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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781415711668
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 1415711666
Label: Paramount Pictures
Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 01, 2005
Running Time: 85 minutes
Sales Rank: 939
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 1953
Editorial Review:
Description:
H.G. Wells' chilling novel of a Martian invasion of Earth becomes even more frightening in this 1952 film adaptation that's widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. An Oscar. winner for Best Special Effects, The War of the Worlds delivers eye-popping thrills, laser-hot action and unrelenting, edge-of-your-seat suspense. No one who has seen the film's depiction of the swan-shaped Martian machines-ticking and hissing menacingly as they cut their path of destruction-will ever forget their ominous impact.
Amazon.com essential video:
After the success of 1950's Destination Moon and 1951's When Worlds Collide, visionary producer George Pal brought the classic H.G. 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 were de rigueur for movies like this in the '50s, and their encounter with one of the Martians is as creepy today as it was in '53. 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 special effects. As memorable for its sound effects as for its spectacular visions of destruction, this is a movie for the ages--the kind of spectacular that inspired little kids such as Steven Spielberg (not to mention Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, whose Independence Day cribs liberally from the plot) and still packs a punch. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - War of The Worlds a Classic
This Movie is a must for any science fiction Lovers ...The Transfer, Restoration and Color Saturation is Pristine The Clarity is Perfect.
Rating: - Confusion Over Aspect Ratios
George Pal was the leading producer of sci-fi films of the 1950's and "The War of the Worlds" is probably his finest effort. I watched it as a new film in a local theatre in 1953 when I was 13. The scene in the abandoned farm house is still one of the best examples of building suspense in a film scene that I can recall. You could have heard a pin drop from an audience full of kids! The special effects are still impressive although a bit dated due to the state of the technology of the day. The ... Read More
Rating:  - Beware
This item is listed as a Special Collector's Edition, but I find nothing special about this edition. It is not the standard theatrical release one would expect of a "collector's edition", but the chopped up made for TV version. Save your money if you really want a collector's edition until the wide screen version is available.
Rating: - George Pal's Classic 1950s Masterpiece lives on!
While I am not in the habit os writing reviews of any kind, here goes: I must say thatI think that George Pal's "The War Of The Worlds" Collector's Edition DVD is a true classic and a "must have" for anyone who would consider themselves a Sci-Fi Fan. the DVD has a virtually flawless and glitch-free Video Transfer with brilliant colors, and razor-sharp clarity. Pal's remarkable and pioneering Special Effects have witthstood the test of time, and remain impressive, especially for a 50+ year-old Movie. ... Read More
Rating:  - 1.33:3 is no good
I aggree with some of these other folks, why release a movie like this in 1.33:3 and not letterbox(widescreen)?? It's still a great movie, but you do miss some of what is going on on the sides of the shot. I know it exsists in letterbox because I'v watched it before on AMC (American Movie Classics) in a letterbox format. So, only 4 stars. And FYI, the new 2 disck special edition of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is also still in a 1.3:3 format. And that is also disappointing.
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