War of the Worlds: Mars' Invasion of Earth, Inciting Panic and Inspiring Terror from H.G. Wells to Orson Welles and Beyond

Sourcebooks, Inc.

ISBN 10: 1570719853 / ISBN 13: 9781570719851

Published by Sourcebooks Inc Media Fusion, 2003

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00102279146

Synopsis:

Winner of the 2001 Book of the Year Award by Foreword Magazine for Pop Culture, The War of the Worlds has been revised and updated for this new paperback edition. The audio CD includes the complete 1938 Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast, along with Orson Welles s press conference from the next day, a rare interview between Orson Welles and H.G. Wells and clips from a later version of "War of the Worlds." The book includes the story behind the "Panic Broadcast," the radio play script, biographical information on H.G. and Orson and the complete text of H.G. Wells s classic, "The War of the Worlds" in addition, the book features lavish black-and-white and color photographs and illustrations.

Synopsis: Relive the night Martians landed, mass-panicking a million people!; Includes Orson Welles' original 1938 broadcast of H G Wells' classic; 50,000-copy initial print run; For the first time, one book captures the story behind Orson Welles' celebrated adaptation of H G Wells' classic tale of Martian invasion with the immediacy of the panic-inducing 1938 Halloween broadcast itself. The Complete War of the Worlds tells how Welles and the Mercury Theatre drove over a million people into hysteria with the 'news reports' of Martians destroying the Earth. The wide-spread panic awakened the world to both the incredible potential and the inherent danger of mass broadcast media. Relive it all with: The original broadcast of October 30, 1938, by the Mercury Theatre Company; The Orson Welles press conference on October 31, 1938; The 1940 Interview with H G Wells and Orson Welles, plus other Interviews; Plus clips from the stage musical War of the Worlds, with Richard Burton

Bibliographic Details

Title: War of the Worlds: Mars' Invasion of Earth, ...
Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc Media Fusion
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good