Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ( ; November 11, 1922April 11, 2007) was an American writer.
 In a career spanning over 50 years, Vonnegut published 14 novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of non-fiction.
 He is most famous for his darkly satirical, best-selling novel "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969).
The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 (codified at ) was an act of Congress passed on October 30, 1984 to promote competition and deregulate the cable television industry.
 The act established a national policy for the regulation of cable television communications by federal, state, and local authorities.
 Conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona wrote and supported the act, which amended the Communications Act of 1934 with the insertion of "Title VI—Cable Communications".
 After more than three years of debate, six provisions were enacted to represent the intricate compromise between cable operators and municipalities.
Madhu Rye (Gujarati: મધુ રાય ) is a Gujarati playwright, novelist and story writer.
 Born in Gujarat and educated at Calcutta, he started writing in the 1960s and became known for his stories and plays.
 His experience at the University of Hawaii introduced him to experimental writing and improvisations as writing aid, which later lead to a movement against absurd theatre.
 He moved to the US in 1974 and has been since living there.
 He chiefly wrote novels, short stories and plays.
 His plays were successful and have been adapted into several languages and media.
 He has adapted his novels into plays and some plays into novels.
 The most notable is "Kimble Ravenswood" which later was loosely adapted into a Hindi TV series and a Hindi film, "What's Your Rashee?
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The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1977 television film loosely adapted from "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas and presenting several plot similarities with the 1939 film version.
 It was produced by Norman Rosemont for ITC Entertainment, and starred Richard Chamberlain as King Louis XIV and his twin Philippe, Patrick McGoohan as Nicolas Fouquet, Ralph Richardson as Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis Jourdan as D'Artagnan, and Ian Holm as the Chevalier Duval.
 Jenny Agutter plays Louis XIV's mistress, Louise de la Vallière and Vivien Merchant appears as Queen Marie-Therese.
 It was directed by Mike Newell.
The Time Machine is a 2002 American science fiction film loosely adapted from the 1895 novel of the same name by H. G. Wells and the screenplay of the 1960 film of the same name by David Duncan.
 Arnold Leibovit served as executive producer and Simon Wells served as director, the great-grandson of the original author.
 The film stars Guy Pearce, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Sienna Guillory and Phyllida Law, and includes a cameo by Alan Young, who also appeared in the 1960 film adaptation.
 The film is set in New York City instead of London, and contains new story elements not present in the original novel, including a romantic backstory, a new scenario about how civilization was destroyed, and several new characters, such as an artificially intelligent hologram played by Orlando Jones, and a Morlock leader played by Jeremy Irons.
 It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup (John M. Elliot, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz) at the 75th Academy Awards, but lost to "Frida".
Usher is a 2004 film written and directed by Roger Leatherwood.
 It is loosely adapted from the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe.
 It tells the story of a young hitman who falls on hard times and gets a job in a movie theatre.
 The theatre seems to have a personality of its own and the hitman, named Ash, finds himself losing his personality as he falls into a day-to-day work routine.
The Dragon Knight is a series of fantasy novels begun in 1976 by American writer Gordon R. Dickson.
 The first book, based on the short story "St. Dragon and the George", was loosely adapted in the 1982 animated movie "The Flight of Dragons" by Rankin/Bass.
 The title here refers in part to an in-universe nomenclature, wherein the story's dragons use the name "george" as a synonym or substitute of "human", after 'St. George the Dragon-Slayer', and in part a reference to the latter.
Harrison Bergeron is a 1995 cable television movie film loosely adapted from Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 short story of the same name.
 It was produced for Showtime and first screened on August 13, 1995.
 It was released to VHS in 1998.
The Wool Cap is a 2004 American cable television movie, an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film "Gigot" starring Jackie Gleason, who wrote the original story.
Access Communications Co-operative, Limited.
 is a Canadian cable television provider, operating in Regina, Saskatchewan and several other communities in Saskatchewan.
 It was previously known as Regina Cablevision Co-operative Ltd. but operated as Cable Regina from commencement of service in Regina in 1978 until April 2000, after acquisitions of cable television operations in Weyburn, Estevan and Yorkton and surrounding communities.
 Dial-up Internet service was first offered in September 1995.
 Cable modem broadband service followed in 1997.
 On February 7, 2007, Access Communications launched its primary line telephone service in Regina in direct competition with Saskatchewan's government-owned ILEC, SaskTel.
 On July 1, 2009, Access became Saskatchewan's largest cable provider with the purchase of Persona Cable's operations in Saskatchewan.

Question: Who wrote the short story that the 1995 cable television movie film loosely adapted from?
Answer: Kurt Vonnegut