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[eerie music]

(male presenter) There is a fifth dimension

Beyond that Which is known to man.

It is a dimension As vast as space

And as timeless as infinity.

It is the middle ground Between light and shadow,

Between science And superstition

And it lies between The pit of man's fears

And the summit Of his knowledge.

This is the dimension Of imagination.

It is an area Which we call The twilight zone.

(male) System ready?

[buzzing, man Speaks indistinctiy]

(male 1) Lox tanking secured?

(male 2, over radio) Lox tanking secured.

[alarm]

(male presenter, off) Her name is the Arrow 1.

She represents Four and a half years

Of planning, preparation And training

And a thousand years Of science and mathematics

And the projected dreams And hopes

Of not only a nation, But a world.

She is the first Manned aircraft into space,

And this is the countdown. The last five seconds

Before man shot an arrow Into the air.

(male over radio) Three, two, one, zero.

[expiosion]

One, two, three, four, five.

I still Don't understand how We could have lost it

With all The monitors We have going.

If we had 15,000 Monitors going,

The situation Would be the same. We lost contact.

She's off Her vector path, she's Off the radar screen.

Gone, completely gone.

When did you First lose contact?

Less than Half hour ago.

There was A short period Of heavy interference.

Now, that was Probably solar.

We haven't been able To identify it yet.

In any case, when It was over, the Contact was broken.

Couldn't a change In their course Account for that?

The course Was preset.

Now, the pilot Wouldn't change it

Without notifying us. Bob Donolan's commanding.

So, an aircraft With an eight-man crew

Just disappears Like a puff of smoke.

One moment she's there, The next moment she's gone.

"I shot an arrow Into the air.

It landed I know not where."

A nursery rhyme Of the age of space.

Gentlemen, wherever You are, god help you.

(Donolan) "First entry, log, Arrow 1

"Colonel R.G. Donolan Commanding.

"We have crash-landed

"On what appears to be An uncharted asteroid.

"Cause of malfunction And ultimate crash unknown.

There was an explosion, The electrical system Went out."

That's all Any of us remember.

"Any of us being flight Officers Corey and Pearson

"And Navigator Hudack, Who has been seriously hurt

"And myself.

"The rest of the crew, dead.

"There is very little left Of the aircraft.

"The radio is gone.

"The bulk of the supplies Have been destroyed In the crash

"And as of this moment

"There is little certainty That we have been tracked

And our whereabouts known."

Begging The colonel's pardon

But this is no time To write your memoirs.

(colonel) Corey, we're In bad shape.

That's for sure.

But we're still a crew, And as long as we are a crew

There'll be discipline And there'll be protocol.

Until I'm lying in the hole Then we'll operate From the book!

Get over there and sit down.

Colonel Donolan, It's hot, see?

It's very hot, and it Makes it hard to think.

So if you're going to expend All that energy,

You use it to figure A way out of here.

A way to let them Know where we are!

Corey! You heard The colonel.

Pearson, you were with Corey during the crash.

What happened to him?

Nothing that I know of, sir.

I can't understand It either.

How much Water is there?

(colonel) A five-gallon can, What we have on us.

Then why waste it?

I mean, he's Not going to live Through the afternoon.

Are you The consulting Surgeon, Corey?

I'm one man out of three Who's going to need water,

And five gallons isn't Going to last very long.

If the situation were Reversed, and it was You lying there,

I'll give you odds You wouldn't want To be written off.

Five gallons Of water or no.

(Corey) Colonel, this man's Going to die!

If he dies he dies, But nobody gets Behind to push.

If he's thirsty, We give him water.

If he's hot, we move Him into the shade.

Then if he Goes, we give him A prayer or two.

Pearson, Start making The graves.

I'll relieve you In five minutes,

Then Corey Will relieve me.

(Pearson) What's the matter, Corey?

You want him On the detail, too?

Colonel, that's odd.

(Pearson) Signs of the sun, I mean.

Yes, I noticed.

It's hardly Any different

Than we knew it On earth.

Which means that Whatever asteroid We've landed on

Is in the same orbit As the earth.

Well, wherever we Are, it's a cinch It isn't heaven.

You can count On that.

We've got one thing In our favor.

The air is perfect, There's no radiation Count to speak of.

It took four And a half years To build that ship.

There wasn't Any prototype, Just the one ship.

The only one of its kind.

And it took four and A half years to build her.

So, if they know Where we are

And they want To come and get us,

They're gonna have To build another ship.

How is he?

The same. Breathing seems Shallower, though.

See anything, sir?

(Corey) Yeah, we Saw something,

Rocks, rocks And those scrubby Mountains over there.

This is no asteroid. It's an eight ball.

And hot, Pearson, Hot like nothing You've ever felt before.

(Pearson) It'll be cooler, Sir, at night,

If there Is a night,

I'll head South towards The mountains,

I'll look In that direction.

Colonel!

Not this Time, colonel!

Not this time!

I want An even shake. I want a chance.

You're alive.

It's a better shake Than those four got.

And I want to stay Alive so don't give Him my water!

(Pearson) Colonel!

You'll be happy To hear, Corey,

He's not gonna Drink any more Of your water.

(colonel) It's a long way From home.

For the record, Corey, there's just The three of us now,

And the big Problem's gonna Be to stay alive,

I mean, the Three of us.

But if I catch You filching Just once more--

Just once-- I'll kill you!

The same thing Goes for you.

Knock it off, Pearson.

But, colonel, This guy--

(coionei) Silence!

All right, We'll wait Until sundown.

It'll be cooler.

Then we're Going to start Taking some treks

Across the mountain, Down the flats

In all four Directions.

We're going to see If there's anything

In this god Forsaken place that Can help keep us alive.

This is home Now, gentlemen.

[wind howls softly]

[steps]

Pearson?

Corey?

Well?

Nothing, not A thing.

[panting]

I must have gone 12 or 15 miles.

Rocks and hills, that's All there was, just Rocks and hills!

I thought maybe I Could get some kind Of a fix using the stars.

But it's overcast.

What about Pearson?

Well, what About him?

You were with him.

He went south Towards the mountains.

I went west Towards-- I went West towards nothing.

I told you men To stay together.

Corey?

Yeah?

You didn't see Pearson or hear Him or anything?

I already Told you, colonel.

We went In different directions.

It's hot Out there, huh?

You know it.

It made you Thirsty, huh?

I'm getting Accustomed to it.

Obviously.

Very accustomed To it!

So accustomed to It that you didn't Drink any water.

You were out There 6 hours and you Didn't touch a drop!

Put me in For a medal.

Buddy, what I'm going To give you can't be Pinned on a uniform.

I want to know Why you started out

Six hours ago With half a canteen

And then Came back with it Three-quarters full!

Come on, Corey. I want to know where You left Pearson's body

And what you Did with him!

Come on, Corey, come on!

I found him Face down.

He must have Hit his head On a rock.

He was dead.

Where did this happen?

At the foot of the mountain.

I had to change Directions coming back.

You better Change your story.

Colonel, I swear To you, I didn't Touch him.

I found him-- He was dead.

I saw his canteen. I poured his water Into mine.

I knew you wouldn't Believe me.

That's why I told you I didn't see him.

We're going To bring him back.

You're out Of your mind!

It's seven or Eight miles out there!

I can't make it Again! I'm dead!

Correction, you're Not quite dead yet.

All right, Corey, I want To conduct a tour

To Pearson's body.

I want to see For myself. Move on!

I can't make It, colonel.

I got to rest.

All right, let's move out.

Well, this is Where he was.

I swear, this Is where he was.

Well, he's Not here now.

Look, colonel, He must have Crawled away.

You said He was dead.

I was wrong.

Well, I must Have been wrong.

But you were so sure He was dead, Corey.

You were so positive.

Corey, Corey, Did you do anything For him at all?

Did you check him? Did you do anything For him, Corey?

Or did you just Steal his water And make a beeline back?

I thought He was dead,

And I was So thirsty.

My tongue Was swelling up.

I swear my tongue Was swelling up!

Pearson! [echo]

Pearson! [echoes]

Pearson!

Pearson, it's Colonel Donolan.

Answer me! [echoes]

Answer me, Pearson! It's Colonel Donolan!

Pearson.

Pearson?

Pearson, you're going To be all right, boy.

Here, we're going To take you home.

You'll be All right.

What, are you Trying to tell me Something, Pearson?

What? What are You trying to say?

What?

You went up There, you--

(colonel) You saw something Up here?

What?

[solemn music]

(colonel) He drew this.

A sign or,

Or a symbol or, Or something.

He was trying to Tell us something.

What do you Suppose he--

Colonel!

Two men can live Maybe five days.

One man Can live ten.

You'll forgive me.

You killed Pearson, Didn't you, Corey?

You killed him.

You're demented, Corey.

You're out of your mind. You've already killed once.

You already-- [gunshot]

I'm genuinely Sorry, colonel.

I really am.

But you brought the book To the wrong place.

You brought the protocol,

The chain of command And the numbers.

And none Of them fit here.

You know, colonel, This is a jungle

Where only The tough animals survive,

And they don't do it According to the rules.

You know Your trouble, colonel?

You were Looking for morality In the wrong place.

(male presenter, off) Now you make Tracks, Mr. Corey.

You move out and up,

Like some kind Of ghostly billy club Was tapping at your ankles

And telling you that It was later than you think.

You scrabble up rock hills

And feel hot sand Underneath your feet

And every now and then Take a look over Your shoulder

At a giant sun suspended In a dead and motionless sky

Like an unblinking eye

That probes at The back of your head

In a prolonged accusation.

Mr. Corey, Last remaining member

Of a doomed crew, Keep moving.

Make tracks, Mr. Corey.

Push up and push out, Because if you stop

If you stop, maybe sanity Will get you by the throat.

Maybe realization Will pry open your mind

And the horror you left down In the sand will seep in.

Yeah, Mr. Corey, yeah, You better keep moving.

That's the order Of the moment. Keep moving.

Pearson!

Oh.

[iaughing hystericaiiy]

[sobbing]

Now I know what you meant.

Now I know what you Were trying to describe.

[iaughing hystericaiiy]

Telephone poles.

You were trying To draw telephone poles.

[sobbing] We never left the earth.

That's why nobody tracked us.

We never left the earth.

We just

We just crashed back into--

[sobbing] Donolan, Pearson, What have I done?

I'm sorry.

[moans]

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And a combination Of improbable events.

Practical joke wearing The trappings of nightmare,

Of terror, of desperation.

Small human drama played out

In a desert 97 miles from Reno, Nevada,

U.S.A., Continent of North America,

The earth and, of course, The twilight zone.

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