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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

Director: Byron Haskin
Composer: Leith Stephens
Stars: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson,
Stars: Less Tremayne, Jack Kruschen,
Stars: Houseley Stevenson
Publishers: Paramount Pictures
Region: 2
Length :82 minutes
Discs :1
Year Released: 1953
Year Product Released: 1980
Audio: Stereo
Where From: Virgin Megastore, Norwich
Rating: 0
Date Added: 2007-01-06
Time Added: 00:00:00

Additional
Special features:
# This Is Only A Story
# HG Wells The Father Of Science Fiction
# The Sky Is Falling The Making Of
# Commentary By Ann Robinson And Gene Barry
# Commentary By Joe Dante Bob Burns And Bill Warren
# Original Trailer
# Trailer For New War Of The Worlds