An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a French short film from 1962, based on the story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce . The film was directed by Robert Enrico and produced by Marcel Ichac and Paul de Roubaix . The film was also used for an episode of the American television series The Twilight Zone.

Content

 * 1 Story
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Background
 * 4 Awards and nominations
 * 5 External link

Story
During the American Civil War is a prisoner named Peyton Farquhar to be executed at the point through suspension at the Owl Creek bridge.

As he falls from the bridge with the noose around his neck, the rope breaks. Peyton falls into the water, where he himself knows to go. He swims away while the soldiers from the bridge trying to shoot him. None of the bullets hit his target. Peyton arrived unharmed at home, where he sees his wife and child. He and his wife run towards each other, but they can fall into each other's arms is Peyton pulled back as if an invisible noose wrapped around his neck.

In the final scene we see Peyton hang on the bridge. Throughout his escape was just his imagination.

Background [ edit ]
Two years after the outcome movie aired on American television as episode of The Twilight Zone. Producer William Froug saw the movie and decided to buy out the rights for the series. The transaction cost The Twilight Zone $ 10,000, significantly less than the average budget of $ 65,000 that was available per episode.

Some modifications were made to be broadcast in the Twilight Zone. The dialogues were dubbed in English and the title was changed to An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, the same as the title of the story where the movie was based on. Were also at the beginning and end of the film dialogues Rod Serling added. In his intro dialogue Rod Serling broke the fourth wall even more than he normally did all the viewers to clearly inform you that this episode is actually a short film that was not recorded in America.

[Awards and nominations edit ]

 * In 1962 the film won the first prize for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival .
 * In 1963, the film won the Academy Award for "Live Action Short Film."