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DVD

War of the worlds

Call Number

  • DVD 791.44 W2535 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Narrated by Oliver Platt.

Publication Information

[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2013]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 60 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

What began as a broadcast performance of H.G. Wells' fantasy, The War of the Worlds, turned into one of the biggest mass hysteria events in U.S. history. American Experience examines the elements that together created this frenzy, including our longtime fascination with life on Mars; the emergence of radio as a powerful new medium; and the creative wunderkind Orson Welles, the twenty-three-year-old director of the drama and mischief-maker supreme.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2013.

Special features: On set: the making of War of the worlds ; Dear Mr. Welles: letters that inspired the film ; outtakes.

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