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H.G. Wells’ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

11:00 AM

Sunday, April 10

New Restoration

(1953, Byron Haskin) Martians wreak destruction on a defenseless world in producer George Pal’s grand-scale updating of the H.G. Wells novel, starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. A 50s sci-fi mega-classic, with Oscar-winning (pre-CGI) special effects. DCP. 85 mins.

Reviews

“Superior sci-fi filled with dazzling, Oscar-winning special effects.”
– Leonard Maltin 

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