robert the Waiter
Sal Viscuso
Sergeant Redmond
Tad Horino
market owner
Richard Epcar
tv reporter
Craig Richard Nelson
Dick Castel
Carrie Fisher
Laurie Macnamara
Lainie Kazan
Sister Teresa
Hurd Hatfield
Logan Webb
Dan Ponce
Pepi
Irene Olga López
Carmen
Sheryl Lee Ralph
show singer
Rick Andosca
Policeman / Haller
Pamela Galloway
Trish Charlton
Jack Carter
John Bluthener
James Karen
Richard Whelan
Gregory Wagrowski
man / Ben Oltman
Paul Bartel
Detective Watts / Dr. Shreck / Director / Writer
Laraine Newman
Miss Schroedinger
Rick Overton
John Aubrey
Anthony James
Businessman
David Stone
Maheshwara
Ann Bell
Pregnant Woman
Dick Balduzzi
drunk Santa
Luca Bercovici
Granville
Philip McKeon
Stick
Ray Mancini
Irish
Ralph Seymour
Ira
Leo Geter
Evergreen
Priscilla Pointer
woman on train (cameo) / Charlie
Tom Hodges
Tiny
David Friedman
Jonathan Quick (age 12)
Lynn Kuratomi
nurse / TV reporter
Joanna Merlin
Marie
Mary Jo Deschanel
Francine Gazetta
Lois de Banzie
Alma Quick
Wade Mayer
actor / Stage Manager
Evelyn Keyes
Evelyn Chumsky
Bruce Davison
Richard
Andrea Marcovicci
Barbara
Robert Picardo
Tony Sepulveda
Wendy Schaal
Sheena
Heidi Zeigler
Deena
Lane Smith
Dr. Caruso
Kathleen Lloyd
Samantha
Joe Regalbuto
Merle
Misty Forrest
little girl
Kay Bess
nurse
Bill Wiley
Underling #2
Beau Bridges
Teddy Shearing
Randy Oglesby
Dr. Edward Northrup
Jamie Rose
Mrs. Northrup
Wendy Phillips
Barbara Lynn Paxton
Suzanne Snyder
Patti
Fran Ryan
Mrs. Abbott
Stephen Lee
Dad
Michael Horse
male friend / Indian
Susan Swift
Marsha
Dennis Haskins
man in station wagon
Robert Axelrod
Frank
Aaron Seville
technician
Paul Tauger
technician
Cletus Young
father
Judi M. Durand
Doctor
Galyn Görg
Ms. Eyeful
Lana Clarkson
Ms. Allure
Jed Mills
Sergeant / Marshall
Penelope Sudrow
mousey girl
JoAnn Willette
Ruta Mae / Angela
Harry Woolf
Dr. Blitz
Al Lampkin
cop
Wynonna Smith
cashier
Conrad Dunn
gas station attendant / warden's guard
Caren Kaye
Dorothy
David L. Crowley
David
Billy Beck
Caretaker / old blind man
David Arnott
umpire
Robyn Lively
Kate
Parker Jacobs
John Willson
Robert L. Gibson
Dad
Steve Antin
Bud
Cheryl McWilliams
Kate's mom
John Simone
Norman Bates
Tom Willett
Man From Future / prisoner / Funeral Director
Tim Russ
Security guard
Jennie Sadler
airline representative
Wil Shriner
James
Joel Lawrence
pilot
Cassandra Gava
red bag woman
John Roselius
Todd Johnson
Lance E. Nichols
security guard
Erinn Canavan
child
Richard Burns
air traffic control
Rosemarie Castellano
fashionable woman
John McCook
Jerry Lane / emcee
Ebbe Roe Smith
man
Frank Welker
Greibble (voice)
Dick Miller
Fred
Ben Kronen
Bald Man / Professor Smith
Justin Mooney
Bobby
Louis Giambalvo
Dr. Templeton / Haggerty
Jim Jansen
man in commercial
Fredric Cook
Officer Cook / Dr. Wittenberg
Hector Elizondo
Meadows
Kevin Hagen
Rob Wellan
Roberto Contreras
trustee
Paul Eiding
Doctor
James T. Callahan
Erhardt
Alan Fine
inmate
John Hamelin
priest
Hawthorne James
Fowler
Nicholas Love
Bradshaw
Ann Walker
Ma
Britt Leach
Ernie
Ritch Brinkley
Mayor Chester A. Barnsworth
Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Helen Shaver
Karen
Eve Smith
Old Woman / old woman
Glenn Scarpelli
Jeffrey Gelb
Michael C. Gwynne
jail attendant
Jack Thibeau
tough guy
Eve Arden
Jane's mother
Griffin Dunne
Dick
Barry Dennen
news dealer
Mary Woronov
nurse
Richard Paul
Mr. Krupp
Alix Elias
lady customer
Fred Scialla
loner
Todd Allen
air traffic control
Joan Wells
Mom
Louis Silvers
Waiter #2
Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon
Dirk Benedict
Face
Gary Coleman
Arnold Jackson
Sharon Spelman
Sally / Mom
Barbara Billingsley
June Cleaver
Richard Simmons
Richard Simmons
Lyle Alzado
Lyle Alzado
Shawn Weatherly
Beauty Pageant Contestant
LaWanda Page
Aunt Esther
Jake Steinfeld
The Hulk
Jim Lange
Jim Lange
Clara Peller
Clara Peller
Charlie Dell
Salesman
Kristian Alfonso
Kristian Alfonso
Leann Hunley
Leann Hunley
Rod McCary
Emcee
Philip Bruns
Mr. Beasley
Jocko Marcellino
Thug #1
Sid Haig
Thug
Garry Goodrow
doorman
Bernadette Birkett
Tina
David Byrd
Mr. Rhine
Gerry Gibson
drunk Santa
Arnold Johnson
town sage / Johnny
Fritz Feld
Maitre 'd
Beverly Sanders
Susan
Abbe Lane
Enchantress
John Fiedler
Man on Boat
Nancy Ann Nelson
Female Newscaster
Tony Kienitz
Harry
Cindy Morgan
Beth
Stanley Brock
Mitchell
E. Hampton Beagle
Murray Bernstein
Mitch Kreindel
Floyd King
Cal Gibson
guard
James Avery
Chief Hansen
Ken Olfson
Clifford Monroe
Angelo Rossitto
Vaudevillian
Titus Napoleon
used car salesman
Peter Kwong
weatherman
Bryan Gordon
father
Leo Rossi
Murray
Julius Harris
Joe
Larry Gelman
Harry Striker
Larry Cedar
Danny
Tim Herbert
Jack
Eda Reiss Merin
Dora
Nick Lewin
young magician
Kelli Lessie
magician's assistant
Jack Wells
Mr. Zahl
Tracey Walter
Ezra / Blaze
Gary Allen
Mr. Simon
Jonathan Luria
Officer Montgomery
Thomas F. Maguire
guard
John Lithgow
John Walters
Anne Helm
Mary Dickenson
Albert Hague
Mr. Liebermacher
Rain Phoenix
Doris
John Christopher Jones
Vin Colbeck
Joyce Van Patten
Eva
Nicholas Pryor
Dr. Fetlock
Rodney Kageyama
Dr. Barth
John Alvin
Professor Rand
Gary Bergher
Professor Gilbert
Margaret Howell
Eve Shearing
Milton Murrill
waiter
Nelson Welch
Father McKay
Peter Jason
commander
Anthony LaPaglia
mechanic #2
Terry Beaver
officer
Keith Joe Dick
1st Sergeant
Karen Kopins
Liz
Frank Schuller
Paul Treadwell
Brion James
Willie Joe
Pamela Guest
assistant director / Ms. Harris
Elden Henson
Freckle face boy
Len Lesser
old grave digger
Oliver Dear
young grave digger
Susan Dear
Harold's wife
Larry Hankin
Jubal
William Frankfather
mayor
Lucy Lee Flippin
librarian
Michael Zand
Ra Amin Ka
Bill Martin
guard
Brian Bradley
actor
Dalton Cathey
doctor
John Carlyle
auctioneer
Don Calfa
Messenger
Suzanne Bateman
Gail
Sally Stark
older woman
Robert Lesser
young man
Roberts Blossom
Ohpa Globe
Lukas Haas
Brian Globe
Gail Edwards
Joleen Globe
Scott Paulin
Fenton Globe
Drew Barrymore
girl on train (cameo)
Hugh Gillin
train conductor
Sandy Ward
train engineer
Renny Roker
Dr. Steele
Richard Bull
Mr. Hiller
Richard Young
Davy Crockett
William Boyett
Colonel Travis
Lurene Tuttle
Harriet Wendse
Michael Cavanaugh
James Lefferts
Benji Gregory
Sam
Robert V. Barron
curator
Kelly Henson
Elizabeth Treadwell
Jeanne Jensen
Sweet Woman
Steve Liebman
Underling #1
Patty Maloney
Alien
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 1985
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes45
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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Amazing Stories is an American anthology television series created by Steven Spielberg, that originally ran on NBC in the United States from September 29, 1985, to April 10, 1987.
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 52nd in Season 2), however, and the network did not renew it after the two-year contract expired. The 1987 science fiction film Batteries Not Included was originally intended as a story for Amazing Stories, but Spielberg liked the idea so much that he decided to make it a theatrical release.
The series title licensed the name of Amazing Stories, the first dedicated science fiction magazine created by Hugo Gernsback in April 1926.
The title sequence was made by computer-generated imagery (CGI) firm Robert Abel and Associates.
On March 6, 2020, a revival of Amazing Stories premiered on Apple TV+.