The War of the Worlds (1953 film)

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film science fiction film

The War of the Worlds (1953 film) is a landmark science fiction movie that reimagines H.G. Wells's alien invasion novel with Cold War-era anxieties and groundbreaking special effects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
artDirector Albert Nozaki ⓘ
Hal Pereira ⓘ
aspectOf Cold War cinema ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Herbert George Wells ⓘ
surface form: H. G. Wells
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
awardYear 1954 ⓘ
basedOn The War of the Worlds ⓘ
cinematographer George Barnes ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
composer Leith Stevens ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Byron Haskin ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Everett Douglas ⓘ
featuresAntagonist Martians ⓘ
featuresCharacter Dr. Clayton Forrester ⓘ
Sylvia Van Buren ⓘ
genre alien invasion film ⓘ
disaster film ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasFandom science fiction fandom ⓘ
homeMedia Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
influenced War of the Worlds (2005 film) ⓘ
surface form: The War of the Worlds (2005 film)

later alien invasion films ⓘ
language English ⓘ
makeupArtist Wally Westmore ⓘ
narrator Cedric Hardwicke ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Cold War-era anxieties ⓘ
groundbreaking special effects ⓘ
oscarCategoryWon Best Visual Effects ⓘ
partOf Cold War cinema ⓘ
surface form: American science fiction cinema of the 1950s
plotSummary Martians invade Earth with advanced war machines and are ultimately defeated by terrestrial microbes ⓘ
producer George Pal ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
reasonForSelection culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ⓘ
releaseDate 1953-08-13 ⓘ
releaseYear 1953 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 85 ⓘ
screenwriter Barré Lyndon ⓘ
selectedFor National Film Registry ⓘ
selectedForBy Library of Congress ⓘ
setIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
soundDesigner Harry Lindgren ⓘ
specialEffectsSupervisor Gordon Jennings ⓘ
starredActor Ann Robinson ⓘ
Gene Barry ⓘ
Les Tremayne ⓘ
Lewis Martin ⓘ
Robert Cornthwaite ⓘ

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Byron Haskin → notableWork → The War of the Worlds (1953 film) ⓘ
Hal Pereira → notableWork → The War of the Worlds (1953 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: War of the Worlds (1953 film)
Fredric M. Frank → notableWork → The War of the Worlds (1953 film) ⓘ
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Jack Kruschen → notableWork → The War of the Worlds (1953 film) ⓘ