Two young boys, Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade (Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson) find out the foreboding and forbidden secrets of the carnival, as does the tired, prematurely old man (Jason Robards) who is Will's father.
But then it's a mighty strange carnival, one that fulfills the fantasies-and fears-of the town's residents. Set earlier in this century, a carnival comes to a small town at a strange time of year, October. He and his cohorts managed to capture all the dark, ominous portents and mysterious, mystical happenings that fill Bradbury's book. It was almost too much to hope that someone would make a movie version of Ray Bradbury's outstanding fantasy novel 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' that did justice to it, but director Jack Clayton did. Title (Brazil): Not available on VHS, DVD or Blu-Ray Unfortunately this little gem is underrated and not well- known. The dialogs and lines are mature, but children will have a different understanding. It is amazing how a story about greedy, vanity and shattered dreams can be seen and understood in different levels, depending on your age and life experience. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is an impressive movie with many layers with a story by Ray Bradbury. Dark is seeking the boys out but Charles Halloway has a journal from his father about the autumn carnival that might be their last chance to defeat the evil. Dark (Jonathan Pryce) and the Dust Witch (Pam Grier) from the carnival make their dreams come true. Soon they realize that frustrated and greedy people are vanishing in town and the evil Mr. Dark's Pandemonium Carnival ready to be enjoyed and they snoop around. 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. One day of Autumn, Jim buys a lightning rod from the salesman Tom Fury (Royal Dano) that tels that a storm is coming. Tetley (Jake Dengel) that is obsessed with money and the bartender Ed (James Stacy) that has severed arm and leg and dreams on being a football hero. Crosetti (Richard Davalos) that has no girlfriend or wife the greedy owner of a cigar store Mr. The boys know everyone in town, including their school teacher Miss Foley (Mary Grace Canfield) that misses her beauty and youth the lonely barber Mr. Will's father Charles Halloway (Jason Robards) is an old man and the local librarian while Jim and his mother wait for the return of their father and husband that will never occur. In Green Town, Illinois, the twelve year-old boys Will Halloway (Vidal Peterson) and Jim Nightshade (Shawn Carson) are neighbors and best friends.
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