by John P. Meyer

It's a stunt to build buzz for the forthcoming Richard Linklater film, Me and Orson Welles.

Orson Welles' hysteria-inducing radio play of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds will be rebroadcast tonight in its entirety via the web -- 71 years (to the minute, no less!) after it originally aired.

It's a publicity tie-in connected to the forthcoming release of Richard Linklater's new movie, Me and Orson Welles.

Me and Orson Welles opens November 25; it stars newcomer Christian McKay as Orson Welles, with Claire Danes and Zac Efron in feature roles.

To tune in to tonight's rebroadcast of the original War of the Worlds program (from Columbia Broadcasting System's The Mercury Theater on the Air), direct your browser here at 7 p.m. Central Time.

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