I saw the original at a movie place in the basement of a Presbyterian church in Montreal. It then cost $.25 to get in and chips were a nickle a bag, pop a dime and there was a choice of five or ten cent chocolate bars. Every Friday night there was a new movie, but there was also about 20 minutes of a cliff hanger. I guess I was ten when I saw the movie and I was very impressed by the special effects, especially the beams of light that came out of the Martian attack ships. I lived about two miles from the 'theatre', and the movie let out at about 11:00 PM. I walked home that evening with my good friend, Don. It was dark, and there was not much traffic on the streets. We were passing an alley when a cat (I'm guessing) knocked the lid off a metal garbage can. Don and I stopped running about a half mile later after we crossed over the Fifth Aven Bridge that connected Verdun and Cote St Paul. The bridge spanned a disused canal, and after the vampire movies (and because we knew that vampires couldn't cross running water) that bridge was the target to reach before all the blood was sucked from our bodies by humans disguised as bats. Anyway, that's my memory of War of the Worlds. Tom Cruise, Scientology and scantily clad females (I am guessing there will be some) won't be able to top that memory for me. Hope y'all enjoy the show, and if you hear any garbage can lids smacking the pavement in a dark lane, run real fast and cross a bridge. It worked for Don and me.