War of the Worlds

...theater. Richard Linklater's affectionate homage to the man who would go on to scare America witless with his "War of the Worlds" broadcast and then re-invent the cinema with "Citizen Kane" is a movie-lover's delight. Linklater, thanks...

In this article: Orson Welles, Richard Linklater, Me and Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, Mercury Theater, Julius Caesar, George Coulouris, Ben Chaplin, and Eddie Marsan

...it originally aired. The broadcast begins on Oct 30 at 8pm EST. By Jason Kottke • Oct 28, 2009 at 02:55 pm • Me and Orson Welles movies Orson Welles radio War of the Worlds The best way to get a sense of what kottke.org is all about is to...

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The first experimental TV broadcast from the building was on December 22, 1931. 1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds" 1953 George C. Marshall, who, as secretary of state following World War II,...

In this article: World War II, Orson Welles, Empire State Building, Europe, and NBC

When Beck and Hattrick produced a local version of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" for Halloween -- a recurring motif in Beck's life and career -- Kelly told a local reporter that the bit was a stupid rip-off of a syndicated gag. The...

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...'rogue planet' makes it sound like they'd just go collide with Earth on a whim. This all goes back to the 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast by Orson Welles. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me." The institute's Mike...

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..."without those annoying pages." So for October 30, 1938: Orson Welles produces a radio dramatization of Leaves of Grass after the success of his War of the Worlds, and again gets people believing it is true. October 31 provides a...

In this article: John Hodgman, Apple, Halloween, Itunes, Orson Welles, and The Daily Show

...on his criminal record. For that matter, 100 years later in 1938; when Orson Welles broadcast War of the Worlds; I don't think he was hauled in for questioning and told he was a threat to national security. Seems to me the official...

In this article: Edgar Allan Poe, Orson Welles, Charles Lindbergh, Disney, Atlantic, Baltimore, and Colorado

...The Fourth Kind Comes Off the Weak Imitator Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 at 3:21pm Seventy-one years after Orson Welles's War of the Worlds radio broadcast snookered a gullible American public with its real-time alien-invasion scenario,...

In this article: Orson Welles, Hypnotherapy, Elias Koteas, Milla Jovovich, and Nome, Alaska

...coming up Tickets are available for the Readers Theater presentation of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, with two shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Forum at Stage West Community Playhouse, 8390 Forest Oaks Blvd. Tickets are $5...

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