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'” Kaczmarek
- Because 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! 🙂
