Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

Five tales. Infinite imagination.

Ended First aired 29/Sep/1985 United States English 2 season(s) 45 episode(s)
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamily
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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Season 2 · Season 2
21 episode(s) · Air date: 22/Sep/1986
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Season Overview

The second season of this anthology series continues unique tales of fun, adventure and excitement!

Season Overview

The second season of this anthology series continues unique tales of fun, adventure and excitement!

S2E20
Moving Day
Air date: 03/Apr/1987 · Runtime: 24 min
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When Alan Webster's parents tell him that they have to move, the 17-year-old student is understandably upset - but not nearly as much as when he learns their destination is the planet Alturus, 85 billion miles away.

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When Alan Webster's parents tell him that they have to move, the 17-year-old student is understandably upset - but not nearly as much as when he learns their destination is the planet Alturus, 85 billion miles away.

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S2E19
Without Diana
Air date: 27/Mar/1987 · Runtime: 23 min
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An elderly couple have never stopped believing that their daughter, who went missing in the woods 40 years ago, will somehow appear to them one last time before they die.

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An elderly couple have never stopped believing that their daughter, who went missing in the woods 40 years ago, will somehow appear to them one last time before they die.

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S2E18
Such Interesting Neighbors
Air date: 20/Mar/1987 · Runtime: 24 min
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Rattlesnakes, howling coyotes, sudden earthquakes and time warps jar the Lewis family in their new home, and all the bizarre incidents seem linked to the Hellenbecks, their weird next-door neighbors.

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Rattlesnakes, howling coyotes, sudden earthquakes and time warps jar the Lewis family in their new home, and all the bizarre incidents seem linked to the Hellenbecks, their weird next-door neighbors.

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S2E16
Family Dog
Air date: 16/Feb/1987 · Runtime: 24 min
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The only animated episode of the show that's also a backdoor pilot. It has three segments: A family takes out their frustrations on their poor dog, watches their Christmas home movie, and sends the dog to guard dog school after a burglary.

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The only animated episode of the show that's also a backdoor pilot. It has three segments: A family takes out their frustrations on their poor dog, watches their Christmas home movie, and sends the dog to guard dog school after a burglary.

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S2E15
The 21-Inch Sun
Air date: 02/Feb/1987 · Runtime: 23 min
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A sitcom scriptwriter, who's suffering from writer's block, discovers that his house plant has miraculously gained sentience and a funny bone after being left in front of a TV while old sitcoms were playing. The plant ghostwrites for him.

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A sitcom scriptwriter, who's suffering from writer's block, discovers that his house plant has miraculously gained sentience and a funny bone after being left in front of a TV while old sitcoms were playing. The plant ghostwrites for him.

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S2E14
Blue Man Down
Air date: 19/Jan/1987 · Runtime: 24 min
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Two police officers try to break up a supermarket robbery, but the younger officer is killed. A new female partner helps the other officer avenge his friends death. He later discovers that his new partner is the ghost of an officer who died 12 years earlier.

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Two police officers try to break up a supermarket robbery, but the younger officer is killed. A new female partner helps the other officer avenge his friends death. He later discovers that his new partner is the ghost of an officer who died 12 years earlier.

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S2E13
Lane Change
Air date: 12/Jan/1987 · Runtime: 24 min
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One stormy night on a deserted highway, a distraught wife driving toward an impending divorce glimpses her past through the windshield after picking up a mysterious woman who ran out of gas.

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One stormy night on a deserted highway, a distraught wife driving toward an impending divorce glimpses her past through the windshield after picking up a mysterious woman who ran out of gas.

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S2E12
The Eternal Mind
Air date: 29/Dec/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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Applying experiments with chimps to himself, a dying scientist transfers his mind into a computer. But his unique survival after physical death brings unexpected heartaches.

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Applying experiments with chimps to himself, a dying scientist transfers his mind into a computer. But his unique survival after physical death brings unexpected heartaches.

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S2E11
What If...?
Air date: 08/Dec/1986 · Runtime: 22 min
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Ignored by his self-absorbed, social-climbing parents, 5-year-old Jonah Kelley wanders his lonely, sterile house and then the outside world, searching for someone who will see him, while things and people disappear in his wake.

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Ignored by his self-absorbed, social-climbing parents, 5-year-old Jonah Kelley wanders his lonely, sterile house and then the outside world, searching for someone who will see him, while things and people disappear in his wake.

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S2E8
Go to the Head of the Class
Air date: 21/Nov/1986 · Runtime: 45 min
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A teacher's bizarre discipline causes two students to seek revenge with a spell culled from a rock song played backwards. Unfortunately something goes wrong when they cast the spell. When they attempt another spell to fix the problem they accidently remove the head of their teacher.

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A teacher's bizarre discipline causes two students to seek revenge with a spell culled from a rock song played backwards. Unfortunately something goes wrong when they cast the spell. When they attempt another spell to fix the problem they accidently remove the head of their teacher.

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S2E7
Life on Death Row
Air date: 10/Nov/1986 · Runtime: 24 min
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An inmate is struck by lightning. He is given miraculous healing powers that spark a last-minute attempt to save him from the electric chair.

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An inmate is struck by lightning. He is given miraculous healing powers that spark a last-minute attempt to save him from the electric chair.

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S2E5
You Gotta Believe Me
Air date: 20/Oct/1986 · Runtime: 24 min
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Convinced that his vivid nightmare of a Boeing 747 crashing into his house is a horrific premonition, Earl Sweet desperately tries to alter fate.

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Convinced that his vivid nightmare of a Boeing 747 crashing into his house is a horrific premonition, Earl Sweet desperately tries to alter fate.

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S2E4
Welcome to My Nightmare
Air date: 13/Oct/1986 · Runtime: 23 min
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Horror films are Harry's life, but when the movie-obsessed teenager suddenly steps into a blood-curdling scene from Psycho (1960), he desperately seeks escape to the real world.

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Horror films are Harry's life, but when the movie-obsessed teenager suddenly steps into a blood-curdling scene from Psycho (1960), he desperately seeks escape to the real world.

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S2E3
Magic Saturday
Air date: 06/Oct/1986 · Runtime: 24 min
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Marky adores hearing his grandfather tell wondrous tales of hitchhiking through the universe and playing baseball with him on Saturdays. So when old "Stormin' Norman" takes ill, the boy invokes a magic spell to let his grandpa play one last magical ball game.

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Marky adores hearing his grandfather tell wondrous tales of hitchhiking through the universe and playing baseball with him on Saturdays. So when old "Stormin' Norman" takes ill, the boy invokes a magic spell to let his grandpa play one last magical ball game.

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S2E2
Miscalculation
Air date: 29/Sep/1986 · Runtime: 22 min
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Nerdy collegiate Phil unsuccessfully tries every trick in the book to meet girls. Then he discovers a potion that makes gorgeous magazine pin-ups spring to life. Unfortunately, he can't guess the right ratio to use, so his experiments backfire in a freaky way.

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Nerdy collegiate Phil unsuccessfully tries every trick in the book to meet girls. Then he discovers a potion that makes gorgeous magazine pin-ups spring to life. Unfortunately, he can't guess the right ratio to use, so his experiments backfire in a freaky way.

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Season 1 · Season 1
24 episode(s) · Air date: 29/Sep/1985
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The first season of this anthology series sets the tone with tales of light humor and even heavy drama with a twist of magic!

Season Overview

The first season of this anthology series sets the tone with tales of light humor and even heavy drama with a twist of magic!

S1E24
Grandpa's Ghost
Air date: 25/May/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?

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Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?

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S1E23
One For the Books
Air date: 11/May/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught at the school - until a shocking event changes everything.

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An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught at the school - until a shocking event changes everything.

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S1E22
The Doll
Air date: 04/May/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.

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The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.

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S1E21
Hell Toupee
Air date: 13/Apr/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.

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Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.

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S1E20
Secret Cinema
Air date: 06/Apr/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.

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Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.

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S1E18
Dorothy and Ben
Air date: 02/Mar/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.

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After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.

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S1E16
Gather Ye Acorns
Air date: 02/Feb/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.

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On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.

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S1E15
One For the Road
Air date: 19/Jan/1986 · Runtime: 25 min
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During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.

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During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.

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S1E7
Fine Tuning
Air date: 10/Nov/1985 · Runtime: 25 min
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Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to meet some of their favorite Earth stars.

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Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to meet some of their favorite Earth stars.

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S1E6
The Amazing Falsworth
Air date: 05/Nov/1985 · Runtime: 25 min
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A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate.

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A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate.

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S1E5
The Mission
Air date: 03/Nov/1985 · Runtime: 47 min
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During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for landing.

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During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for landing.

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S1E4
Mummy Daddy
Air date: 27/Oct/1985 · Runtime: 25 min
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An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.

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An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.

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S1E3
Alamo Jobe
Air date: 20/Oct/1985 · Runtime: 25 min
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During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.

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During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.

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S1E2
The Main Attraction
Air date: 06/Oct/1985 · Runtime: 25 min
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Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracting the wrong people... and things.

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Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracting the wrong people... and things.

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S1E1
Ghost Train
Air date: 29/Sep/1985 · Runtime: 25 min
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Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is his destiny to die in those cornfields, to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago! He tells his nine-year old grandson he still has his ticket for the old "Highball Express", and that arriving train will careen through their house!

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Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is his destiny to die in those cornfields, to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago! He tells his nine-year old grandson he still has his ticket for the old "Highball Express", and that arriving train will careen through their house!

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Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
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Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Sedgwick
Dora Johnson
Brooke Ashley
Brooke Ashley
Buffy Binford (voice)
David Rappaport
David Rappaport
Troll
Joe Pantoliano
Joe Pantoliano
Joe
Ian Wolfe
Ian Wolfe
Grandpa Charlie
Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines
Falsworth
Gabriel Damon
Gabriel Damon
Bobby Mynes
Sondra Locke
Sondra Locke
Vanessa Sullivan
Katherine Borowitz
Katherine Borowitz
Katherine Baldwin
Dennis Lipscomb
Dennis Lipscomb
Val Webster
Scott Coffey
Scott Coffey
Peter Brand
Christina Applegate
Christina Applegate
Holly
Adam Ant
Adam Ant
Ted Hellenbeck
Stephen Geoffreys
Stephen Geoffreys
Alan Webster
Milton Berle
Milton Berle
Self
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito
Herbert
Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge
Miss Lestrange (voice)

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Richard B. Lewis
Richard B. Lewis
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Andrew Phillipson
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Dennis Venizelos
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Fred Cline
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Philip Phillipson
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Adam B. Gordon
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Denese Oates
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Karen Hansen
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Lauralei Wethy
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Rick Carter
Rick Carter
Production Design
Ron Cobb
Ron Cobb
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John McPherson
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