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Author:

War of the worlds (Motion picture : 1953)

Title:

The war of the worlds [videorecording] / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Special collector's ed.

Publisher:

Paramount,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Martians--Drama.
Human-alien encounters--Drama.
Space warfare--Drama.
Science fiction films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Science fiction films.
Feature films.
Science fiction--Feature.
Adaptation--Feature.

Other Authors:

Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972.
Pal, George.
Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984.
Barry, Gene.
Robinson, Ann, 1935-
Tremayne, Les.
Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964.
Burns, Bob, 1935-
Warren, Bill, 1943-
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. War of the worlds.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Other Titles:

War of the worlds (Radio program)

Notes:

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. Commentary by Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Based on the novel: The war of the worlds / by H.G. Wells. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953. Special features: optional audio commentary by Robinson & Barry; optional audio commentary by Dante and film historians Bob Burns & 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).

Summary:

A Martian spacecraft lands near the small southern California city of Linda Rosa. Disaster ensues.

ISBN:

9781415711668
1415711666

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61267478

UPC:

097360263947

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

EKPC715 -- Hartley Public Library (Hartley)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

RTPA135 -- J.J. Hands Library (Lohrville) — rtpa135

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)