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  The War of the Worlds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The War of the Worlds is a novel written by H.G. Wells in 1898 depicting an alien invasion of the earth.
War of the Worlds, a television series that ran from 1988 to 1990.
Eve of the War - Devoted to the War of the Worlds
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 the war of the worlds Free Essays
War of the Worlds By H.G Wells In the novel "The War Of The Worlds" The writer H.G. Wells describes an attack on the earth by Martians from...
The War of the Worlds was the very first science fiction novel ever written.
The main wars on the western front were between Britain, the ruler of the worlds' largest empire covering over a quarter of th...
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 The War of the Worlds (movie) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The War of the Worlds, produced by George Pál in 1953
War of the Worlds, an updated adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel directed by Steven Spielberg released in 2005
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds, another modern interpretation of the novel released in 2005 directed by David Michael Latt
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 War of the Worlds: How Orson Welles Drew the Nation into a Shared IIlusion
People packed the roads, hid in cellars, loaded guns, even wrapped their heads in wet towels as protection from Martian poison gas, in an attempt to defend themselves against aliens, oblivious to the fact that they were acting out the role of the panic-stricken public that actually belonged in a radio play.
Audiences around the world discovered that they were taken in by the ultimate Hollywood illusion in which two performers faked their own talent, lip-syncing, to create the impression they were singing.
One might say that War of the Worlds and the game show scandal foreshadowed the age of simulation that was still to come.
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 War of the Worlds movie news and media from Eve of the War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
As War of the Worlds comes to China at the end of this month, Chinese distributors are recommending age limits for audiences, highlighting the urgency of establishing a movie rating system.
Paramount Pictures is going all out on their War of the Worlds DVD's in November, first with the 1953 The War of the Worlds special edition and Spielbergs War of the Worlds, and now the whole of Season One to the 1988 War of the Worlds spin off TV Series.
War of the Worlds is holding well in a busy market place taking in an estimated $5,435,000 pushing its US total up to an impressive $218,332,000.
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The trio nearly scrapped their War of the Worlds adaptation, as Koch's faithful approximation of the novel did not translate well in rehearsals.
Ironically, War of the Worlds represented one of radio's final assertions of power within the media sphere; by the 1950s, television had replaced radio as the dominant force in mass culture.
War of the Worlds remained a vibrant part of American popular culture in the second half of the twentieth century.
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 Batman: Our Worlds At War
"Our Worlds at War" is a 3-month-long history-in-the-making event spanning June to August that brings the DC Universe to its knees, with the main action unfolding in the four Superman titles.
Finally, in August ("Casualties of War") the ultimate threat is revealed, and the aftermath leaves the DCU forever changed.
In BATMAN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR #1 (written by Ed Brubaker with art by Stefano Gaudiano), the Dark Knight investigates what appears to be a government cover-up regarding a mysterious crash-site in downtown Gotham.
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 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - SCRIPT - Orson Welles & the Mercury Theratre on the Air
Yet across an immense ethereal gulf, minds that are to our minds as ours are to the beasts in the jungle, intellects vast, cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.
Incredible as it may seem, both the observations of science and the evidence of our eyes lead to the inescapable assumption that those strange beings who landed in the Jersey farmlands tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars.
In the meantime placing our faith in God we must continue the performance of our duties each and every one of us, so that we may confront this destructive adversary with a nation united, courageous, and consecrated to the preservation of human supremacy on this earth.
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 The War of the Worlds (1953)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Commentary: In the first world war and for the first time in the history of man, nations combined to fight against nations using the crude weapons of those days.
The second world war involved every continent on the globe, and men turned to science for new devices of warfare which reached an unparalleled peak in their capacity for destruction.
War of the worlds 2005 VS. War of the worlds 1953
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 War of the worlds martian war machine Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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Wells' War of the Worlds The cover of the 1955 Classics Illustrated comic book that permanently formed many youngsters' impressions of what a Martian fighting machine looked like.
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 The War of the Worlds (radio) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The War of the Worlds, which famously frightened many in the audience into believing that an actual Martian invasion was in progress.
Many people missed or ignored the opening credits of the program, and in the atmosphere of growing tension and anxiety in the days leading up to World War II, took it to be an actual news broadcast.
One network even placed disclaimers in an October 1999 TV movie dramatizing the possible disastrous effects of the Y2K bug even though it was obviously drama and was unlikely to be confused with reality.
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 War of the worlds wallpaper Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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By Eve of the War Jan 26, 2005, 18:51 GMT We have added another new great wallpaper to are War of the Worlds fanpaper gallery.
War of the Worlds trailer, wallpaper, screensaver, desktop themes, poster, s...
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 war of the worlds soundtrack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Since then, The War of the Worlds has entered popular culture, with a vast number of books, films, TV series and comic books using themes from the book.
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 Amazon.com: DVD: The War of the Worlds (1953)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Gene Barry and Ann Robinson play the hero and heroine roles that were de rigueur for movies like this in the '50s, and their encounter with one of the Martians is as creepy today as it was in '53.
Loosely based on the classic H.G. Wells novel, WAR OF THE WORLDS moves the original story from late 19th Century England to 1950s California, where a group of scientists confront an invasion from Mars.
We may hoot a bit at the incredibly broad performances, the frequently silly dialogue, and the truly ludicrous gender roles, but WAR OF THE WORLDS is a tremendous amount of fun to watch.
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 Amazon.com: Books: The War of the Worlds (Tor Classics)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
War of the Worlds : Fresh Perspectives on the H. Wells Classic (Smart Pop series) by H.
And THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is a truly savage commentary on British imperialism and colonialism.
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is a mirror, and even more than a century later the Martians reflect our own nature to a truly uncomfortable degree.
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 2X2L - Double Cross To Hell - Council on Foreign Relations Experiments in Fear
WAR OF THE WORLDS, was broadcast by Mercury Theater on the Air, from a microphone in a New York studio of the Columbia Broadcasting System.
In World War I Langer rose from private to sergeant, and participated in the St. Mihiel and Argonne engagements.
He served in France as a sergeant in Army Intelligence in World War I. After the war he was in the army of occupation in Germany.
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 spielbergfilms.com: The War of the Worlds Archived News Current - May 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The official “War of the Worlds” website has update their media section with three wallpapers featuring the menacing tripods from the film.
In our roundup of “War of the Worlds” articles and interviews from July 1, I overlooked an article that I thought was a repeat of CHUD’s round-table press coverage for the film.
Paramount Pictures continues their brilliant campaign for “War of the Worlds” as a new one sheet is revealed, the fifth in a series to date.
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 World of Warcraft Community Site
The war between Horde and Alliance has spilled onto a new arena.
Alternately, you can visit our new Changing Realms page, available after logging in to account management, to see the list of realms that are currently eligible.
We have just updated our World of Warcraft Wallpapers section with a new wallpaper featuring the Troll Racial Shield.
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 Radio's War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)
This step was taken by the FCC chairman in connection with last Sunday night's broadcast, "The War of the Worlds." The word "flash" was used in the broadcast to dramatize the H. Wells' imaginative story of an attack on this planet by "monsters from Mars." Many protests were received by the commission against the broadcast.
Hadley Cantril's (1966) study of the War of the Worlds broadcast and Donald M. Johnson's (1945) study of the Phantom Anesthetist are considered to be classic studies of mass hysteria.
Without question, listeners were frightened by the War of the Worlds broadcast; Mattoon residents were convinced their dizziness and nausea were caused by the phantom's gas; workers were hospitalized for days with rashes, rapid heart beat, and nausea during the June bug epidemic; and farmers were convinced their cattle had died in a mysterious manner.
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 war of worlds
War Of The Worlds - (PlayStation / PSOne)
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 war of the worlds wallpaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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 NPR : 'War of the Worlds' Vies for Blockbuster Title
All Things Considered, June 29, 2005 · Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in an adaptation of the 1898 H.G. Wells novel War of the Worlds.
The movie has all the qualities of a summer thrill-ride, with a rush of surprises and special effects.
Opinions on current offerings at the cinema come from our reviewers David Edelstein of Slate and "Fresh Air," Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times and NPR's resident film critic, Bob Mondello.
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 The New War of the Worlds Movie Site--remake by Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The latest dreamwatch magazine is on sale now and it features an extensive article on War of the Worlds with interviews from Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise.
A new tv spot for War of the Worlds has aired on television during Game 3 of the Miami Heat vs. Detroit Pistons basketball finals.
The first FULL trailer for War of the Worlds has just been posted on the internet.
www.waroftheworldsfilm.com   (319 words)

  
 This American Life | Simulated Worlds
Simulated worlds, Civil war reenactments, wax museums, simulated coal mines, fake ethnic restaurants, an ersatz Medieval castle and other re-created worlds that thrive all across America.
Writer Jack Hitt discovers that the world of dinosaurs is a man-made creation, a simulated world that may or may not accurately reflect what happened on earth 100 million years ago.
The one that touches most directly on the things he talks about on our show is Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art (Essays in Art and Culture).
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 War of the Worlds TV Show - War of the Worlds Television Show - TV.com
War of the Worlds TV Show - War of the Worlds Television Show - TV.com
"War of the Worlds: The Series" continues the storyline from the original movie while giving it a new twist, with the Martians taking over people's bodies to prevent them from succumbing to the bacteria that "killed" them in the original movie Continue
Tell the world what you think of War of the Worlds.
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 WOTWKEY
Hear what is being said about the world's first faithful adaptation of Wells' martian invasion story.
H.G. WELLS' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is set in its original period and location.
The independent filmmaker's modern-day version of "The War of the Worlds," set in Seattle, was two months away from principal photography when Sept. 11 shelved his plans.
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 NPR : A Brave New 'War of the Worlds'
NPR : A Brave New 'War of the Worlds'
A scene in which Tom Cruise, foreground, and Tim Robbins struggle silently for control of a shotgun is an emotional watershed, David Edelstein says.
Fresh Air from WHYY, June 29, 2005 · Film critic David Edelstein reviews War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise.
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 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: War of the Worlds
James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: War of the Worlds
Scholars assert that Welles' broadcast was so widely believed because it struck a particular chord with Americans in the years before World War II.
Whether intended as a hoax or not, however, the landmark War of the Worlds broadcast demonstrated the American public's preference for reading media's sound--and later its images--as truth rather than fiction.
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 H.G. Wells And The War Of The Worlds - A Documentary Movie: H.G. Wells And The War Of The Worlds - A Documentary DVD is ...
H.G. Wells And The War Of The Worlds - A Documentary Movie: H.G. Wells And The War Of The Worlds - A Documentary DVD is available from Bestprices.com
The story behind one of the all-time classics of science-fiction, H.G. WELLS AND THE WAR OF THE WORLDS explores both the author and the tale contained in the memorable novel.
The documentary looks at the life of Wells, including his politics and influences, and examines in particular the elements that might have led to the writing of the imaginative tale.
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