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The war of the worlds

Title
The war of the worlds / a Paramount Picture ; screenplay by Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin.
Publication
[Hollywood, CA] : Paramount Home Video, [1993], ©1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984.
  • Barry, Gene.
  • Robinson, A. (Ann)
  • Tremayne, Les.
  • Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
  • Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964.
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation.
  • Paramount Home Video (Firm)
Description
2 videodiscs (85 min.) : sound, color; 12 in.
Summary
A contemporary adaptation of H.G. Wells\u0027 story, set in rural California, in which seemingly invincible Martians invade Earth and wreck havoc.
Subjects
Note
  • Based on the novel by H.G. Wells.
  • Originally issued as a motion picture in 1953.
  • Standard play (CAV), stereo.
  • Digital audio channels contain: film soundtrack in stereo; analog left channel contains: film soundtrack in mono.; analog right channel contains: music and effects track.
  • Contains: theatrical trailer for When worlds collide.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, George Barnes ; narrator, Sir Cedric Hardwicke ; editor, Everett Douglas ; music, Leith Stevens.
Performer (note)
  • Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne.
Awards (note)
  • Academy Award for Special Effects, 1953.
ISBN
079212927X
OCLC
  • ocm31279281
  • SCSB-3696410
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries