TY - GEN N2 - Residents of the small town of Linda Rosa, Calif. are excited when they see a flaming meteor land in the hills. Their excitement is dampened when they discover it has passengers from Mars aboard. They soon discover that the Martians are not very friendly. AB - Residents of the small town of Linda Rosa, Calif. are excited when they see a flaming meteor land in the hills. Their excitement is dampened when they discover it has passengers from Mars aboard. They soon discover that the Martians are not very friendly. T1 - The war of the worlds DA - c2005. CY - Hollywood, Calif. : AU - Lyndon, Barré, AU - Pal, George. AU - Haskin, Byron, AU - Barry, Gene. AU - Robinson, Ann, AU - Tremayne, Les. AU - Wells, H. G. ET - Special collector's ed. CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 PB - Paramount Pictures, PP - Hollywood, Calif. : LA - engfre LA - Closed-captioned; English (2.0 surround or mono.) or French (mono.) soundtracks; optional English subtitles. PY - c2005. N1 - Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. N1 - Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. N1 - Special features include: commentary tracks by cast members, the director, and film historian Bob Burns and Bill Warren, author of Keep watching the skies!; The sky is falling (making of the film); The war of the worlds (Mercury Theatre on the Air radio broadcast). ID - 334746 KW - Martians KW - Human-alien encounters SN - 1415711666 SN - 9781415711668 TI - The war of the worlds ER -