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The War of the Worlds

( Catalog Number LV53032 )
(1.33:1) (3 Sides) (CAV) (NTSC)

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Includes Theatrical Trailer for "When Worlds Collide"

The War of the Worlds
1953 - 85 min. - Color
Genre: Sci-Fi

LaserDisc Movie Review:
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds had been on Paramount Pictures' docket since the silent era, when it was optioned as a potential Cecil B. DeMille production. When Paramount finally got around to a filming the Wells novel, the property was firmly in the hands of special-effects maestro George Pal. Like Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio adaptation, the film eschews Wells' original Victorian England setting for a contemporary American locale, in this case Southern California. A meteorlike object crash-lands near the small town of Linda Rosa. Among the crowd of curious onlookers is Pacific Tech scientist Gene Barry, who strikes up a friendship with Ann Robinson, the niece of local minister Lewis Martin. Because the meteor is too hot to approach at present, Barry decides to wait a few days to investigate, leaving three townsmen to guard the strange, glowing object. Left alone, the three men decide to approach the meterorite, and are evaporated for their trouble. It turns out that this is no meteorite, but an invading spaceship from the planet Mars. The hideous-looking Martians utilize huge, mushroomlike flying ships, equipped with heat rays, to pursue the helpless earthlings. When the military is called in, the Martians demonstrated their ruthlessness by "zapping" Ann's minister uncle, who'd hoped to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the standoff. As Barry and Ann seek shelter, the Martians go on a destructive rampage. Nothing-not even an atom-bomb blast-can halt the Martian death machines. The film's climax occurs in a besieged Los Angeles, where Barry fights through a crowd of refugees and looters so that he may be reunited with Ann in Earth's last moments of existence. In the end, the Martians are defeated not by science or the military, but by bacteria germs-or, to quote H.G. Wells, "the humblest things that God in his wisdom has put upon the earth." Forty years' worth of progressively improving special effects have not dimmed the brilliance of George Pal's War of the Worlds. Even on television, Pal's Oscar-winning camera trickery is awesome to behold. So indelible an impression has this film made on modern-day sci-fi mavens that, when a 1988 TV version of War of the Worlds was put together, it was conceived as a direct sequel to the 1953 film, rather than a derivation of the Wells novel or the Welles radio production. --- Hal Erickson

This 1953 film ranks as a sci-fi classic for its brilliant pacing and stunning special effects. The story line is simple: Martians have arrived and they mean to annihilate the world's population with fire-breathing spaceships protected by invisible shields which no missile can penetrate. Earth is helpless. Doomsday is nearing. Although the dialogue is pedestrian at times, it is lean and short-winded. Consequently, the plot moves like a frightened gazelle: leaping, dodging, sprinting. Producer George Pal's special effects are outstanding, even by modern standards, as spaceships roam for quarry in Asia, Europe, and America. The lead actors --- Gene Barry as mild-mannered scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester, and Ann Robinson as a mild-mannered teacher of library science, Sylvia Van Buren --- wisely cede the starring role to the suspenseful action. They recite their lines, neither overacting nor underacting, then let the plot takes its course. In a memorable scene, Forrester and Van Buren huddle in the dusty ruins of a building while a Martian optical probe pokes through windows to find signs of life. They escape, of course --- just barely --- then try to discover the Martians' Achilles' heel, to no avail. The visual effects --- featuring stampeding crowds and spaceships zapping landmarks and whole city blocks --- provide plenty of thrills all along the way. Herbert Marsh

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Cast for The War of the Worlds

Gene Barry - Dr. Clayton Forrester
Ann Robinson - Sylvia Van Buren
Les Tremayne - Gen. Mann
Lewis Martin - Pastor Matthew Collins
Henry Brandon - Cop
Robert Cornthwaite - Dr. Pryor
Sandro Giglio - Dr. Bilderbeck
Jack Kruschen - Salvatore
Paul H. Frees - Radio Announcer
William Phipps - Wash Perry
Vernon Rich - Col. Ralph Heffner
Cedric Hardwicke - Commentary
Herbert Lytton - Chief of Staff
Ralph Montgomery - Red Cross Leader
Freeman Lusk - Secretary of Defense
Alvy Moore - Zippy
Joel Marston - MP
Sydney Mason - Fire Chief
John Mansfield
Bill Meader - P.E. Official
David McMahon - Minister
John Maxwell - Doctor
Mike Mahoney - Young Man
Rudy Lee
Morton C. Thompson
Dale Van Sickel - Looter
Gus Taillon - Elderly Man
Houseley Stevenson - General's Aide
Bud Wolfe - Big Man
Dorothy Vernon - Elderly Woman
Anthony Warde - M.P. Officer
Stanley Orr - Marine Major
Robert Rockwell - Ranger
Walter Sande - Sheriff Bogany
George Pal - Bum #1 listening to radio
Teru Shimada - Japanese Diplomat
David Sharpe - Looter
Jamesson Shade - Deacon
Cora Shannon - Old Woman
Fred Zendar - Marine Lieutenant
Edward Colmans - Spanish Priest
Russ Conway - Rev. Bethany
Ann Codee - Dr. DuPrey
Cliff Clark [Clarke] - Australian Policeman
Ralph Dumke - Buck Monahan
Pierre Cressoy - Man
Jim Davies - Marine Commanding Officer
Jimmie Dundee - Civil Defense Official
Eric Alden - Man
Hugh Allen - Brigadier General
Peter Adams - Lookout
Hazel Boyne - Screaming Woman
Paul Birch - Alonzo Hogue
Edgar Barrier - Prof. McPherson
Russ Bender - Dr. Carmichael
Ivan Lebedeff - Dr. Gratzman
Gertrude W. Hoffman - News Vendor
Jerry James - Reporter
Douglas Henderson - Staff Sergeant
Ted Hecht - KGEB Reporter
Frank Kreig - Fiddler Hawkins
Carolyn Jones - Bird-Brained Blonde
Don Kohler - Colonel
Al Ferguson - Police Chief
Alex Frazer - Dr. James
Frank Freeman, Jr. - Bum
Dick Fortune - Marine Captain
Virginia Hall
Nancy Hale - Young Wife
Charles Gemora - Martian
Fred Graham - Looter
Ned Glass - Well-dressed Man During Looting

Crew for The War of the Worlds

Leith Stevens - Composer (Music Score)
Wally Westmore - Makeup
Chesley Bonestell - Special Effects
Hal Pereira - Art Director
George Pal - Producer
Albert Nozaki - Art Director
Walter Hoffman - Special Effects
H.G. Wells - Book Author
Ivyl Burks - Special Effects
Frank Freeman, Jr. - Associate Producer
Irmin Roberts - Special Effects
Barre Lyndon - Screenwriter
Michael D. Moore - First Assistant Director
David Sharpe - Stunts
Dale Van Sickel - Stunts
George Barnes - Cinematographer
Fred Graham - Stunts
Mushy Callahan - Stunts
Paul K. Lerpae - Special Effects
Gordon Jennings - Special Effects
Emile Kuri - Set Designer
Sam Comer - Set Designer
Everett Douglas - Editor
Edith Head - Costume Designer
Byron Haskin - Director

Awards for The War of the Worlds

Best Editing (nom) Everett Douglas 1953 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Loren L. Ryder 1953 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) 1953 Academy

Feature Details

Title: The War of the Worlds
Feature Release Date: 1953
Genre: Sci-Fi
Color: Color
Runtime: 85 Minutes
Chapters: 14
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CAV

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LD Release Date: 6 Apr 1994
Catalog Number: LV53032
UPC: 097360314267
ISBN: 0-7921-2927-X
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Publisher: Paramount Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: LV53032
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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The War of the Worlds

( Catalog Number LV53032 )
(1.33:1) (3 Sides) (CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Includes Theatrical Trailer for "When Worlds Collide"

The War of the Worlds
1953 - 85 min. - Color
Genre: Sci-Fi

LaserDisc Movie Review:
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds had been on Paramount Pictures' docket since the silent era, when it was optioned as a potential Cecil B. DeMille production. When Paramount finally got around to a filming the Wells novel, the property was firmly in the hands of special-effects maestro George Pal. Like Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio adaptation, the film eschews Wells' original Victorian England setting for a contemporary American locale, in this case Southern California. A meteorlike object crash-lands near the small town of Linda Rosa. Among the crowd of curious onlookers is Pacific Tech scientist Gene Barry, who strikes up a friendship with Ann Robinson, the niece of local minister Lewis Martin. Because the meteor is too hot to approach at present, Barry decides to wait a few days to investigate, leaving three townsmen to guard the strange, glowing object. Left alone, the three men decide to approach the meterorite, and are evaporated for their trouble. It turns out that this is no meteorite, but an invading spaceship from the planet Mars. The hideous-looking Martians utilize huge, mushroomlike flying ships, equipped with heat rays, to pursue the helpless earthlings. When the military is called in, the Martians demonstrated their ruthlessness by "zapping" Ann's minister uncle, who'd hoped to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the standoff. As Barry and Ann seek shelter, the Martians go on a destructive rampage. Nothing-not even an atom-bomb blast-can halt the Martian death machines. The film's climax occurs in a besieged Los Angeles, where Barry fights through a crowd of refugees and looters so that he may be reunited with Ann in Earth's last moments of existence. In the end, the Martians are defeated not by science or the military, but by bacteria germs-or, to quote H.G. Wells, "the humblest things that God in his wisdom has put upon the earth." Forty years' worth of progressively improving special effects have not dimmed the brilliance of George Pal's War of the Worlds. Even on television, Pal's Oscar-winning camera trickery is awesome to behold. So indelible an impression has this film made on modern-day sci-fi mavens that, when a 1988 TV version of War of the Worlds was put together, it was conceived as a direct sequel to the 1953 film, rather than a derivation of the Wells novel or the Welles radio production. --- Hal Erickson

This 1953 film ranks as a sci-fi classic for its brilliant pacing and stunning special effects. The story line is simple: Martians have arrived and they mean to annihilate the world's population with fire-breathing spaceships protected by invisible shields which no missile can penetrate. Earth is helpless. Doomsday is nearing. Although the dialogue is pedestrian at times, it is lean and short-winded. Consequently, the plot moves like a frightened gazelle: leaping, dodging, sprinting. Producer George Pal's special effects are outstanding, even by modern standards, as spaceships roam for quarry in Asia, Europe, and America. The lead actors --- Gene Barry as mild-mannered scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester, and Ann Robinson as a mild-mannered teacher of library science, Sylvia Van Buren --- wisely cede the starring role to the suspenseful action. They recite their lines, neither overacting nor underacting, then let the plot takes its course. In a memorable scene, Forrester and Van Buren huddle in the dusty ruins of a building while a Martian optical probe pokes through windows to find signs of life. They escape, of course --- just barely --- then try to discover the Martians' Achilles' heel, to no avail. The visual effects --- featuring stampeding crowds and spaceships zapping landmarks and whole city blocks --- provide plenty of thrills all along the way. Herbert Marsh

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Cast for The War of the Worlds

Gene Barry - Dr. Clayton Forrester
Ann Robinson - Sylvia Van Buren
Les Tremayne - Gen. Mann
Lewis Martin - Pastor Matthew Collins
Henry Brandon - Cop
Robert Cornthwaite - Dr. Pryor
Sandro Giglio - Dr. Bilderbeck
Jack Kruschen - Salvatore
Paul H. Frees - Radio Announcer
William Phipps - Wash Perry
Vernon Rich - Col. Ralph Heffner
Cedric Hardwicke - Commentary
Herbert Lytton - Chief of Staff
Ralph Montgomery - Red Cross Leader
Freeman Lusk - Secretary of Defense
Alvy Moore - Zippy
Joel Marston - MP
Sydney Mason - Fire Chief
John Mansfield
Bill Meader - P.E. Official
David McMahon - Minister
John Maxwell - Doctor
Mike Mahoney - Young Man
Rudy Lee
Morton C. Thompson
Dale Van Sickel - Looter
Gus Taillon - Elderly Man
Houseley Stevenson - General's Aide
Bud Wolfe - Big Man
Dorothy Vernon - Elderly Woman
Anthony Warde - M.P. Officer
Stanley Orr - Marine Major
Robert Rockwell - Ranger
Walter Sande - Sheriff Bogany
George Pal - Bum #1 listening to radio
Teru Shimada - Japanese Diplomat
David Sharpe - Looter
Jamesson Shade - Deacon
Cora Shannon - Old Woman
Fred Zendar - Marine Lieutenant
Edward Colmans - Spanish Priest
Russ Conway - Rev. Bethany
Ann Codee - Dr. DuPrey
Cliff Clark [Clarke] - Australian Policeman
Ralph Dumke - Buck Monahan
Pierre Cressoy - Man
Jim Davies - Marine Commanding Officer
Jimmie Dundee - Civil Defense Official
Eric Alden - Man
Hugh Allen - Brigadier General
Peter Adams - Lookout
Hazel Boyne - Screaming Woman
Paul Birch - Alonzo Hogue
Edgar Barrier - Prof. McPherson
Russ Bender - Dr. Carmichael
Ivan Lebedeff - Dr. Gratzman
Gertrude W. Hoffman - News Vendor
Jerry James - Reporter
Douglas Henderson - Staff Sergeant
Ted Hecht - KGEB Reporter
Frank Kreig - Fiddler Hawkins
Carolyn Jones - Bird-Brained Blonde
Don Kohler - Colonel
Al Ferguson - Police Chief
Alex Frazer - Dr. James
Frank Freeman, Jr. - Bum
Dick Fortune - Marine Captain
Virginia Hall
Nancy Hale - Young Wife
Charles Gemora - Martian
Fred Graham - Looter
Ned Glass - Well-dressed Man During Looting

Crew for The War of the Worlds

Leith Stevens - Composer (Music Score)
Wally Westmore - Makeup
Chesley Bonestell - Special Effects
Hal Pereira - Art Director
George Pal - Producer
Albert Nozaki - Art Director
Walter Hoffman - Special Effects
H.G. Wells - Book Author
Ivyl Burks - Special Effects
Frank Freeman, Jr. - Associate Producer
Irmin Roberts - Special Effects
Barre Lyndon - Screenwriter
Michael D. Moore - First Assistant Director
David Sharpe - Stunts
Dale Van Sickel - Stunts
George Barnes - Cinematographer
Fred Graham - Stunts
Mushy Callahan - Stunts
Paul K. Lerpae - Special Effects
Gordon Jennings - Special Effects
Emile Kuri - Set Designer
Sam Comer - Set Designer
Everett Douglas - Editor
Edith Head - Costume Designer
Byron Haskin - Director

Awards for The War of the Worlds

Best Editing (nom) Everett Douglas 1953 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Loren L. Ryder 1953 Academy
Best Visual Effects (nom) 1953 Academy

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