Something Wicked This Way Comes Page #4

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
1,927 Views


And now I get to sit next to, if I may say so.

a very beautiful... woman.

It's a lucky day.

Number two. I won on number two.

Did you know that?

Step up, step up.

ladies and gentlemen.

- See the exotic dancers from the erotic...

- Come on, Jim.

You don't want to see this. Come on!

...you've never seen before.

These are dancers that will

thrill you, chill you...

Jim, come on.

Sorry, boys, too young.

Come back in ten years.

- I just saw...

- Shut up.

Lucky, lucky, lucky...

Ooh, look at this one.

Wow!

This one's my favorite!

Put them down, Mr. Cooger.

Bring them back to earth again.

The sign says "out of order," boys.

Or don't they teach you reading

at this town's academy?

Introductions all around?

My name is Mr. Dark.

I advise you to respect it.

Of Dark's Pande-minium Carnival?

Isn't he the brave one?

Show's over, boys.

All that's fit for you to see.

Why don't you come back later

for free rides on these exotic animals?

See all the fun of the fairground.

What do you say?

Go on. Go on, take them.

I bet you somethin'

goes on after sundown.

We gotta stay and see.

We can't stay after it closes.

They'll chuck us out.

Not if they can't find us.

they won't. Come on.

Come on.

Mr. Cooger, are you ready?

My gosh. Look.

- It's going the wrong way.

- Backwards.

Look at Mr. Cooger.

It's late. Time to go about your work...

...Mr. Cooger.

Come on!

- Look, it's Miss Foley's house.

- Will.

Look, look. There.

Who's that kid she's got in there with her?

Don't you know, Will?

- What are you playin' at?

- I want to warn Miss Foley.

Don't you lie to me, Jim.

That's not what you want to do.

You want to meet that... that... thing.

No! No, oh, my gosh. Come on.

Land sakes, who is it?

My two little whisperers?

We wanted to see...

...if you were quite all right, Miss Foley.

Yeah, we were kinda worried.

That's very considerate of you boys.

I was just a little faint, I guess.

Why don't you step inside?

Come in, Will, come in.

My nephew Robert just arrived.

and I baked a whole batch of cookies.

Come in, Robert?

I'd like you to meet

my young nephew, Robert.

- Miss Foley...

- Swell. Hi. Glad to meet you.

Miss Foley, we came to warn you.

- Warn?

- Yes.

He won't be in school Monday. He's sick.

- Oh?

- Yeah. See ya!

What you up to, Jim?

You touched his hand.

His horrible, devil's hand.

and you touched it.

Oh, shh.

Will Halloway.

you wicked, wicked hooligan.

- But I didn't...

- Little liar.

You stay right there.

I'm coming down.

Come back here.

Come back here this minute.

I'm going to call your mother!

- Dad.

- What's the trouble, boy?

Mom?

Jim. Oh, honey.

supper's over. It's late.

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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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