The War of the Worlds (Criterion Collection)

Mighty panorama of Earth-shaking fury as an army from Mars invades!

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DVD Features:

Rated: G
Released: July 7, 2020
Originally Released: 1953
Label: Criterion Collection
Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
Note: New 4k digital restoration

New alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, created by Sound Designer Ben Burtt
Audio Commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker Joe Dante, film historian Bob Burns, and author Bill Warren
Movie Archaeologists, a new program on the film's visual and sound effects featuring Burtt and Visual-Effects Supervisor Craig Barron
From the Archive, a new program about the film's restoration featuring Barron, Burtt, and Paramount Pictures archivist Andrea Kalas
Audio interview with Producer George Pal from 1970
The Sky Is Falling, a 2005 documentary about the making of the film
The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio play of The War of the Worlds from 1938, adapted by Howard Koch and Directed and Narrated by Orson Welles
Radio Program from 1940 featuring a discussion between Welles and H.G. Wells, author of the 1897 novel The War of the Worlds
Trailer
SDH subtitles

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.37
Audio:

Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles - English

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Gene Barry, Ann Robinson & Les Tremayne
Performer:		Jack Kruschen, Houseley Stevenson Jr., Paul Frees, Henry Brandon, Pierre Cressoy & Houseley Stevenson
Directed by		Byron Haskin
Edited by		Everett Douglas
Screenwriting by		Barré Lyndon
Composition by		Leith Stevens
Art Direction by		Hal Pereira & Albert Nozaki
Produced by		George Pal
Director of Photography:		George Barnes

Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1953 - Best Special Effects: George Pal

Entertainment Reviews:

Common Sense Media

Jan 1, 2011

USA Today

Jun 28, 2005

El Pais (Spain)

Aug 6, 2019

Wall Street Journal

Mar 8, 2012

sbs.is

Mar 2, 2008

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Feb 22, 2008

Time Out

Jan 26, 2006

Product Description:

H.G. Wells' 1901 novel of the invasion of the Earth by Martians is brought to the screen with dazzling special effects.

Plot Synopsis:

H. G. Wells' sci-fi classic about the invasion of Planet Earth by aggressive creatures from Mars. Arriving in green-glowing spaceships shaped like metallic stingrays, the Martians blast their atomizing death beams through most of the major cities in the world. What can save the Earth' The answer is simpler than mankind might ever have guessed.

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Production Notes:

Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Sound Recording, Best Editing. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects.
Color by Technicolor.
Additional cast: Houseley Stevenson Jr. (General Mann's Aide), Paul Frees (Radio Announcer), Bill Phipps (Wash Perry), Vernon Rich (Colonel Heffner), and Henry Brandon (Cop).
Astronomical art by Chester Bonestell.