The war of the worlds
(Blu-ray)
Contributors
Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984, film director.
Barry, Gene, actor.
Robinson, Ann, 1929- actor.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Barry, Gene, actor.
Robinson, Ann, 1929- actor.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2020].
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Status
Sparks Library - DVD / Blu-rays
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Published
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2020].
Format
Blu-ray
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Language
English
UPC
715515248617
Notes
General Note
Title from sell sheet.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
General Note
Full screen (1.37:1).
General Note
Special features: New 4K digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New alternate 5.1 soundtrack, created by sound designer Benn Burtt and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio; audio commentary from 2005 featuring fimmaker 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; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; an essay by film critic J. Holberman.
Participants/Performers
Gene Barry, Ann Robinson.
Description
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.
Target Audience
Rating: G.
System Details
Blu-ray; full screen (1.37:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
System Details
This is a Blu-ray disc which can only be played on Blu-ray disc players and will not play on standard DVD players.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Haskin, B., Barry, G., & Robinson, A. (2020). The war of the worlds (Blu-ray edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984, Gene, Barry and Ann Robinson. 2020. The War of the Worlds. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984, Gene, Barry and Ann Robinson. The War of the Worlds The Criterion Collection, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Haskin, Byron, Gene Barry, and Ann Robinson. The War of the Worlds Blu-ray edition., The Criterion Collection, 2020.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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