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The war of the worlds
Uniform Title
War of the worlds (Motion picture : 1953)
Title
The war of the worlds / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin.
ISBN
9781681437385
1681437384
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©1953
Physical Description
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Notes
Based on the novel by H. G. Wells.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Full screen (1.37:1).
New 4K digital restoration.
Special features: New alternate 5.1 soundtrack; audio commentary with filmmaker Joe Dante, film historian Bob Burns and Bill Warren, author of Keep watching the skies?; Movie archeologists (Craig Barron and Ben Burtt discuss the film's visual and sound effects); From the archive (2018 restoration); audio interview with George Pal from 1970; The sky is falling, a 2005 documentary on the film ; Wells and Welles (the Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptation from 1938, and,the KTSA radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between H.G. Wells and Orson Welles); trailer; essay by J. Hoberman.
Director of photography, George Barnes ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Albert Nozaki ; edited by Everett Douglas ; costumes, Edith Head ; music score by Leith Stevens.
In English.
Summary
A mysterious, meteorlike object has landed in a small California town. All clocks have stopped. A fleet of glowing green UFOs hovers menacingly over the entire globe. The Martian invasion of Earth has begun, and it seems that nothing-- neither military might nor the scientific know-how of nuclear physicist Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry)-- can stop it.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 08, 2021
Series
The Criterion collection ; 1037
Credits
Director of photography, George Barnes ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Albert Nozaki ; edited by Everett Douglas ; costumes, Edith Head ; music score by Leith Stevens.
Performers
Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Bob Cornthwaite, Sandro Giglio, Lewis Martin, Housely Stevenson, Jr., Paul Frees, Bill Phipps, Vernon Rich, Henry Brandon, Jack Kruschen; commentary, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
System details note
Blu-ray, region A; full screen (1.37:1); LPCM monaural, optional DTS-HD master audio 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
MPAA rating: G.
Videorecording number
CC3166BD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Motion pictures.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Science fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Action and adventure films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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