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Title:
The war of the worlds [blu-ray]
Added Author:
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication Date:
2020
1953
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
©1953
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
ISBN:
9781681437385
Abstract:
A mysterious, meteorlike object has landed in a small California town. All clocks have stopped. A fleet of glowing green UFOs hovers menacingly over the entire globe. The Martian invasion of Earth has begun, and it seems that nothing-- neither military might nor the scientific know-how of nuclear physicist Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry)-- can stop it.
General Note:
Based on the novel by H. G. Wells.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Full screen (1.37:1).
New 4K digital restoration.
Special features: New alternate 5.1 soundtrack; audio commentary with filmmaker Joe Dante, film historian Bob Burns and Bill Warren, author of Keep watching the skies?; Movie archeologists (Craig Barron and Ben Burtt discuss the film's visual and sound effects); From the archive (2018 restoration); audio interview with George Pal from 1970; The sky is falling, a 2005 documentary on the film ; Wells and Welles (the Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptation from 1938, and,the KTSA radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between H.G. Wells and Orson Welles); trailer; essay by J. Hoberman.
Performers:
Cast: 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; commentary, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray, region A; full screen (1.37:1); LPCM monaural, optional DTS-HD master audio 5.1 surround; requires Blu-ray player.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
In English. Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Added Uniform Title:
War of the worlds (Motion picture : 1953)
Audience:
CHV rating: PG (from Consumer Protection BC website).
