The Incredible World of Horace Ford story
A middle-aged toy designer goes back to his childhood when he visits his old neighborhood. Directed by: Abner Biberman. Story by: Reginald Rose.
16 total · 3 choice · 9 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| escape from reality | choice | Horace was lost in memories of his childhood days. |
| reminiscence about one's youth | choice | Horace thoughts were dominated by blissfully happy memories of his childhood. |
| romanticization of the past | choice | Horace ultimately came to learn that his childhood days were not quite so blissful as he'd remembered them to be. |
| childishness | major | Horace was a 38-year old man-child who cared only about toys and his childhood memories. |
| coping with someone losing their mind | major | Laura struggled with how to handle her man-child of a husband being on the brink of having a nervous breakdown. |
| coping with stress at work | major | Horace denied it but others put his behavior down to pressure at work. |
| husband and wife | major | Laura became increasingly distressed over her husband Horace's self-absorption with his own childhood. |
| mother and son | major | Horace's mother was living together with him and his wife. |
| mother-in-law and daughter-in-law | major | Laura pointedly told her mother-in-law to shut up when the old woman started freaking out over Horace having lost his job. |
| nostalgia | major | Horace constantly reminisced about his childhood days. |