剧情：ThenightbeganasanyotherpeacefulSundayevening,withmillionsoflistenerstunedtotheirradios.Yettheoutwardcalmhidanationtensewithapprehension:theGreatDepressionrefusedtoletup,andthethreatofwarinEuropeloomedlargereveryday.Then,at8:15p.m.,therewasareportontheradiothatMartianshadlandedinNewJersey.Almostinstantly,peoplelis... (展开全部) ThenightbeganasanyotherpeacefulSundayevening,withmillionsoflistenerstunedtotheirradios.Yettheoutwardcalmhidanationtensewithapprehension:theGreatDepressionrefusedtoletup,andthethreatofwarinEuropeloomedlargereveryday.Then,at8:15p.m.,therewasareportontheradiothatMartianshadlandedinNewJersey.Almostinstantly,peoplelis... ThenightbeganasanyotherpeacefulSundayevening,withmillionsoflistenerstunedtotheirradios.Yettheoutwardcalmhidanationtensewithapprehension:theGreatDepressionrefusedtoletup,andthethreatofwarinEuropeloomedlargereveryday.Then,at8:15p.m.,therewasareportontheradiothatMartianshadlandedinNewJersey.Almostinstantly,peoplelisteninginrespondedtotheshockingnews.Newspaperswerefloodedwithcallsfromworriedlisteners;manyfearedthatNewJerseyhadbeenlaidtowasteandthattheMartianswereheadingwest.Incitiesandtownsthroughoutthecountry,peoplestoppedamomenttopray--thengrabbedtheirlovedonesandfledintothenight.WhatbeganasabroadcastperformanceofH.G.Wells'sfantasy,TheWaroftheWorlds,turnedintooneofthebiggestmasshysteriaeventsinU.S.history.AMERICANEXPERIENCEexaminestheelementsthattogethercreatedthisfrenzy,includingourlongtimefascinationwithlifeonMars;theemergenceofradioasapowerfulnewmedium;andthecreativewunderkindOrsonWelles,thetwenty-three-year-olddirectorofthedramaandmischief-makersupreme.