Post by Zoe on Mar 13, 2005 23:45:27 GMT
Does anyone remember a radio version of The War of the Worlds? It came out in the sixties I think.....
It was well made..... Straight from the book though updated. I remember that a jet fighter managed to take out one of the fighting machines but everything else was pretty much straight adaptation from the book with additional dialogue of course. It relied on sound effects and straight narration.
I enjoyed it immensely and found it very effective. I can't remember anything else about it such as cast, writer or director. Although the narrator could have been Denholm Elliot - sounded like him as best I can remember.
I would say that it was far superior to the Orson Welles version - for one thing it was longer..... A six part serial.
Ring any bells?
Zoe
It was well made..... Straight from the book though updated. I remember that a jet fighter managed to take out one of the fighting machines but everything else was pretty much straight adaptation from the book with additional dialogue of course. It relied on sound effects and straight narration.
I enjoyed it immensely and found it very effective. I can't remember anything else about it such as cast, writer or director. Although the narrator could have been Denholm Elliot - sounded like him as best I can remember.
I would say that it was far superior to the Orson Welles version - for one thing it was longer..... A six part serial.
Ring any bells?
Zoe
;D 