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Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th and 21st century American writers of speculative fiction. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films.
Most Popular Ray Bradbury Trailers
Total trailers found: 90
01 January 1982
Stan Freberg lampoons the federal government in this musical comedy special.
12 December 2006
A documentary about the life and faith of C.S. Lewis and his inspiration for the Chronicles of Narnia, only available on the 4-disc extended edition DVD of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
01 January 2004
Documentary about Hollywood.
16 May 2007
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J.
09 February 1982
The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.
01 January 2001
Documentary about Ray Bradbury
29 January 1972
A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground.
03 October 2008
As our world suffers the ravages of humankind, scientists look for ways to sustain life. When one of them falls ill and a chrysalis forms around him, a tug of war ensues about the future of the stricken scientist.
27 June 1956
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale.
01 January 1970
A comparison of science fiction and real life.
12 May 2018
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
07 September 1966
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings.
15 July 1989
A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.
01 January 1996
American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee
01 January 2009
This program profiles writers of the 20s, 30s, and 40s--known as the Pulp Fiction era. These writers created the iconic movies and characters who live on today in our collective hearts and imaginations.
07 May 1979
A salute to Playboy Magazine on the occasion of its twenty-fifth anniversary, hosted by founding publisher Hugh Hefner and an all-male guest list.
23 March 2010
The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters.
01 October 1984
On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days.
01 February 1978
A newlywed couple checks into an old hotel in New Orleans where the wife begins having dreams in which she encounters a sinister group of people who seem to want her for some nefarious purpose.
13 June 1953
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
23 January 1998
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash.
27 April 2006
Legendary all-stars of cinema bring to life the evolution of science-fiction and special effects films from the wild and funny days of B-movies to blockbusters that have captured the world's imagination.
01 November 1984
In this animated short based on a short story from Ray Bradbury, the viewer observes a computer-controlled house in the near future and learns of the fates of its occupants.
01 January 1985
A promotional piece for the Disney film "Return to Oz", that also traces the history of the Oz books and films.
29 April 1983
In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr.
23 September 1981
Two literary women compete for 20 years: one writes for the critics; the other one, to get rich.
15 May 2005
When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.
10 June 1987
Adaptation of three short stories by Ray Bradbury. An atmosphere of hostility forms inside an unnamed city, and the citizens are unsettled by the materialization of ghosts and the memories of their loved ones.
21 June 1981
In this series of the popular television almanac, the works “On Eternal Wanderings and About the Earth” by Ray Bradbury and “The Choice” by Kir Bulychev were filmed.
05 December 2000
A documentary on The Fly
01 January 1972
Strange things start to happen when Mr Dark's Pandemonium Carnival arrives in Greentown.
05 June 1953
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona.
17 January 2005
For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation.
31 January 1985
Agata is badly ill and nobody knows how to cure her. No doctor can help. Friends of Agata learn, that she is ill, because all children have Grannies but Agata does not.
17 January 1987
A young paraplegic wants to escape the bonds of gravity by going into outer space.
16 June 1994
BBC 2 produced this documentary on the Oz books of L. Frank Baum and the films and fantasies that they inspired, particularly the first book `The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'.
26 March 1969
A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations".
17 January 1982
To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way.
08 December 1984
...People living in the future have comfortable cars, obedient robots, beautiful houses. There are only books missing in these houses.
22 August 1962
The film focuses on the thoughts inside the head of a man, an astronaut scheduled to go to the Moon. As he ponders the flight, he laments having an “ordinary” name he fears will not resonate throughout history.
31 July 1986
Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion pictures.
18 November 2003
With his magazine Hugh Hefner changed the face of publishing, combining titillation with hard-edged reporting and serving up nudity with taste.
24 October 2000
Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary.
16 November 1983
A couple have installed a new high tech television system in their children's room and become more and more vary of it.
29 September 2012
There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen.
02 October 1993
Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.
01 January 2003
The making of the classic science-fiction film Fahrenheit 451, and includes interviews with cast and crew members, behind-the-scenes photos, and information about the production process.
02 April 1984
Fragments of the stories were dramatized: R. Bradbury “I Sing About the Mechanical Body” (about the work of an electronic grandmother who, having human qualities, gives tenderness to children deprived of maternal affection) and I.
01 January 1989
Set in the future, a rocket ship from Earth travels to a far universe and touches down on an unknown planet with a mission to exploit its natural resources.
12 May 1980
A young biophysicist, dreaming of spiritual and physical immortality, makes an experiment on himself: by radioactive irradiation he violates the genetic code, as a result of which he passes into another biological substance and becomes immeasurably more perfect than his fellows on Earth.
05 June 1971
Short adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine.
15 November 1991
Forrest J. Ackerman styles himself as the number-one fan of science fiction and horror movies, and he has the collection to back it up: more than 350,000 books, publicity stills, lobby cards, props, posters and paintings related to his obsession.
31 December 1995
Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures begin to soar, water disappears, power goes down and people seem not to be themselves.
17 August 1999
Collection of commercials on VHS tape included with the CD box set, "The Tip of the Freberg." Also includes a video for the single "The Conspiraski Theory.
31 August 1973
About the students of the vocational technical school, who buy one suit together. The film assures us that man himself should be kind and innocent by nature, that no jewels and expensive clothes can ennoble the intolerant and indifferent.
01 January 1983
Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.
14 February 2002
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
02 June 1988
Soviet Armenian adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles".
13 May 2011
Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever.
