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The Langoliers is a horror miniseries based on a Stephen King novella, about a group of passengers who survive a time rip and face monsters that eat everything. The article summarizes the plot, cast, production and reception of the miniseries.
The Langoliers: With Patricia Wettig, Tom Holland, Kate Maberly, Mark Lindsay Chapman. Most of the passengers on an airplane disappear, and the remainder land the plane in a mysteriously barren airport.
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is a novella written by Stephen King that was included in his 1990 collection Four Past Midnight.
On a cross-country red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken to find that the crew and most of their fellow passengers have disappeared.
The ten remaining passengers are Brian Engle, an off-duty airline pilot traveling to Boston to attend his ex-wife's funeral; Dinah Bellman, a young blind girl with minor psychic powers; fifth-grade teacher Laurel Stevenson, who takes to watching over Dinah; Nick Hopewell, a junior attache & "mechanic" for the British Embassy; Don Gaffney, a retired tool-and-die engineer on a trip to see his grandchild; Rudy Warwick, a businessman; Albert Kaussner, a talented teen violinist heading to a prestigious school of the arts; Bethany Simms, a teenager being sent by her family to rehab; Bob Jenkins, a mystery author who acts as the voice of logic; and Craig Toomey, an irritable investment banker on the verge of a psychotic breakdown. They realize only those sleeping are now left on the plane. Engle takes control and lands the plane in Bangor, Maine for safety reasons, despite Toomey's protests.
Upon arrival, the airport is abandoned with no signs of life. There are no odors, electricity, or echoes. Food and drinks are tasteless and matches simply sputter out. They soon hear "radio static" in the distance. Craig believes it is "The Langoliers", monsters he was afraid of as a child who go after those who waste time.
Unable to get to his business meeting, Craig snaps, hallucinating his abusive, Type A personality father, and takes Bethany as a hostage. He shoots Albert, who escapes injury since the bullet has no energy. Craig is then subdued and tied up.
Bob begins to theorize that they have flown through a time rip, resembling the aurora borealis, that the airline spotted over the Mojave Desert. Bob declares that the world they are in is the past, a place that forbids time travelers to observe or interfere with past events, instead being a deserted world that "time" and everything else has left behind. To get back, Bob theorizes, they must fly back through the aurora.
The survivors work together to refuel the plane. Since it still holds "present time", which Albert discovers by noting how much brighter the plane appears compared to the rest of the world, fuel will burn properly, unlike the combustible materials in the gun and matches.
The story was adapted into a two-part made-for-television movie in 1995. It was directed by Tom Holland (Thinner).
The audiobook version of The Langoliers is read by Willem Dafoe.
The Langoliers is a novella by Stephen King about a group of passengers who survive a time rift and encounter monsters that eat the past. Learn about the plot, adaptations, audiobook and book cover of this 1990 story.
Watch the 1995 adaptation of King's novella about a group of passengers who survive a time rip and face the Langoliers, monsters that eat the past. The video includes the plot summary, cast, and behind-the-scenes information.
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Stephen King's 'The Langoliers'. NEW. Ten passengers on a red-eye flight from L.A. to Boston discover that they are not the only people on the plane, but after making an emergency landing in ...
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May 14, 1995 · Based on King's novella of the same name, The Langoliers is a 1995 sci-fi thriller about a group of passengers who survive a time warp and face the langoliers, creatures that devour the sleeping. The web page provides information about the plot, format, cast, and availability of the miniseries.
A group of passengers on a flight to Boston wake up to find that everyone else has vanished. They land in a deserted airport and face a mysterious threat from the Langoliers, a race of monstrous beings that devour everything in their path.
