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  | The War Of The Worlds (1953): Special Edition£2.99 Free DeliveryRRP: £12.99 | You save: £10.00 (76%) Usually dispatched within 4-5 days |
- Audio commentary from stars Gene Barry and Ann Robinson
- Audio commentary from Joe Dante, Bob Burns and Bill Warren
- 'This Is Only A Story' audio feature): `War of the Worlds' radio play, originally broadcast by WABC & CBS on Halloween night 1938
- 'H. G. Wells - The Father Of Science Fiction': a featurette examining his life's work and lasting impact on literature and film
- 'The Sky Is Falling': a 'Making Of' featurette
- Original theatrical trailer
- Trailer for Steven Spielberg's 2005 'War Of The Worlds' film
Producer George Pal and director Byron Haskins' landmark adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic novel that focuses on the invasion of the earth by Martian war machines.
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.
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.
This is the kind of spectacular that inspired kids such as Steven Spielberg and still packs a punch - delivering eye-popping thrills and unrelenting, edge-of-your-seat suspense.
Winner of the 1953 Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
Average rating (4 reviews)
Classic fifties SF at it's very best.
DaveFaz | 26/07/2008 | See all DaveFaz's reviews (151) »
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Based on the book of the same name by H.G.Wells, this is classic fifties sci-fi at it's best. First rate script, rock-solid direction and good acting make this film a real classic. An essential DVD for the real SF fan.
Great film + Arguably the Best Print!
Coolwater | 09/03/2008 | See all Coolwater's reviews (89) »
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Which version Haskin or Spielberg? A meteor lands in the hills of a small town. Unknown of its origin or contents, Dr Clayton Forrester is called in to investigate.
Machine like beings then begin to wreak havoc on not only the town but all the cities around the world with only one thing on their mind...world domination!
The army do everything in there power to stop the onslaught but who will come out on top in the end?
This is for me the definitive version, with the remake being somewhat of a disappointment.
This is not my favorite 50's science fiction film but is still considered by most as one of the best of its kind.
Film Quality 10/10; Picture Quality 10/10 (Digitally Remastered)
What heappened to the trailer
jules63 | 24/06/2007 | See all jules63's reviews (1) »
great can only say I needed the trailer of the 2005 to go with all the extras and it is not on the disc as advertised. really disappointed and now need a full screen version of spilebergs trailer which is imossable to ind
Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornthwaite, Sandro Giglio, Lewis Martin, Paul Frees & William Phipps | |
PG | |
1953 | |
Fullscreen 4:3 | |
English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo | |
Arabic ; Danish ; Dutch ; English ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Spanish ; Swedish ; Turkish | |
1 hour and 52 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
