The Ray Bradbury Theater

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury | Tom Cotter | Jonathan Goodwill | Arvi Liimatainen | Seaton McLean | Peter Sussman | John Philip Dayton | Fern Field | Larry Wilcox | Tony Winley

Randy Bradshaw | Roger Tompkins | John Laing | Costa Botes | Brad Turner | Lee Tamahori | Paul Lynch | Bruce Pittman | Tom Cotter | Bruce MacDonald | Ian Mune | Peter Sharp | John Philip Dayton | Bruce McDonald | Anne Wheeler

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1985 – 1992

Composer: John Massari

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The famous and prolific science fiction author Ray Bradbury served as host for dramatizations of his own thoughtful short stories in this cable series. Among the guest stars who appeared were Nick Mancuso, Drew Barrymore and Jeff-Goldblum.

The Ray Bradbury Theater was an anthology series that ran for six seasons on HBO from 1985 to 1992. 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", Banshee and The Veldt (Nov. 15 1989).

A DVD set of the series was released in January 2005.

What I'm doing is respecting my younger self. I've published four hundred short stories that most people haven't read, and I'm using them. If you write things you love, and do it with love, you can't go wrong. It's exciting to translate those stories from the printed page to TV. It brings things out of your subconscious that are new and fresh... We try to relax and do a nice, easy show. It's my idea theater.