The war of the Worlds 1953
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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.
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.
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.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1); mono.
Contents: War of the worlds.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
1037
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781681437392
1681437392
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984,
Pal, George,
Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972,
Barnes, George, 1892-1953,
Stevens, Leith, 1909-1970,
Douglas, Everett,
Pereira, Hal,
Nozaki, Albert, 1912-2003,
Head, Edith,
Barry, Gene,
Robinson, Ann, 1929-
Tremayne, Les,
Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917-2006,
Giglio, Sandro, 1900-1979,
Martin, Lewis, 1894-1969,
Stevenson, Houseley, 1879-1953,
Frees, Paul,
Phipps, William, 1922-
Rich, Vernon, 1906-1978,
Brandon, Henry, 1912-1990,
Kruschen, Jack, 1922-2002,
Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964,
Wells, H. G. 1866-1946.
Paramount Pictures Corporation,
Criterion Collection (Firm),
SUBJECTS
Wells, H. G. -- 1866-1946 -- Film adaptations.
Martian meteorites -- United States -- Drama.
Martians -- United States -- Drama.
Space vehicles -- Drama.
Scientists -- United States -- Drama.
Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
Science fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Action and adventure films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.