We could have told special effects meister John Terwilliger that the only way to get a truly monstrous T. rex on film is to build a time machine, but alas, he relied solely on stop-motion animation with no time travel, and look at the abuse he gets for his efforts from the renowned producer Joe Clarence.
—Michael Main
Step by step, frame by frame of film, stop motion by stop motion, he, Terwilliger, had run his beasts through their postures, moved each a fraction of an inch, photographed them, moved them another hair, photographed them, for hours and days and months.

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Variants

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  1. original, but less known, title.
    “The Prehistoric Producer” by Ray Bradbury, in The Saturday Evening Post, 23 June 1962.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Bradbury
  2. “Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Ray Bradbury, in The Machineries of Joy by Ray Bradbury (Simon and Shuster, February 1964).
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Bradbury

Translations

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  1. Finnish.
    “Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Ray Bradbury, in Huhtikuun noita by Ray Bradbury ( Tampereen Science Fiction Seura, 1998).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Bradbury
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Anita Puumalainen
  2. French.
    “Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Ray Bradbury, in Les machines à bonheur by Ray Bradbury ( Denoël, 1965).
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Bradbury
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Jean-Pierre Harrison
  3. German: one of two 1985 German translations.
    “Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Ray Bradbury, in Saurier-Geschichten by Ray Bradbury (Bastei Lübbe, 1985).
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Bradbury
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Andrea Kamphuis
    Fredy Köpsell
  4. German: one of two 1985 German translations.
    “Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Ray Bradbury, in Die Mechanismen der Freude by Ray Bradbury (Diogenes, 1985).
    5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Bradbury
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Peter Naujack
  5. Italian.
    “Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Ray Bradbury, in Le macchine della felicità by Ray Bradbury (Casa Editrice La Tribuna, April 1970).
    6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Bradbury
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Sandro Sandrelli
  6. Portuguese.
    “Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Ray Bradbury, in As Máquinas da Alegria by Ray Bradbury (Livros do Brasil, 1965).
    7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ray Bradbury
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Mário Braga
    Maria Isabel Morna Braga

Derived Works

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  1. “Tyrannosaurus Rex” by Ray Bradbury, directed by Gilles Béhat (14 May 1988).

Indexer Notes

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  1. Title—The original title in The Saturday Evening Post was “The Prehistoric Producer,” but “Tyrannosaurus Rex” has significantly wider use and recognition.