The War of the Worlds
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
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.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1037.
Subjects:
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Film adaptations.
Martian meteorites -- United States -- Drama.
Martians -- United States -- Drama.
Space vehicles -- Drama.
Scientists -- United States -- Drama.
Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Film adaptations.
Martian meteorites -- United States -- Drama.
Martians -- United States -- Drama.
Space vehicles -- Drama.
Scientists -- United States -- Drama.
Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
Target Audience: Rating: G.
ISBN:
9781681437392
UPC: 715515248716
| Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
| DVD SCI-FI War | Sandhills Indoors | DVD | In |
| DVD SCI-FI War | Wheatley (Shandon) | DVD | In |
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.
Videorecording.
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; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1); mono and 5.1 surround.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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.
Videorecording.
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; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.37:1); mono and 5.1 surround.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
