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Stephen King's The Langoliers: The Original Screenplay

Screenplay by Tom Holland.

based on Stephen Kings The Langoliers.

On a red-eye flight to Boston from Los Angeles, 10 people wake up to a shock: All of the other passengers and crew have vanished. When they try to contact the ground they make no connections. They land the plane only to discover that things haven't changed, but it's like the world is dead. Nobody's there, the air is still, sound doesn't echo, the food is tasteless, and a distant sound comes closer and closer. A race of monstrous beings bent on their destruction is heading for them, eating everything in sight.

Stephen King has said that the character of Bob Jenkins, a writer of mystery novels, is based on himself.

Much of the story derives from Stephen King's own fear of flying; King often writes true life-experiences into his novels. This continued in his co-edited anthology with Bev Vincent, Flight or Fright.

Stephen King's novella The Langoliers was published in 1990 as part of the chilling collection, Four Past Midnight.

2023 trade paperback.  352 pages. New / New.