| Dandelion Wine: Two Nights
With Ray Bradbury
This series is an Egyptian Theatre Exclusive!
Join us in paying tribute to the legendary writer of fantasy,
science-fiction and just plain great literature, Ray Bradbury, who will appear
in-person for two evenings with screenings of his SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES,
John Huston’s MOBY DICK (a superb Bradbury screenplay) and THE BEAST FROM
20,000 FATHOMS.
Friday, October 10 – 7:30 PM
Ray Bradbury In-Person!
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES,
1983, Disney, 95 min. Dir. Jack Clayton (THE INNOCENTS, OUR MOTHER’S HOUSE). A
strange carnival comes to a small Illinois town on a windy October night, bringing with it
Mr. Dark (Jonathan Pryce), a sinister impresario who will mystify young boys Will
and Jim (Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson) and bewitch many of the
town’s inhabitants with apparent answers to their dreams. Or is it their nightmares? Jason
Robards, the older single dad of Will and a reclusive librarian who has given up on
life, suddenly finds himself challenged by the mysteriously seductive threat – he may
be the one person who can save the town from Mr. Dark – and itself. Ray Bradbury
wrote the screenplay, adapting his own novel. With Pam Grier in an unusual role. Introduction to the film by writer Ray Bradbury. More on this Film | View Trailer
Saturday, October 11 – 7:30 PM
Ray Bradbury In-Person! Double Feature:
MOBY DICK, 1956, MGM Repertory, 116 min. Gregory Peck
stars as bitter Captain Ahab, driven to find the giant white whale in director John
Huston’s screen version of Herman Melville’s masterpiece, aided by a
powerful adaptation by screenwriter Ray Bradbury. The film captures the epic sweep
and near-biblical tone of the novel, has a superb cast, including Richard Basehart,
and features an astonishing cameo by Orson Welles as Father Mapple. "MOBY
DICK was the most difficult picture I ever made. I lost so many battles during it that I
even began to suspect that my assistant director was plotting against me. Then I realized
it was only God." – John Huston. More on this film | View Trailer
THE BEAST FROM 20,000
FATHOMS, 1953, Warner Bros., 80 min. Dir. Eugene Lourie. A giant
prehistoric creature called a rhedosaurus is awakened from his icy slumber by nuclear
testing and travels to New York City, where he takes his bad temper out on the stunned
population. Based on a short story by longtime Ray Harryhausen pal Ray Bradbury
(they met years earlier as members of the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society, along with
Forrest Ackerman!). Starring Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Kenneth Tobey. Introduction to the films by writer Ray Bradbury.
More on this
Film | View Trailer |
