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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 9781415711668 Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC ISBN: 1415711666 Label: Paramount Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures MPN: D026394D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 01, 2005 Running Time: 85 minutes Studio: Paramount Pictures Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 1953 Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: After the success of 1950's Destination Moon and 1951's When Worlds Collide, visionary producer George Pal brought the classic H.G. Wells story of a Martian invasion to the big screen, and it instantly became a science fiction classic and winner of the 1953 Academy Award for Best Special Effects. It's a work of frightening imagination, with its manta-ray spaceships armed with cobra-like probes that shoot a white-hot disintegration ray. As formations of alien ships continue to wreak destruction around the globe, the military is helpless to stop this enemy while scientists race to find an effective weapon. Gene Barry and Ann Robinson play the hero and heroine roles that were de rigueur for movies like this in the '50s, and their encounter with one of the Martians is as creepy today as it was in '53. It finally takes an unseen threat--simple Earth bacteria--to conquer the alien invaders, but not before War of the Worlds has provided a dazzling display of impressive special effects. As memorable for its sound effects as for its spectacular visions of destruction, this is a movie for the ages--the kind of spectacular that inspired little kids such as Steven Spielberg (not to mention Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, whose Independence Day cribs liberally from the plot) and still packs a punch. --Jeff Shannon Description: H.G. Wells' chilling novel of a Martian invasion of Earth becomes even more frightening in this 1952 film adaptation that's widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. An Oscar. winner for Best Special Effects, The War of the Worlds delivers eye-popping thrills, laser-hot action and unrelenting, edge-of-your-seat suspense. No one who has seen the film's depiction of the swan-shaped Martian machines-ticking and hissing menacingly as they cut their path of destruction-will ever forget their ominous impact. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - My Favorite Sci-Fi MovieThe Special Collectors Edition is exactly that: special! I am not a technician or a videophile, but I love the way that this old favorite looks and sounds. If all old films could be re-mastered as successfully as this one, it would make buying decisions a lot easier! Rating:  - Classic Sci-Fi...Classic, creepy-cheesy Sci-Fi that still has appeal for those who like quirky movies! LOL :D You gotta love those "ominous" green ships and heat rays! // Go for the DVD version though! Rating: - Movie ClassicsThis is a real sci-fi classic. There is no comparison to the new movies, so don't even try. This was state-of-the-art filmaking in the days of black and white moving pictures. Rating: - War of the Worlds, 1950's versionI rented this version and the Tom Cruise version at the same time, and I gotta say that this version, as far as acting goes, is still better than how Tom Cruise plays a part. Anyway, I just like this version better, sometimes its not all about the latest, greatest CG effects... Rating: - The Grandfather of all Science Fiction Movies in the USAThe War Of The Worlds DVD The War Of The Worlds is based on the story by that name by the , Father of Science Fiction, H.G. Wells, at least in the english language. It's about an invasion of Earth by what is thought to be Martians with superhuman talents and weapons. This story was made famous by Orson Wells on his Halloween special on October 30, 1938 when he reenacted it on a CBS radio show as if it were true, using actual street names and place names to make it more realistic. ... Read More |
