The war of the worlds

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Byron Haskin's genre-defining sci-fi classic, an Oscar-winning adaptation of the novel by H. G. Wells, is both an influential triumph of visual imagination and a still-disquieting document of the wonder and terror of the atomic age.

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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 Film adaptations

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ISBN:

9781681437392

Uniform Title:

War of the worlds (Motion picture : 1953)

Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
digital
optical
mono
videodisc
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Notes:

Title from title frame
Based on the novel by H.G. Wells
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953
Full screen (1.37:1)
Special features: New alternate 5.1 soundtrack; audio commentaries; Movie archeologists; From the archive; audio interview with George Pal from 1970; The sky is falling, a 2005 documentary; The Mercury Theatre on the air radio adaptation from 1938; radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between H.G. Wells and Orson Welles; trailer; essay by J. Hoberman
Region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1); mono
Director of photography, George Barnes ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Albert Nozaki ; edited by Everett Douglas ; costumes, Edith Head ; music score by Leith Stevens
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, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
DVD
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

LCCN:

be2020011569

Control Number:

3015278

UPC:

715515248716

Other Authors:

Barnes, George, 1892-1953, director of photography
Barry, Gene, actor
Brandon, Henry, 1912-1990, actor
Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917-2006, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Douglas, Everett, film editor
Frees, Paul, actor
Giglio, Sandro, 1900-1979, actor
Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964, actor
Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984, film director
Head, Edith, costume designer
Kruschen, Jack, 1922-2002, actor
Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972, screenwriter
Martin, Lewis, 1894-1969, actor
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. War of the worlds
Nozaki, Albert, 1912-2003, art director
Pal, George, producer
Paramount Pictures Corporation, presenter, production company
Pereira, Hal, art director
Phipps, William, 1922-2018, actor
Rich, Vernon, 1906-1978, actor
Robinson, Ann, 1929- actor
Stevens, Leith, 1909-1970, composer
Stevenson, Houseley, 1879-1953, actor
Tremayne, Les, actor

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