LA 3-D Club To Present Epic Steampunk Animated 3-D Feature WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH
Saturday, April 19th, 2pm at the Downtown Independent
In 1899, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The Martian’s 80 ft tall, heat-ray spewing, Tripod battle machines laid waste to the planet, but the invaders ultimately fell prey to Earth’s tiny bacteria.
Fifteen years later, Man has rebuilt his shattered world, in large part by utilizing captured Martian technology. Equipped with giant, steam-powered Tripod battle machines, the international rapid reaction force, A.R.E.S., is Mankind’s first line of defense against the return of the rapacious Martian invaders. Based in a massive fortress complex at the south end of Manhattan Island, the young warriors of A.R.E.S. train under the leadership of Secretary of War, Theodore Roosevelt, and the grim General Kushnirov.
And return the Martians do. The rematch finds the multinational squad of the A.R.E.S. battle Tripod “Goliath” on the front-lines of a vicious interplanetary offensive when the Martian invaders launch their second invasion using even more advanced alien technology. In the crucible of combat, this young team helming the mighty Goliath will be tested to the limits of their endurance and courage as they fight for Mankind’s very survival under the onslaught of an implacable enemy.
This is the saga of WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH, a 95-minute, animated, steampunk epic of war, comradeship and courage under fire.
Goliath Squad’s fight will take them from the misty woods of upstate New York and their first encounter with the alien invaders, to the open skies and canyon lands of the New Mexican desert and ultimately, to a battle for Manhattan itself as the enemy attempts to destroy A.R.E.S. at its very heart. Combat will rage on the ground as the steam-powered battle Tripods of A.R.E.S. square off against their lethal Martian counterparts. The skies above the battlefields will be filled with the dying as the advanced fighter planes of A.R.E.S., under the command of Manfred Van Richthofen, battle against the agile Martian Flying Wings. Goliath Squad will even find themselves locked in hand-to-hand with the tentacled aliens as they confront the invaders in the steamy depths of a vast power plant turned Martian Hive.
WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH will feature selfless heroism, alien cruelty, base betrayal and passionate lovemaking framed by the life and death paradigm of total interstellar war.
Heat rays, steam-powered battle Tripods, souped up biplane and triplane fighters, a 1,500-foot long, armored battle Zeppelin and a re-imagined steampunk New York City are some of the striking visuals that are being brought to life in this epic production.
Produced by Tripod Entertainment, WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH was directed by animation veteran Joe Pearson (Epoch Ink Animation), and written by accomplished wordsmith, David Abramowitz (Highlander). Featuring the voice talents of Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, Adam Baldwin, Elizabeth Gracen, Jim Byrnes, Beau Billingslea, Mark Sheppard, Tony Eusoff, Rob Middleton and many others, the movie was designed by Studio Climb in Kuala Lumpur, storyboarded by an international team of top artists and designers, and animated using a combination of CG and traditional cel animation in Seoul. Audio and video post-production including music score, sound design, voice direction, mixing, visual effects, editing and stereoscopic 3D was completed at the award-winning Imaginex Studios and BaseCamp Films in Kuala Lumpur. WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH was screened to critical acclaim during the San Diego Comic Con 2012 and the Los Angeles 3D Film Festival 2012, and selected for competition at the 2012 SITGES Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya.
Join the LA 3-D Club for a special theatrical screening of WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH including a Q&A with the director, Joe Pearson.
$5 at the door for current LA 3-D Club members
$10 at the door for non-members (admission is waived with current valid Student ID)
WAR OF THE WORLDS: GOLIATH 3-D Screening w/Q&A
Saturday, April 19th, 2014, 2:00pm
Downtown Independent Theater
251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Note: Paid parking is available at many parking lots in the adjacent area and street parking is metered. The theater is also only several blocks from the MTA Red and Gold Lines.