Friday, June 21, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
War of the Worlds The True Story (New DVD Release 2013) What if the Earth/Mars battle from H.G. Wells' classic novel The War of the Worlds wasn't fiction but actually fact? That's the story of WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY, 85th Academy Awards Oscar contender
What
if the Earth/Mars battle from H.G. Wells' classic novel The War of the
Worlds wasn't fiction but actually fact? That's the story of WAR OF THE
WORLDS THE TRUE STORY, 85th Academy Awards Oscar contender. Like the
famous 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast that caused Americans to
believe an actual invasion was in progress, the movie assumes an
Earth/Mars War in 1900 actaully occured and is presented as the first
hand memoir of journalist Bertie Wells, the last living survivor as he
struggles to find his wife amidst the destruction of humankind at the
hands of terrifying alien invaders.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Movie WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY treats Wells' Martian invasion story as if it were real, new on DVD.
‘WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY’ new on DVD - Looking back on the Martian Apocalypse.
Movie WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY treats Wells' Martian invasion story as if it were real, new on DVD.
Pendragon
Pictures announces the release of WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY on DVD, a critically
acclaimed Oscar contender featuring epic battles, giant robotic walking war
machines, heat-ray weapons, frightening alien creatures, human loss, love and
the triumph of spirit.
You can find WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY
DVD at
www.waroftheworldsthetruestory.com
Frank
Sheck of The Hollywood Reporter called the movie, “Impressive,” and said,
“Director/Editor Hines weaves the various styles of footage together in expert
fashion." Critic Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times said, "’War
of the Worlds The True Story is clever like Wells. Hugely inventive and
ambitious, a mock sci-fi docudrama packed with a truly impressive — and clever
— mix of editing (a reported 3 1/2 years' worth), special effects, visual
artistry and offbeat storytelling." And Steven Rose Jr. for the Sacramento
Examiner said, “’The True Story’ carries the suspense and drama of
both the 1953 movie and Spielberg’s 2005 version but in
a more realistic manner through its documentary style.”
WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY, like
Wells' classic book that was presented as a news reporter's first hand memoir,
and the famous 1938 Orson Welles radio broadcast that caused Americans to
believe an actual invasion was in progress, the movie treats the invasion as
reality. WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE
STORY is presented as the eyewitness account of Bertie Wells, the last living
survivor of the Earth/Mars War as he struggles to find his wife amidst the
destruction of humankind at the hands of terrifying alien invaders.
Unrated, 97 minutes. Extras: The Special Effects of featurette, The Moviemakers Talk,
Screening at Chapman
University after
conversation with Professor Allen Levy, best selling sci-fi fantasy author and
father of Steampunk, James P. Blaylock, director Timothy Hines and the
audience. Also Hi-Definition Trailer and TV spots.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
LOOKING BACK ON THE MARTIAN APOCALYPSE - WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY - OWN IT NOW ON DVD!
WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY
“Looking back on the Martian Apocalypse-
H.G. Wells' story of interplanetary war is treated as fact in clever take on it...
SHOCKING...CLEVER...HUGELY INVENTIVE AND AMBITIOUS.”
- Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES
H.G. Wells' story of interplanetary war is treated as fact in clever take on it...
SHOCKING...CLEVER...HUGELY INVENTIVE AND AMBITIOUS.”
- Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"IMPRESSIVE."
- Frank Scheck, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
- Frank Scheck, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
OWN IT NOW on DVD!
WWW.WAROFTHEWORLDSTHETRUESTORY.COMwww.thewaroftheworldsmovie.net
WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY - OWN IT ON DVD!
“HUGELY INVENTIVE
AND AMBITIOUS…
PACKED WITH A TRULY IMPRESSIVE AND
CLEVER MIX OF EDITING, SPECIAL EFFECTS,
VISUAL ARTISTRY AND OFFBEAT
STORYTELLING.”
- Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES
AND AMBITIOUS…
PACKED WITH A TRULY IMPRESSIVE AND
CLEVER MIX OF EDITING, SPECIAL EFFECTS,
VISUAL ARTISTRY AND OFFBEAT
STORYTELLING.”
- Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"IMPRESSIVE."
- Frank Scheck, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
- Frank Scheck, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“CARRIES THE SUSPENSE AND DRAMA
OF BOTH THE 1953 MOVIE AND SPEILBERG’S
2005 VERSION BUT IN A MORE REALISTIC
MANNER THROUGH ITS DOCUMENTARY STYLE.”
OF BOTH THE 1953 MOVIE AND SPEILBERG’S
2005 VERSION BUT IN A MORE REALISTIC
MANNER THROUGH ITS DOCUMENTARY STYLE.”
- Steven Rose Jr., SACRAMENTO EXAMINER
AND WRITHING TENTACLES. THE DESIGNS OF THE TRIPODS AND
THE ALIENS ANR MUCH TRUER TO THE BOOK THAN OTHER VERSIONS.”
- Tristan Hiegler, PT LEADER
WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY - OWN IT ON DVD!
“HUGELY INVENTIVE
AND AMBITIOUS…
PACKED WITH A TRULY IMPRESSIVE AND
CLEVER MIX OF EDITING, SPECIAL EFFECTS,
VISUAL ARTISTRY AND OFFBEAT
STORYTELLING.”
- Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES
AND AMBITIOUS…
PACKED WITH A TRULY IMPRESSIVE AND
CLEVER MIX OF EDITING, SPECIAL EFFECTS,
VISUAL ARTISTRY AND OFFBEAT
STORYTELLING.”
- Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"IMPRESSIVE."
- Frank Scheck, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
- Frank Scheck, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“CARRIES THE SUSPENSE AND DRAMA
OF BOTH THE 1953 MOVIE AND SPEILBERG’S
2005 VERSION BUT IN A MORE REALISTIC
MANNER THROUGH ITS DOCUMENTARY STYLE.”
OF BOTH THE 1953 MOVIE AND SPEILBERG’S
2005 VERSION BUT IN A MORE REALISTIC
MANNER THROUGH ITS DOCUMENTARY STYLE.”
- Steven Rose Jr., SACRAMENTO EXAMINER
AND WRITHING TENTACLES. THE DESIGNS OF THE TRIPODS AND
THE ALIENS ANR MUCH TRUER TO THE BOOK THAN OTHER VERSIONS.”
- Tristan Hiegler, PT LEADER
Saturday, May 25, 2013
WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY QUALIFYING THEATRICAL RUN - LOS ANGELES TUES, DEC 18th-MON, DEC 24th at the LAEMMLE PLAYHOUSE 7, Pasadena
WAR OF THE WORLDS THE TRUE STORY QUALIFYING
THEATRICAL RUN - LOS ANGELES TUES, DEC 18th-MON, DEC 24th at the LAEMMLE
PLAYHOUSE 7, 673 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena.
Reminder List of Productions Eligible
for the 85th Academy Awards:
Los Angeles Times - Review: 'War of the Worlds: The True Story' is clever like Wells
Los Angeles Times - Review:
'War of the Worlds: The True Story' is clever like Wells
Los Angeles Times
I Movies
Review: 'War of the Worlds: The True Story' is
clever like Wells
'War of the Worlds: The True
Story' is an inventive mock sci-fi docudrama with the conceit that H.G. Wells' The War of the
Worlds is a true story.
MOVIE
REVIEW
Looking back
on the Martian
Apocalypse
H.G. Wells' story of interplanetary war is treated as
fact in a clever take on it,
D6
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 18, 2012
By Gary Goldstein
December
28, 2012 15:00 a.m.
What if the Earth/Mars battle
from H.G. Wells' classic novel "The War of the Worlds" wasn't fiction but actually fact?
That's the conceit behind the hugely inventive and ambitious concoction "War of the Worlds: The True
Story," a mock sci-fi docudrama packed with 3 truly impressive — and clever — mix of
editing (a reported 3 1/2 years'
worth), special effects, visual artistry and offbeat storytelling.
Director-editor Timothy Hines (he also co-wrote with producer and cast
member Susan Goforth) sets his
provocative tale around a supposed found-footage interview, "originally"
shot in 1965, with 86-year-old Englishman Bertie Wells (Floyd Reichman), the
last living eyewitness to the turn-of-the-century Martian Apocalypse.
Flashing back to the shocking
"invasion," this particular Mr. Wells recounts how Martians,
in the form of io-story-tall, three-legged
mechanical monsters, declared war against the Earth, armed — literally — with deadly propulsive heat rays and
poisonous gas. Amid the mayhem, the younger Wells (Anthony Piana) must travel
across an annihilated England to reunite with his beloved wife (Goforth). That
is, if she's still alive.
Bertie Wells' retelling, supplemented
by voice-over narration (by Jim Cissell), is intercut with an
eye-popping variety of original dramatic, live-action and special effects
footage blended (or composited) with reworked
archival scenes of war and
destruction from the early 19005. Each shot was then
effectively aged to match what would be its actual archival state. It's quite a production.
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