Sci-Friday #197 – Without Warning – Scifi Movie

 

Hooray – we made it to Sci-Friday – please enjoy this scifi movie ‘Without Warning,’ a remake of Orson Welles’ famous ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast from 1994. Take a look:

Watching Without Warning on YouTube is an interesting slice-of-life, since the video includes mid-90s commercials and other ‘pre-9/11’ production elements that you wouldn’t dare to use today. Even if it’s not the most amazing scifi movie ever, Without Warning is an interesting experiment in doc-style storytelling. As professional storytellers, we can learn a few things from this blast from the past. In fact, here are some fun facts about ‘Without Warning’:

It was produced by David L. Wolper, who also produced projects like ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,’ ‘Roots,’ and ‘L.A. Confidential.’Stars include Jane “Lois from ‘Malcolm in the Middle'” KaczmarekBecause Sander Vanocur plays himself as a news anchor in this film, a few complaints were received from people who believed the movie events were real, despite repeated on screen narration and text before the start of each act‘Without Warning’ shares its name with another scifi movie: Without Warning (1980) – a campy scifi horror film featuring Martin Landau

 

If you enjoyed this discussion, please feel welcomed to dive down the rabbit hole of every other Sci-Friday I’ve published in the past couple years. Have a great weekend! 

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