Via Vision Entertainment’s new Imprint label will release a 4K restoration of Byron Haskin’s The War of the Worlds starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson on Blu-ray in Australia on May 27.
It marks the first time the 1953 sci-fi classic will be available anywhere on Blu-ray. (A Region B disc, it is unknown at present whether it will also play on Region A players in the U.S.)
The disc will feature the 2018 restoration produced by Paramount Pictures from the original camera negative.
Among the many extras will be the October 30, 1938 radio broadcast featuring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre On the Air.
Other extras on the single disc release include:
- Audio commentary by film critics Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman
- Remastered Dolby 5.1 surround remix
- Audio commentary by actor Gene Barry and actress Ann Robinson
- Audio commentary by “fans” Joe Dante, Bob Burns and Bill Warren
- Original English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
- The Sky is Falling: Making War of the Worlds documentary
- H.G. Wells: The Father of Science Fiction featurette
- Theatrical trailer
- Limited edition slipcase on the first 1,500 copies
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