"The Twilight Zone" Profile in Silver/Button, Button (1986)

Directors:

John D. Hancock
Peter Medak

Writers:

Richard Matheson (teleplay) (segment)
Richard Matheson (story) (segment "Button, Button") ...

TV Series:

"The Twilight Zone" (1985)

Original Air Date:

7 March 1986 (Season 1, Episode 20)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller | Horror

Plot:

"Profile in Silver": After preventing the assassination of President Kennedy, a historian from the future faces the consequences of his act. "Button, Button": A couple receives a box with a button -- and an unusual offer. |

Plot Keywords:

Button | Box | Self Sacrifice | Proverb | Advanced Technology

Cast

Lane Smith	...	Professor Joseph Fitzgerald (segment "Profile in Silver")
Andrew Robinson	...	President Kennedy (segment "Profile in Silver")
Louis Giambalvo	...	Raymond Livingston (segment "Profile in Silver")
Barbara Baxley	...	Dr. Kate Wange (segment "Profile in Silver")
Jerry Hardin	...	Lyndon B. Johnson (segment "Profile in Silver")
Mark L. Taylor	...	Inspector (segment "Profile in Silver") (as Mark Taylor)
Charles Lanyer	...	TV Anchorman (segment "Profile in Silver")
David Sage	...	Professor (segment "Profile in Silver")
Ken Hill	...	Aide (segment "Profile in Silver")
Huck Liggett	...	Texan (segment "Profile in Silver")
Gerard Bocaccio	...	(segment "Profile in Silver")
Mare Winningham	...	Norma Lewis (segment "Button, Button")
Brad Davis	...	Arthur Lewis (segment "Button, Button")
Basil Hoffman	...	Mr. Steward (segment "Button, Button")

Runtime:

60 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Atlantis Films

Trivia:

Neither "Profile in Silver" nor "Button, Button" has either an opening or a closing narration.

Quotes:

President Kennedy: [after his life is saved by a time traveler, JFK gives a speech to a Harvard class - in 2172] Let the record show that in any age - good or bad - there are men of high ideals. Men of courage! Men who do more than that for which they are called upon! You will not always know their names. But let their deeds stand as monuments, so that when the human race is called to judgment, we may say, "This too was humanity!"

Movie Connections:

Version of The Box (2009/I)

If Kennedy had lived/ The Button

For the first time, an entire episode without narration.

I give 19/20 to "Profile in Silver" , because it is a fantastic alternate universe "If Kennedy had lived instead was killed" and the alternative universe shows us that an event can always be worst.

I precise that Andrew Robinson is the guest-star in another episode "Private Channel". This actor is Kennedy in Profile in Silver.

I give 18/20 to "Button, Button" although the story was interesting and short . The film is too long and the book was so sad. There are only three actors in this story, Brad Davis, Mare Winningham and Basil Hoffman.