The War of the Worlds (Criterion Collection)

Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Robert Cornwaithe. The classic alien invasion story based on the novel by H.G. Wells is brought to the screen in the Atomic age with chilling effect. This new 4K digital restoration includes audio commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker Joe Dante, film historian Bob Burns and author Bill Warren, the new program Movie Archaeologists, which explores the visual and sound effects in the film featuring Ben Burtt and film historian Craig Barron, audio interview with producer George Pal from 1970, The Sky Is Falling, a 2005 documentary about the making of the film, The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds from 1938, directed and narrated by Orson Welles, a radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between Welles and H.G. Wells, author of the 1897 novel The War of the Worlds, trailer, an essay by film critic J. Hoberman and more. Directed by Byron Haskin. 1953/color/85 min/NR/fullscreen.