The Ray Bradbury Theater: Series (1992)
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2h 50min
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"The Ray Bradbury Theater" is an anthology series that ran for two seasons on HBO, three episodes per season from 1985 to 1986, and four additional seasons on USA Network from 1988 to 1992. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel. All 65 episodes were written by Ray Bradbury and many were based on short stories or novels he had written, including "A Sound of Thunder", "Marionettes, Inc.", "Banshee", "The Playground", "Mars is Heaven", "Usher II", "The Jar", "The Long Rain", "The Veldt", "The Small Assassin", "The Pedestrian", "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl", "Here There Be Tygers", "The Toynbee Convector", and "Sun and Shadow". Many of the episodes focused on only one of Bradbury's original works. However, Bradbury occasionally included elements from his other works. "Marionettes, Inc." featured Fantoccini, a character from "I Sing the Body Electric!". "Gotcha!" included an opening sequence taken from "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair". Characters were renamed, and elements added to the original works to expand the story to 23-28 minutes or to better suit the television medium. Each episode would begin with a shot of Bradbury in his office, gazing over mementos of his life, which he states (in narrative) are used to spark ideas for stories. During the first season, Bradbury sometimes appeared on-screen in brief vignettes introducing the story. Famous actors appearing in the series included James Coco, William Shatner, Peter O'Toole, Patrick Macnee, Jeff Goldblum, Drew Barrymore, Hal Linden, Michael Ironside, Robert Vaughn, Eugene Levy, Saul Rubinek, Donald Pleasence, Denholm Elliott, David Ogden Stiers, John Saxon, Harold Gould, Bruce Weitz, Barry Morse, Eddie Albert, David Carradine, Sally Kellerman, Vincent Gardenia, Robert Culp, Shawn Ashmore, Richard Benjamin, John Vernon, Elliott Gould, Tyne Daly, Lucy Lawless... - Actors:
- Ray Bradbury, Frank Whitten, Desmond Kelly, Wayne Robson, Harold Gould, Charles Martin Smith, Michael Sarrazin, John Bach, Michael Hurst, Jennifer Dale, Robert Clothier, Jayne Eastwood, Alan Scarfe, Neil Munro, Kenneth Welsh, Sheila Moore, Helen Moulder, Patricia Phillips, Ken Blackburn, Susan Wilson
- Directors:
- Randy Bradshaw, Roger Tompkins, John Laing, Costa Botes, Brad Turner, Lee Tamahori, Paul Lynch, Don McBrearty, Bruce Pittman, Tom Cotter, Bruce MacDonald, Ian Mune, Peter Sharp, Wayne Tourell, William Fruet, Ralph L. Thomas, Douglas Jackson, Alain Bonnot, Gilles Béhat, Frank Cassenti
- Producers:
- Tom Cotter, Seaton McLean, Jonathan Goodwill, Mary Kahn, Don Reynolds, Chris Bailey, Tom Cox, Doug MacLeod, Pamela Meekings-Stewart, Graham McLean, Randy Bradshaw, Hubert Niogret, Arvi Liimatainen
- Creators:
- Mark Massari
- Writers:
- Ray Bradbury, Mark Massari, John Philip Dayton
- Genres:
- TV Dramas, TV Horror, TV Mysteries, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy, TV Thrillers
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