Paladin of the Lost Hour
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Paladin of the Lost Hour is a novelette and an episode of the television series The New Twilight Zone both written by Harlan Ellison. The novelette won the 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and the script won the 1987 Writers Guild of America Award for Anthology Episode/Single Program. The story is available in Ellison's collection Angry Candy.
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[edit] Television Episode Details
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Season: 1
Original air date: December 8, 1985
Writer: Harlan Ellison
Director: Alan Smithee (actually Gilbert Cates )
Music: original score by William Goldstein
[edit] Cast
Billy Kinetta: Glynn Turman
Gaspar: Danny Kaye
[edit] Synopsis
Mr. Gaspar is the protector of a magical timepiece, a pocket watch that holds The Last Hour. Within that hour, anything is possible, but if the hands should ever reach midnight, the universe will end. Gaspar is old and looking for someone to pass his duty on to. Is Billy Kinetta, a down on his luck Viet Nam vet, the man to become the next Paladin of the Lost Hour?
[edit] Trivia
- The novelette and script were written at the same time. Although in the original story, it is not stated which man is black and which is white, Ellison wrote the script specifically with Turman in mind.
- The tale originally had a different ending. When the show's producers said that it needed to be changed, Ellison initially balked. It was only because the producers were also writers for whom Ellison had respect that he considered their idea. He eventually decided that they were correct, and changed both the script and the novelette.
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