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The Ray Bradbury Theater
S3.E5
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The Pedestrian

  • Episode aired Aug 4, 1989
  • TV-14
  • 24m
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6.1/10
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David Ogden Stiers and Grant Tilly in The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
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In a totalitarian city, a rebel persuades his nervous friend to commit a subversive act: taking a walk with him around the neighborhood at night.In a totalitarian city, a rebel persuades his nervous friend to commit a subversive act: taking a walk with him around the neighborhood at night.In a totalitarian city, a rebel persuades his nervous friend to commit a subversive act: taking a walk with him around the neighborhood at night.

  • Director
    • Alun Bollinger
  • Writer
    • Ray Bradbury
  • Stars
    • David Ogden Stiers
    • Grant Tilly
    • Stig Eldred
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    6.1/10
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    • Director
      • Alun Bollinger
    • Writer
      • Ray Bradbury
    • Stars
      • David Ogden Stiers
      • Grant Tilly
      • Stig Eldred
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    David Ogden Stiers
    David Ogden Stiers
    • Leonard Mead
    Grant Tilly
    • Donald Stockwell
    Stig Eldred
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    • (voice)
    Matt Murphy
    Matt Murphy
    • Man On Television
    Ray Bradbury
    Ray Bradbury
    • Self - Introduction
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    • Director
      • Alun Bollinger
    • Writer
      • Ray Bradbury
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    6Hitchcoc

    Long After They Are Effective

    I suppose this could happen. Bradbury must have seen humans as kind of ineffectual nits who had just decided to sit back and watch TV and ignore the world around them (a common theme in his writing). In this totalitarian society, mini-copters fly around keeping people from leaving their houses, threatening them with a kind of neutralization if they even walk the neighborhood. David Ogden Stiers is a risk taker who gets his friend to check the world outside. Of course, they are going to be seen by the observers and are going to pay a price. What is interesting is what they eventually find out. This is a pretty simplistic story with a pessimistic message. I like Bradbury but at times his insights and opinions weren't all that insightful.
    7evony-jwm

    Prescient as Democratic Party Governors Order Lockdowns to stay inside homes

    Who would have thunk; walking outside is deemed and ordered illegal by some in authoritah..

    The only thing missing is the masks.
    6rigovega

    When Walking Becomes A Crime

    This one follows the idea of the short story with the same title, but it's a different take on the dystopian idea of humans isolating themselves and society seeing walking as disobedience. I prefer the short story version even though this was entertaining and well made.

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    • Trivia
      This episode takes place in 2053.
    • Goofs
      The police drone describes Leonard as "balding" even though it has not seen him without a hat.
    • Quotes

      Voice: Mead. Profession?

      Leonard Mead: I guess you'd say a writer.

      Voice: No guesses accepted. Profession?

      Leonard Mead: Writer.

      Voice: No profession.

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    • Release date
      • August 4, 1989 (France)
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Atlantis Films
      • Grahame J. McLean Associates
      • Wilcox Productions
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    • Runtime
      24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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