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The Night That Panicked America

1975 · 92 min

A tense, docudrama-style ensemble piece that recreates a night of mass hysteria with earnest period detail and a wry, uneasy edge.

Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.

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Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • deception
  • fate
  • family
  • faith
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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