Release Date: Nov 1, 2005 Region: 1 Runtime: 85 mins Studio: Paramount Pictures Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Video:
Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles: English Packaging: Keep Case Rating: G Features:
Commentary by Actors Ann Robinson and Gene Barry Commentary by Film Director Joe Dante, Film Historian Bob Burns and Bill Warren, author of Keep Watching The Skies! The Sky Is Falling: The Making Of War Of The WorldsH.G. Wells: The Father Of Science Fiction The Mercury Theatre on the Air Presents The War Of The Worlds Radio Broadcast Original Theatrical Trailer
After the success of 1950's Destination Moon and 1951's When Worlds Collide, visionary producer George Pal brought the classic HG 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 werede rigueur for movies like this in the 50s, and their encounter with one of the Martians is as creepy today as it was in 1953. 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 visual and sound effects. This is a movie for the ages, the kind of spectacle that inspired little kids such as Steven Spielberg (not to mention Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, whose Independence Day is a remake in all but name) and still packs a punch. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
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