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The war of the worlds / a Paramount Picture ; screenplay, Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 033 478 DVD + insert
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 1037.
- Criterion collection ; 1037
- Standardized Title:
- War of the worlds (Motion picture : 1953)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
- Martian meteorites--United States--Drama.
- Martian meteorites.
- Martians--United States--Drama.
- Martians.
- Space vehicles--Drama.
- Space vehicles.
- Scientists--United States--Drama.
- Scientists.
- Human-alien encounters--Drama.
- Human-alien encounters.
- Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946--Film adaptations.
- Wells, H. G.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures.
- Science fiction films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Action and adventure films.
- Film adaptations.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + insert (1 folded leaf : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
- 4 3/4 in. color
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
- Language Note:
- Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1); mono and 5.1 surround.
- digital
- optical
- mono surround
- Dolby digital mono Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- 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.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, George Barnes ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Albert Nozaki ; edited by Everett Douglas ; costumes, Edith Head ; music score by Leith Stevens.
- 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 (on insert).
- ISBN:
- 9781681437392
- 1681437392
- OCLC:
- 1154790488
- Publisher Number:
- 715515248716
- CC3167DDVD The Criterion Collection
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