Byron Haskin - The War of the Worlds (1953)

This 1953 film ranks as a sci-fi classic for its brilliant pacing and stunning special effects. The story line is simple: Martians have arrived and they mean to annihilate the world's population with fire-breathing spaceships protected by invisible shields which no missile can penetrate. Earth is helpless. Doomsday is nearing. Although the dialogue is pedestrian at times, it is lean and short-winded. Consequently, the plot moves like a frightened gazelle: leaping, dodging, sprinting.

Producer George Pal's special effects are outstanding, even by modern standards, as spaceships roam for quarry in Asia, Europe, and America. The lead actors - Gene Barry as mild-mannered scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester, and Ann Robinson as a mild-mannered teacher of library science, Sylvia Van Buren - wisely cede the starring role to the suspenseful action. They recite their lines, neither overacting nor underacting, then let the plot takes its course.

In a memorable scene, Forrester and Van Buren huddle in the dusty ruins of a building while a Martian optical probe pokes through windows to find signs of life. They escape, of course - just barely - then try to discover the Martians' Achilles' heel, to no avail. The visual effects - featuring stampeding crowds and spaceships zapping landmarks and whole city blocks - provide plenty of thrills all along the way.

Cedric Hardwicke's resonant British voice opens the film to set the scene and delivers the final lines during the wonderful surprise ending. Because the film debuted at a time when Americans feared communist infiltration of the U.S. government and its society, some moviegoers of the 1950s viewed the Martians as communists - and went home wondering what Stalin was up to.






http://rapidshare.com/files/179386105/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/179406231/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/179425398/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/179445039/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/179464981/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/179483537/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/179502795/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.007
http://rapidshare.com/files/179643028/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.008

no pass

http://rapidshare.com/files/318386977/War.of.the.Worlds.1953.DVDRip.AC3.XviD-ShitBusters.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/318387043/War.of.the.Worlds.1953.DVDRip.AC3.XviD-ShitBusters.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/318387101/War.of.the.Worlds.1953.DVDRip.AC3.XviD-ShitBusters.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/318392836/War.of.the.Worlds.1953.DVDRip.AC3.XviD-ShitBusters.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/318392929/War.of.the.Worlds.1953.DVDRip.AC3.XviD-ShitBusters.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/318392827/War.of.the.Worlds.1953.DVDRip.AC3.XviD-ShitBusters.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/318398460/War.of.the.Worlds.1953.DVDRip.AC3.XviD-ShitBusters.avi.007
http://rapidshare.com/files/318397521/War.of.the.Worlds.1953.DVDRip.AC3.XviD-ShitBusters.avi.008

no pass

http://rapidshare.com/files/179386105/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/179406231/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/179425398/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/179445039/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/179464981/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/179483537/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/179502795/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.007
http://rapidshare.com/files/179643028/War.of.the.Worlds._1953_.DVDRip.XviD-OS.iLUMiNADOS.avi.008

Rar Password: None