Bob Gu
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I don't think this release has been mentioned here. This was released in October 2014 from CBSTV as a MOD DVD-R.
THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA was a dramatization of the famous Halloween Eve Orson Welles Mercury Theater radio broadcast, on October 30, 1938, of WAR OF THE WORLDS by H.G.Wells. The story of a Martian invasion of the Earth, performed as a fake live newscast. It was believed by some listeners and panic ensued!
My favorite part is the recreation of the actual live radio broadcast, with Paul Shenar, terrific, as Orson Welles. The panicking Americans part is a little too serious, but accurate I suppose. It should have been played with more humor. Also in the cast: Vic Morrow, Eileen Brennan, Will Geer, John Ritter as some of the panickers.
This official release looks better than my bootleg, but it is still kind of grainy and dirty looking. I saw the original broadcast, but I don't remember if they purposely made the film aged to look like an old movie.
I remember seeing Orson Welles on a talk show, talking about the movie after it aired and he thought it was terrific and that Welles said he wished he had a voice as good as Shenar's.
THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA was a dramatization of the famous Halloween Eve Orson Welles Mercury Theater radio broadcast, on October 30, 1938, of WAR OF THE WORLDS by H.G.Wells. The story of a Martian invasion of the Earth, performed as a fake live newscast. It was believed by some listeners and panic ensued!
My favorite part is the recreation of the actual live radio broadcast, with Paul Shenar, terrific, as Orson Welles. The panicking Americans part is a little too serious, but accurate I suppose. It should have been played with more humor. Also in the cast: Vic Morrow, Eileen Brennan, Will Geer, John Ritter as some of the panickers.
This official release looks better than my bootleg, but it is still kind of grainy and dirty looking. I saw the original broadcast, but I don't remember if they purposely made the film aged to look like an old movie.
I remember seeing Orson Welles on a talk show, talking about the movie after it aired and he thought it was terrific and that Welles said he wished he had a voice as good as Shenar's.