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Forget Tom Cruse's later remake,this is the one to see.The cold war shed it's icy shadow on the cinema of the day highlighted by the McCarty hearings a year after this films release, and nowhere was it more evident than the "new"sci-fi genre.HG Wells story is rewrote somewhat to reflect that paranoid of the red menace of the day.This film has special effects that seem far in advance of the days ability which makes this film scary good fun to watch as well.Released in 1953 it ran 85 minutes and I took 1 star off because the story is kinda dated if the effects are not.Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary is below.
H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly. The movie itself is understood better when you consider that it was made at the height of the Cold War--just replace Martian with Russian.... Written by KC Hunt <khunt@eng.morgan.edu>
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4260692249/
H.G. Well's classic novel is brought to life is this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly. The movie itself is understood better when you consider that it was made at the height of the Cold War--just replace Martian with Russian.... Written by KC Hunt <khunt@eng.morgan.edu>
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