The War of the Worlds (1953)
- Directed by
- Byron Haskin
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, science fiction film, disaster film, alien invasion, thriller film
- Country
- West Germany, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 711 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This 1950s film adaptation moves H.G. Wells's Martian invasion story to Southern California. An alien force in deadly machines attacks the countryside and the main characters try to survive and warn others.
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What happens
The War of the Worlds (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) is a 1953 American science fiction thriller film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. The first film adaptation of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel of the same name in which Earth is invaded by Martians, the setting is changed from Victorian era England to 1950s Southern California. The first of two adaptations of Wells's classic science fiction filmed by Pal, The War of the Worlds won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and went on to influence other science fiction films. It is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s. In 2011, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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