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It Came from Outer Space is a 1953 American science fiction horror film, the first in the 3D process from Universal-International. [1] It was produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. The film stars Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush, and features Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, and Russell Johnson.
Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Moby Dick is a 1956 adventure film directed and produced by John Huston, adapted by Huston and Ray Bradbury from Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. It stars Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, Richard Basehart as Ishmael, and Leo Genn as Starbuck, with supporting performances by James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Noel Purcell and Orson Welles as Father Mapple.
Ray Bradbury (adapted by George Lefferts) June 17, 1950 12 "Destination Moon" Robert A. Heinlein (adapted directly from the George Pal film) June 24, 1950 13 "A Logic Named Joe" Murray Leinster (adapted by Claris A. Ross) July 1, 1950 14 "Mars Is Heaven!" Ray Bradbury (adapted by Ernest Kinoy) July 7, 1950 15 "The Man in the Moon" George Lefferts
[9] [10] The film, starring Rod Steiger who was an acquaintance of Bradbury, was both a critical and financial failure. [10] In 1992, the story was adapted for television, appearing as an episode in the series The Ray Bradbury Theater and starring Marc Singer, with Bradbury providing the introduction. As the original setting of Venus was no ...
The Illustrated Man comprises three science fiction short stories from Ray Bradbury's collection of short stories The Illustrated Man. Howard B. Kreitsek wrote the screenplay that encompassed the stories "The Veldt," "The Long Rain," and "The Last Night of the World"; Jack Smight directed the film. Bradbury was not consulted for the adaptation. [1]
A film adaptation of the same name starring Ben Kingsley, Edward Burns, and Catherine McCormack was released in 2005. [5] Famed film critic Roger Ebert stated that while he "cannot endorse it, [he] can appreciate it" as a film that is bad because it "want[s] so much to be terrific that [it] explode[s] under the strain."
Ray Bradbury was present at the Ramsdell theater for the opening night. The novel was also made into a 1997 Russian film adaptation, titled Vino iz oduvanchikov. [10] Currently, there is no English film adaptation available for the book. Dandelion Wine was produced as a full-cast radio play by the Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air, in 2006. Ray ...