The war of the worlds, a Paramount Picture ; screenplay, Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin
Type
Label
The war of the worlds, a Paramount Picture ; screenplay, Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: G
Main title
The war of the worlds
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
1154790488
Responsibility statement
a Paramount Picture ; screenplay, Barré Lyndon ; produced by George Pal ; directed by Byron Haskin
Runtime
85
Series statement
Criterion collection, 1037
Summary
Byron Haskin's genre-defining sci-fi classic, an Oscar-winning adaptation of the novel by H. G. Wells, is both an influential triumph of visual imagination and a still-disquieting document of the wonder and terror of the atomic age
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Barry, Gene
- Wells, H. G., Herbert George, 1866-1946
- Douglas, Everett
- Robinson, Ann, 1929-
- Tremayne, Les
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Giglio, Sandro, 1900-1979
- Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984
- Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964
- Brandon, Henry, 1912-1990
- Pereira, Hal
- Pal, George
- Nozaki, Albert, 1912-2003
- Stevens, Leith, 1909-1970
- Barnes, George, 1892-1953
- Stevenson, Houseley, 1879-1953
- Rich, Vernon, 1906-1978
- Martin, Lewis, 1894-1969
- Frees, Paul
- Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972
- Kruschen, Jack, 1922-2002
- Head, Edith
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917-2006
- Phipps, William, 1922-2018
Genre
Subject
- Wells, H. G., Herbert George, 1866-1946 -- Film adaptations
- Scientists -- United States -- Drama
- Science fiction films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations
- Human-alien encounters -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Martian meteorites -- United States -- Drama
- Feature films
- Space vehicles -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Martians -- United States -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
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Outgoing Resources
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- Contributor25
- Barry, Gene
- Wells, H. G., Herbert George, 1866-1946
- Douglas, Everett
- Robinson, Ann, 1929-
- Tremayne, Les
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Giglio, Sandro, 1900-1979
- Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984
- Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964
- Brandon, Henry, 1912-1990
- Pereira, Hal
- Pal, George
- Nozaki, Albert, 1912-2003
- Stevens, Leith, 1909-1970
- Barnes, George, 1892-1953
- Stevenson, Houseley, 1879-1953
- Rich, Vernon, 1906-1978
- Martin, Lewis, 1894-1969
- Frees, Paul
- Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972
- Kruschen, Jack, 1922-2002
- Head, Edith
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Cornthwaite, Robert, 1917-2006
- Phipps, William, 1922-2018
- Genre7
- Subject13
- Wells, H. G., Herbert George, 1866-1946 -- Film adaptations
- Scientists -- United States -- Drama
- Science fiction films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations
- Human-alien encounters -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Martian meteorites -- United States -- Drama
- Feature films
- Space vehicles -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Martians -- United States -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
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