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The war of the Worlds 1953

DVD - 2005 DVD Science-Fiction War None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.4 out of 5

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Based on the novel by H.G. Wells.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne.
Residents of a small town are excited when they see a flaming meteor land in the hills. Their excitement is dampened when they discover it has passengers from Mars aboard. They soon discover that the Martians are not very friendly.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Contents: War of the worlds.

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very naive special effects and script, but better than other pseudo-sci fi flicks of the 50s and 60s submitted by Tassos on February 7, 2020, 8:16am watchable. Barely.

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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.

PUBLISHED
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, [2005]
Year Published: 2005
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Rated: G
Format: DVD

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1415711666 :

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984.
Barry, Gene.
Robinson, Ann, 1935-
Tremayne, Les.
Wells, H. G. 1866-1946.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.

SUBJECTS
Martians -- Drama.
Cities and towns -- Drama.
Feature films.
Science fiction -- Feature.
Adaptation -- Feature.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.