| Record Number |
810088 |
| ISBN |
1415711666 |
| Title |
The war of the worlds [videorecording]. |
| Edition |
Special collector's edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
Australia : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2018. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1953. |
| Based on The war of the worlds / by H.G. Wells. |
| Special features: optional audio commentary by Robinson and Barry; optional audio commentary by Joe Dante and film historians Bob Burns and Bill Warren; The sky is falling! : making 'The war of the worlds (featurette); H.G. Wells : the father of science fiction (featurette); original theatrical trailer; "The war of the worlds" episode of the radio program "Mercury Theatre on the air" (originally broadcast on Oct. 30, 1938). |
| Creation Note |
Screenplay by Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin. |
| Performer note |
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. |
| Narration by Sir Cedric Hardwicke. |
| Summary Note |
A Martian spacecraft lands near the small southern California city of Linda Rosa. Disaster ensues. |
| Target audience note |
Rating: PG. |
| Language note |
English, Italian, Castilian Spanish. Subtitles in English, Dutch, Italian, Castilian Spanish, European Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek, Croat, Slovenian, Serbian. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subject - Name |
Wells, H. G.(Herbert George),1866-1946 -- Film adaptations |
| Subject |
Martians -- Drama |
| Human-alien encounters -- Drama |
| Space warfare -- Drama |
| Science fiction films |
| Fiction films |
| Feature films |
| Film adaptations |
| Science fiction films. |
| Fiction films. |
| Feature films. |
| Film adaptations. |
| Added Author |
Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984 |
| Pal, George |
| Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972 |
| Barry, Gene |
| Robinson, Ann, 1929- |
| Tremayne, Les |
| Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964 |
| Stevens, Leith, 1909-1970 |
| Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 War of the worlds. |
| Added title |
War of the worlds (Radio program) |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F WARO |
