The War of the Worlds: Great Books: Directed by Dale Minor. With Leonard Nimoy, David Smith, Brian Aldiss, Michael Coren. A look at H.G. Wells and specifically his novel, _The War of the Worlds_ and its influence on the future, and its initial intents. I
Video | 87 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi Edit page Add to list Track An insight into the life and work of H.G. Wells. Experience "The War of the Worlds" and explore the impact this exceptional piece of writing has made on every new generation. Director Liam Dale Writer Barnaby Eaton-...
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the 1953 sci-fi classic "The War of the Worlds". Included are interviews with some of the cast and crew and unreleased footage from the film itself. Producer Tara Tremaine Composers Miho Nomura | Leith Stevens (from "War of the Worlds")...
In 1896, whilst The War of the Worlds was being written, Wells wrote to his friend Elizabeth Healey: 'I'm doing the dearest little serial for Pearson's new magazine, in which I completely wreck and destroy Woking—killing my neighbours in painful and eccentric ways—then proceed via ...
Part of the Mercury Theatre on the Air series of plays, the 30 October 1938 dramatization of H G Wells's War of the Worlds (April-December 1897 Pearson's; 1898) was arguably the most famous broadcast ever made; an adaptation by Howard Koch of the novel, in which the original London ...
Producer of "War of the Worlds," a Paramount Picture Whenever a Hollywood producer brings out a new motion picture in which he has tampered with the plot of a well‑known novel or play, he's inviting criticism. We took that risk when we made the H. G. Wells classic, "War of The...
The Sky Is Falling, a 2005 documentary about the making of the film The Mercury Theatre on the Airradio play ofThe War of the Worldsfrom 1938, adapted by Howard Koch and directed and narrated by Orson Welles Radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between Welles and H. G. Wells, ...
'War of the Worlds': Production Diaries, West Coast - War: Directed by Laurent Bouzereau. With Vic Armstrong, J. Todd Breasseale, Rick Carter, Justin Chatwin.
tries of Europe combined forces to resist them. With aspects taken from "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells and from WWI itself, this dramatisation presents a documentary style look at events as they unfolded and the effect they had of our world today. Lots of references to real even...
Rather, it functioned just as Wells intended it to: as a cautionary tale about the limits of human power. There had been science fiction movies before The War of the Worlds, even doomsday scenarios like Pal's When Worlds Collide (1951) and Robert Wise's cautionary fable The Day the Earth...