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The war of the worlds Cover Image DVD DVD

The war of the worlds / a Paramount Picture ; screenplay, Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin.

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

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781681437392
  • ISBN: 1681437392
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, George Barnes ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Albert Nozaki ; edited by Everett Douglas ; costumes, Edith Head ; music score by Leith Stevens.
Participant or Performer Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: G.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1); mono and 5.1 surround.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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