Something Wicked This Way Comes Page #2

Synopsis: In Green Town, Illinois, the twelve year-old boys Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade are neighbors and best friends. Will's father Charles Halloway is an old man and the local librarian while Jim and his mother wait for the return of the return of their father and husband that will never occur. The boys know everyone in town, including their school teacher Miss Foley that misses her beauty and youth; the lonely barber Mr. Crosetti that has no girlfriend or wife; the greedy owner of a cigar store Mr. Tetley that is obsessed with money; and the bartender Ed that has severed arm and leg and dreams on being a football hero. One day, Jim buys a lightning rod from the salesman Tom Fury that tells that a storm is coming. During the night, the boys overhear a mysterious train and they run through the woods to see the arrival but they do not see a living soul. However, they find the Mr. Dark's Pandemonium Carnival ready to be enjoyed and they snoop around. Soon they realize that frustrated and gr
Director(s): Jack Clayton
Production: Walt Disney Productions
  2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
PG
Year:
1983
95 min
1,914 Views


Do you ever play the numbers, Mr.

Halloway?

- Me? No. Never take risks.

- Well, you should, sir.

One day, I'm gonna win

that $100,000 number.

And it won't be ten-cent cigars

for us then, Mr. Halloway.

lt'll be the big imported Havana Specials.

rolled on the plump, smooth thighs

of Cuban ladies.

Mr. Halloway.

- You can't smell it, can you?

- Smell what?

Powder. Lady's powder and perfume.

The sweet smell of rustling petticoats.

Smells to me like

we're going to have visitors.

- Elegant visitors. Beautiful ladies.

- You'll have to make do with

the ladies you've got here, Mr. Crosetti.

We don't get any visitors in this town.

Not in October. Or any other

time of the year, come to that.

Do you know what you need.

Mr. Halloway?

A touch of Crosetti's Color Restorer.

Make you feel years younger.

I wish it were that easy.

Oh, Doc, did you see what

Northwestern did last week?

Northwestern, 20 seconds to go, they

got the ball, he fades back for a pass.

- Touchdown. Wins by two!

- Ed, Doc.

Charlie, do you have any idea what

Northwestern's gonna do this week?

Now, you remember your heart.

Just one drink and one cigar.

Come on now. You know what they'll

do? They'll kill 'em.

That's what they're gonna do.

Boy, I wish I was out there

to run, to throw, tackle... touchdowns.

There's nothing like it.

- to smell that grass, to run on the field!

- Hey, Ed.

- Boy, ain't you somethin'.

- Always was, always was.

- To your health, Doc.

- Wait a minute. To Northwestern.

Northwestern.

Jim!

Jim.

Jim, why don't you ever answer?

I've got half a mind to throw

this darn thing away.

- And get yourself burned?

- Yeah.

Hey, look. A carnival.

Saturday, 24th.

Why, that's tomorrow!

Pretty big wind blowin' today.

huh, Will boy?

One of the stone lions

blew off the library steps.

Prowlin' around town now.

Lookin' for some juicy, tender young

Christian to eat, I don't wonder.

You got something there, Dad?

Huh? No.

You seem sad tonight.

Oh, it's Will.

He makes me feel so darn old.

A man should be able to

play baseball with his son.

Baseball is not necessary.

not with a heart like yours.

He'll forgive you that, hmm?

Hmm. Maybe so.

You know...

I feel restless.

Must be a storm comin'.

Dad?

Will!

Will, the carnival's come.

The carnival's come!

- In the middle of the night?

- Hell, yes. Come on!

- But how could it...

- Come on!

Jim, don't.

What is it, son? Can't sleep?

Well, me neither.

I thought I heard a train.

Couldn't be, though.

Not this time of night.

No, it couldn't have been.

Couldn't be a carnival, could it?

Not in October.

I mean, you never saw

no scraps of paper, did you?

Not about any carnival comin'.

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction. Widely known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953), and his science-fiction and horror-story collections, The Martian Chronicles (1950), The Illustrated Man (1951), and I Sing the Body Electric (1969), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American writers. While most of his best known work is in speculative fiction, he also wrote in other genres, such as the coming-of-age novel Dandelion Wine (1957) and the fictionalized memoir Green Shadows, White Whale (1992). Recipient of numerous awards, including a 2007 Pulitzer Citation, Bradbury also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including Moby Dick and It Came from Outer Space. Many of his works were adapted to comic book, television, and film formats. On his death in 2012, The New York Times called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream". more…

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