(1962) - B&W - 28 min
LikeTelevision™ proudly presents - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. This film by Robert Enrico is adapted from the story written by Ambrose Bierce. The short film does an excellent job of telling this great tale, about a man accused of trying to sabotage a bridge during the civil war. As the story begins, the man is about to be executed - by hanging from Owl Creek Bridge. We enter the man's mind, as he imagines that the rope breaks - and he narrowly escapes the onslaught of bullets from the Union soldiers. Then he runs through an arched forest canopy - trying to return to his wife and child, who are waiting for him at his home. Most of the story takes place, during that brief few seconds, as he falls from his gallows - to the moment when his neck snaps. An incredible journey of mind.... look out, there's a sign post up ahead! Yep, this short film was also an episode of The Twilight Zone, with Rod Serling. I believe it was the only episode that was not produced by the great writing team that made the show. As a Twilight Zone, it aired Feb. 28, 1964 - episode 142.

beautiful cinematography tells the story, as there is almost no dialogue.

This film has won many awards, including - A First Prize Winner at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival and in 1964 - an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects. Roger Jaquet stars as the convicted man who imagines his escape. This is a very powerful short movie (28 min) - and we spent a lot of time cleaning up the film, and restoring it as best we could. Better yet - we offer a cool DVD download for our Premium members - which is a whopping 1.0 gig. Go make a DVD with your new DVD-R burner and watch it on your television set. (For personal use only of course). We also created a bunch of new images to help make your DVD look fabulous, so check out the image library too.

He runs through the glorious sunlit tree canopy, trying to get home

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The Union captain supervises the hanging.

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Anne Cornaly, as his beloved wife

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