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I know there was a film made of All Summer in a Day in 1982, but I remember seeing a much earlier television version of the story. It would have been in the 1960s or 1970s, ala Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Am I imagining this? I remember that it was in black and white.

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I think you're imagining it, or confusing it with another Bradbury short "Dial Double Zero", which was dramatised in the 1960s (in black & white) in RAY BRADBURY: STORY OF A WRITER.

There is some information on this here:
http://www.americanfilmfoundation.com/order/ray_bradbury.shtml

Bradbury's film and TV credits are shown in quite some detail on my website (follow the link below); it's not an exhaustive list, but it's the most detailed you will find!


- Phil

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Thanks Phil. The thing is, I've never seen the 1982 film version, and my memory of the dramatized story is from grade school or maybe junior high. That would make it sometime between 1965 and 1972. Perhaps it was a locally produced stage adaptation that was filmed. I clearly remember what the little girl looked like and what the bullies looked like. I remember watching the boys lock the girl in the closet, etc.
 
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Welcome aboard the board, Beet!
I'm curious as to the source of your soubriquet. If you were inspired by the famous Spike Jones bit, you may have made a common mistake, due, I think, to Doodles Weaver's somewhat mush-mouthed delivery. The horse's name therein is "Feetlebaum".
 
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Thanks BII! My mom's nickname for me when I was growing up was Beetlebomb, and you're right that it was from the Spike Jonze song. Until you told me, I didn't know the proper spelling (and pronunciation) is Feetlbaum. You're right, of course. Funny!
 
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Originally posted by Beetlebomb:
The thing is, I've never seen the 1982 film version...


Beetlebomb, not wishing to labour the point, but are you SURE you have never seem the 1982 film version? What I mean is, how do you know your memory of the girl and bullies isn't of the 1982 film? (Unless you HAVE seen the film!)

Or how about this: maybe you read the story (or had it read to you) and what you recall are the images you created in your own head at the time of reading/listening. I have some very vivid memories of what characters looked like in books I read as a child, even though I don't directly remember the reading of the book.


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Thanks for hanging in there with me Phil. I'm certain I didn't see the 1982 film, because the story was something I thought a lot about as a child. I was 24 years old in 1982. However, I've been thinking a lot about this, and I think the second scenario you proposed may be most likely what happened. I may have read the story as a child and turned it into a movie in my memory.

I'm not quite ready to give up on the memory, though. During my obsessive internet search for the program I thought I saw, I found a posting by someone who noted a television talkshow host who referred to a black and white television production of the story. Makes me wanna go "hmmmm....."
 
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It made me go "hmmmm...." as well: See my response to the other post!


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Hmmmm is a good word.


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Read the story, see the film! Links on my website...


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Originally posted by philnic:
Links on my website...

Good job.

Chiago?


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Chiago is a good word!


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QWmahMdeGU&feature=related
Then click Part 2 and 3 in succession. Each plays about 9 mins.

Or here if there are any difficulties opening from YT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI8A1LOLdkA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQfWno_DuB0&feature=related

A very moving RB story and a captivating video, I had never seen before.
 
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