Doctor Clayton Forrester (The War Of The Worlds)
Doctor Clayton Forrester may refer to: * Doctor Clayton Forrester (''War of the Worlds''), lead character from the 1953 film ''War of the Worlds'' * Dr. Clayton Forrester (''Mystery Science Theater 3000''), mad scientist from the television show ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' {{hndis, Forrester, Clayton, Doctor ...
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Doctor Clayton Forrester (War Of The Worlds)
''The War of the Worlds'' (also known in promotional material as ''H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds'') is a 1953 American science fiction film directed by Byron Haskin, produced by George Pal, and starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It is the first of several feature film adaptations of H. G. Wells' 1898 novel of the same name. The setting is changed from Victorian era England to 1953 Southern California. In the film, Earth is suddenly invaded by Martians, and American scientist Clayton Forrester searches for any weakness to stop them. ''The War of the Worlds'' won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, and went on to influence other science fiction films. In 2011, it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress, who deemed it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Plot In Southern California, Dr. Clayton Forrester, a well-known atomic scientist, is fishing with colleagues when a large object cr ...
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