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The Ray Bradbury Theater: Great Wide World Over There
A nephew visits his isolated Aunt Cora, who is desperate to receive letters and escape the scorn of a neighboring woman who always gets mail.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 6x5 Airdate: Thursday August 20th, 1992 |
Co-Guest Stars
Recap
On her farm, Cora Gibbs watches her neighbor, Mrs. Brabbam, and then goes into the house where her husband Tom eats his breakfast. He finishes and goes out, and Cora checks on the cows. She notices Mrs. Brabbam going out to her mailbox and the neighbors exchange greetings. Mrs. Brabbam talks about the letter she received from her Uncle George, and gloats about how she gets mail and Cora doesn't. Cora looks out across the field and sees someone approaching. It's her nephew, Benjy. She greets him and he asks if he can stay awhile. Cora insists and takes him into the house, while Mrs. Brabbam watches from across the road...Read the full recap
Episode Notes
Based on the Ray Bradbury story "The Great Wide World over There" also known as "Cora and the Great Wide World Over There". This story was first published in Maclean's (August 15, 1952).
Episode Quotes
Cora Gibbs: It seems I didn't spend enough time looking at your face.
Benjy: It's no face to look at it.
Cora Gibbs: But I'd know this hand in a million hands. Let anybody take my hand in a dark room, a thousand people, and out of all those I'd say, "This is Benjy's."
Benjy: It's no face to look at it.
Cora Gibbs: But I'd know this hand in a million hands. Let anybody take my hand in a dark room, a thousand people, and out of all those I'd say, "This is Benjy's."
Analysis
Changes from the short story:
* The episode ends on a much more positive note, as Benjy writes to Cora and teaches her how to read. In the short story, he leaves, never to be heard from again, and Cora never learns to hread, as her mailbox falls into disuse.
* The episode ends on a much more positive note, as Benjy writes to Cora and teaches her how to read. In the short story, he leaves, never to be heard from again, and Cora never learns to hread, as her mailbox falls into disuse.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Ray Bradbury |
| • Executive Producer | Ray Bradbury | Larry Wilcox | Peter Sussman |
| • Supervising Producer | Don Reynolds |
| • Producer | Tom Cotter (1) | Chris Bailey (3) | Mary Kahn |
| • Production Designer | Ron Highfield |
| • Editor | Patrick Monaghan |
| • Casting | Susan Forrest | Marianne Willison | Darlene Kaplan |
| • Line Producer | Janine Dickens |
| • First Assistant Director | Jessica Hobbs |
| • Second Assistant Director | Phee Phanshell |
| • Music Supervisor | David Greene (2) |
| • Costume Designer | Ngila Dickson |
| • Make-up | Trish Cohen |
| • Key Grip | Kevin Donovan |
| • Camera Operator | Mark Olsen |
| • Location Manager | Lisa Kissin |
| • Production Coordinator | Jane Lindsay |
| • Assistant Editor | Christine Monaghan |
| • Post Production Supervisor | John Harcourt | Johannes Konigstorfer |
| • Gaffer | Ian Beale |
| • Director of Photography | Warrick Attewell |
| • Production Secretary | Lynn Hargreaves |
| • Art Director | Mike Becroft |
| • Post Production Coordinator | Jane Crust | Steve D'Onofrio |
| • Sound Recordist | Graham Morris (2) |
| • Third Assistant Director | Sarah Miln |
| • Boom Operator | Myk Farmer |
| • Production Accountant | Sally Campbell |
| • Sound Supervisor | John McKay (3) |
| • Wardrobe Assistant | Emily Carter |
| • Best Boy | Mark Smith (3) |
| • Executive In Charge Of Production | Nicholas Wry |
| • Production Executive | Rick Weaver (2) |
| • Unit Manager | Peta Sinclair |
| • Assistant To The Executive Producer | Del Mehes |
| • Assistant To The Producer | Nikki Walker |
| • Continuity | Rowena Yalland |
| • Focus Puller | Mairi Gunn |
| • Hair | Trish Cohen |
| • Composer | Chris Dedrick |
| • Construction Manager | Phil Chitty |
| • Wardrobe Supervisor | Gavin McLean |
| • Still Photographer | Ken George |
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