Uniform Title War of the worlds (Motion picture : 1953).

Title The war of the worlds / director, Byron Haskin.

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[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD WAR OF THE WORLDS	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD WAR OF THE WORLDS	Check Shelf

Description	1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
	digital rdatr
	optical rdarm
	mono rdacpc
	video file rdaft
	DVD video
	Motion pictures lcgft
Series	Criterion collection ; 1037
	Criterion collection ; 1037.
System Details	DVD, full screen (1.37:1); mono.
Cast	Gene Barry, Ann Robinson.
Note	Title from sell sheet.
	Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
	Full screen (1.37:1).
Audience	Rating: G.
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.
Note	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.
Language	Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Subject	Martian meteorites -- United States -- Drama.
	Martians -- United States -- Drama.
	Space vehicles -- Drama.
	Scientists -- United States -- Drama.
	Martian meteorites. (OCoLC)fst01010866
	Martians. (OCoLC)fst01010867
	Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895
	Space vehicles. (OCoLC)fst01127951
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
	Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
	Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01726252
	Science fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710407
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
	Science fiction films.
	Feature films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	Motion pictures.
Added Author	Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984, film director.
	Barry, Gene, actor.
	Robinson, Ann, 1929- actor.
	Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Standard No.	715515248716
ISBN	9781681437392
	1681437392
Music No.	CC3167DDVD The Criterion Collection

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