War of the Worlds – The True Story a unique spin on something that has been done many times before, which is no small feat." War of the Worlds – The True Story War of the Worlds – The True Story is a 2012 remake of "H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds" based on English writer H. G. Wells's Epic Science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds". A documentary-style drama directed by Timothy Hines, which revisits Wells' novel, portraying the events of the book as historical, through the documented recollections of a survivor of the Martian war. The film bases its documentary approach on the
The War of the Worlds (1953 film) machines have a quality of real terror, their sinister apparitions, prowlings and pulverisings are spectacularly well done, and the scenes of panic and destruction are staged with real flair". Richard L. Coe of "The Washington Post" called it "to put it gently, terrific," and "for my money, the 'King Kong' of its day". "The War of the Worlds" won an Academy Award for Special Effects (it was the sole nominee that year). Everett Douglas was nominated for Film Editing, while the Paramount Studio Sound Department and Loren L. Ryder were nominated for Sound, Recording. "The War of the Worlds" still