Prepare yourself for a landmark screening featuring the 71st Anniversary of The War of the Worlds (1953), George Pal’s eye-popping, edge-of-your-seat science fiction classic restored in 4K + a preshow of Academy Award®-winning restored Puppetoons (2024) not seen on the big screen in generations! 

Producer-Director-Restorationist Arnold Leibovit (The Puppetoon Movie, The Time Machine 2002) will be on hand for Q&A and signing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 the Rondo Award Winner Best Blu-ray Collection of 2024 ~ https://puppetoon.net

The War of the Worlds, is widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. This first and best version of H.G. Wells’ chilling novel of a Martian invasion of Earth is even more frightening in this 1953 film adaptation that delivers fiery thrills, laser-hot action and unrelenting suspense. Produced by George Pal and Directed by Byron Haskin with ground breaking Academy Award®-winning Special Effects by Gordon Jennings, Screenplay by Barre Lyndon, Music by Leith Stevens. Stars Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Lewis Martin, narrators Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Paul Frees. Selected by the National Film Registry The Library of Congress as one of the most “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” films in history 

Long before legendary Producer-Director George Pal made classics like The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine, he created Puppetoons. Brilliantly conceived stop-motion animated shorts that thrilled audiences the world over. Now, all can rejoice as Puppetoons return, fully restored from their original Technicolor negatives. Included in the preshow are “Western Daze” (first Puppetoon made for Paramount and first animation job by special effects icon Ray Harryhausen), “Dr. Seuss The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins” (Oscar nominee) and “Tubby the Tuba” (the last Puppetoon made for Paramount and Oscar nominee).