Richard Matheson
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Red Carpet Report: 'The Box'...their wheelhouse. There's no cursing in the entire movie!" Film trivia:The Box is based on the short story Button, Button by Richard Matheson, which originally appeared in Playboy in 1970. "See, there are good articles in Playboy," Kelly... In this article: The Box, Richard Kelly, Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Donnie Darko, Jimmy Fallon, USA Today, Button, Button, and Twitter |
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The Seattle Times | 20 hours ago
'The Box': A stylish, intriguing mess from 'Donnie Darko' director
...2009 at 10:18 AM 'The Box': A stylish, intriguing mess from 'Donnie Darko' director 'The Box,' very loosely adapted from Richard Matheson's 1970 short story "Button, Button" by "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelly, is a stylish,...
In this article: The Box, Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko, Frank Langella, Button, Button, James Marsden, and Cameron Diaz
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International Herald Tribune - Culture | 20 hours ago
Movie Review 'The Box': Simplifying One Life, Complicating Another
...or fast-working himself into a creative impasse, maybe all three. Based on "Button, Button," a short story by the fantasy writer Richard Matheson, "The Box" is the first of the movies Mr. Kelly has directed that he didn't write from the ground...
In this article: Richard Kelly, The Box, James Marsden, Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, and Button, Button
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Centre Daily Times | 1 day ago
The Box'
...on the zombies, too! There are moments in the second half of "The Box," writer-director Richard Kelly's adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1970 tale "Button, Button," during which the film threatens to cave in under the weight of all the...
In this article: The Box, Richard Kelly, Frank Langella, James Marsden, Cameron Diaz, and Donnie Darko
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Miami Herald | 1 day ago
'The Box' filmmaker Richard Kelly pushes his viewers' buttons
BY RENE RODRIGUEZ Filmmaker Richard Kelly's initial encounter with Richard Matheson's fiendish little short story Button, Button -- about a cash-strapped couple offered a million dollars to push a button on a box that will instantly cause...
In this article: Richard Kelly, The Box, Southland Tales, Button, Button, The Miami Herald, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Cameron Diaz, and The Twilight Zone
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Houston Chronicle | 1 day ago
Richard Matheson: Man behind <em>The Box</em>
...Mare Winningham, said Stanley Wiater, co-author of The Twilight and Other Zones: The Dark Worlds of Richard Matheson (Citadel Press, $19.95). Matheson's pseudonym, Stanley Logan, was used in the credits. Wiater isn't surprised that another...
In this article: The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling, Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Richard Kelly, and Donnie Darko
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South Bend Tribune | 1 day ago
'The Box' best left unopened
...Box' Stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella. A Warner Bros. film written and directed by Richard Kelly, based on Richard Matheson's short story "Button, Button." Length: 115 minutes. PG-13 (for thematic elements, some violence...
In this article: The Box, Richard Kelly, Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, The Twilight Zone, and Button, Button
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Kansas City Star | 2 days ago
Richard Kelly hopes to push moviegoers' buttons with The Box'
Filmmaker Richard Kelly's initial encounter with Richard Matheson's fiendish little short story "Button, Button" - about a cash-strapped couple offered a million dollars to push a button on a box that will instantly cause someone they don't...
In this article: Richard Kelly, The Box, Southland Tales, Button, Button, The Twilight Zone, Los Angeles, Virginia, and James Marsden
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Kansas City Star | 2 days ago
Five things you need to know about The Box'
1. The original version of "The Box" was a short story by Richard Matheson that was published as "Button, Button" in the June 1970 issue of Playboy. </p><p>2. "Button, Button" was also adapted for an episode of "The Twilight Zone" revival...
In this article: The Twilight Zone, NASA, Playboy, James Marsden, Mare Winningham, and Richard Kelly
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Reuters | 2 days ago
Return The Box to sender
...upon the movie's Friday release via Warner Bros. The movie begins like an episode of "The Twilight Zone"; sure enough, the Richard Matheson short story on which the movie is based was made into an episode of that show in 1986. But for...
In this article: Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko, Frank Langella, NASA, Mars, Dog, and Warner Bros
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Yahoo! News | 2 days ago
Diaz, Marsden, Kelly's `Box' is empty (AP)
...it's as empty as the heroines' heads in Diaz's "Charlie's Angels" flicks. Writer-director Kelly adapted this mess from Richard Matheson's short story "Button, Button," previously the basis for an episode of the 1980s TV revival of "The...
In this article: Richard Kelly, Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, The Box, The Twilight Zone, and NASA
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Richard Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror, or science fiction.
Born in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier. In 1949 he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and moved to California in 1951. He married in 1952 and has four children, three of whom (Chris, Richard Christian, and Ali Matheson) are writers of fiction and screenplays.
- Also Known As:
- Logan Swanson
- Birth Date:
- February 20, 1926
- Birthplace:
- Allendale, New Jersey, United States
- Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Novelist, Short story writer
- Influenced By:
- Stephen King, Richard Christian Matheson
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