What is the title of Spielberg's segment in Twilight Zone: The Movie?

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The title of Steven Spielberg's segment in Twilight Zone: The Movie is “Kick the Can.” The anthology film, released in 1983, contains four segments inspired by Rod Serling's classic television series, with Spielberg directing the third story.

“Kick the Can” adapts the 1962 Twilight Zone episode of the same name. In Spielberg's version, elderly residents of Sunnyvale Rest Home regain their youth after playing a children's game led by Mr. Bloom, played by Scatman Crothers. The story blends fantasy with Spielberg's recurring interest in childhood, wonder, and the emotional distance between generations.

The other options are also Twilight Zone-related, which makes this question easy to mix up. “It's a Good Life” and “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” are separate segments in the film, while “Time Out” is the title of the film's opening segment, directed by John Landis. Spielberg's segment is specifically the one centered on the seemingly simple game of kicking a can.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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