Bradbury 100 - Episode 45 - Rescuing SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
Bradbury 100 - Celebrating the Life and Work of American Writer Ray BradburyShow Notes
Last time on Bradbury 100, we looked at the origin of Ray Bradbury's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, and its peculiar history as a film script that became a book, and then became a film script again.
This time, I continue the story, examining how the film - disastrously previewed in 1982 - was rescued through some re-writing, re-shooting and re-editing. Ray claimed that he "directed" or "edited" the film doing this re-make period, rescuing it from the clutches of director Jack Clayton. But is this really true?
Join me as I dig into the archives, and look for evidence of what REALLY went on.
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