Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
Imagine becoming the top writer for Playboy in your twenties...
Imagine being a mainstay for the ground-breaking Twilight Zone series...
Imagine verging on the cusp of a major film writing career...
Then imagine a mysterious illness stealing your mind.
That is exactly what happened to Charles Beaumont. At the peak of his creative powers at age 38, he descended into a maelstrom of neurological and psychological havoc, never to return...
In this powerful film, the details of his meteoric, short life are revealed: featuring exclusive interviews with Ray Bradbury, William F. Nolan, John Shirley, Richard Matheson, Forrest J Ackerman, William Shatner, Roger Corman, Harlan Ellison and many others who knew and worked with Beaumont.