| Edition |
Blu-ray special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome rdacc |
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color |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc |
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surround rdacpc |
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LPCM 1.0 DTS-HD master audio 5.1 |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1037 |
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Criterion collection ; 1037.
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| System 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 |
In English. |
| Note |
Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Performer |
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. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, George Barnes ; art direction, Hal Pereira, Albert Nozaki ; edited by Everett Douglas ; costumes, Edith Head ; music score by Leith Stevens. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by H. G. Wells. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. |
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Full screen (1.37:1). |
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New 4K digital restoration. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
| Subject |
Martians -- United States -- Drama.
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Human-alien encounters -- United States -- Drama.
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Space vehicles -- Drama.
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Scientists -- United States -- Drama.
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Human-alien encounters. (OCoLC)fst00963475
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Martians. (OCoLC)fst01010867
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Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
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Space vehicles. (OCoLC)fst01127951
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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| Genre/Form |
Blu-ray discs.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Action and adventure films. (OCoLC)fst01710568
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Video recordings. (OCoLC)fst01692913
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01726252
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Science fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710407
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Science fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Motion pictures.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Action and adventure films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984, film director.
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Pal, George, film producer.
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Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972, screenwriter.
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Barry, Gene, actor.
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Robinson, Ann, 1929- actor.
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Tremayne, Les, actor.
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Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917-2006, actor.
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Giglio, Sandro, 1900-1979, actor.
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Martin, Lewis, 1894-1969, actor.
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Stevenson, Houseley, 1879-1953, actor.
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Frees, Paul, actor.
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Phipps, William, 1922-2018, actor.
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Rich, Vernon, 1906-1978, actor.
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Brandon, Henry, 1912-1990, actor.
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Kruschen, Jack, 1922-2002, actor.
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Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964, actor.
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Barnes, George, 1892-1953, director of photography.
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Stevens, Leith, 1909-1970, composer (expression)
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Douglas, Everett, editor of moving image work.
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Pereira, Hal, art director.
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Nozaki, Albert, 1912-2003, art director.
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Head, Edith, costume designer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
War of the worlds.
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Paramount Pictures Corporation, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681437385 |
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1681437384 |
| Standard No. |
715515248617 |
| Music No. |
CC3166BD The Criterion Collection |
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