![]() ![]() It earned Academy Awards nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing.Ī narrator opens the film stating that extraterrestrials with immense intelligence have grown envious of humanity's dominion of Earth, and are therefore plotting against them.ĭivorced longshoreman Ray Ferrier works as a crane operator at a dock in Brooklyn, New York, and is estranged from his children: 10-year-old daughter Rachel, and teenage son Robbie. The film was also a commercial success, grossing over $603 million worldwide, making it the fourth most successful film of 2005. It was praised for effectively capturing the thrilling and suspenseful elements of Wells' novel while modernizing the action and effects to resonate with contemporary audiences. War of the Worlds was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on June 29, 2005, and received generally positive reviews. Tie-in promotions were made with several companies, including Hitachi. It was surrounded by a secrecy campaign so few details would be leaked before its release. The film was shot in 73 days, using five different sound stages as well as locations in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. It follows an American dock worker who must look after his children, from whom he lives separately, as he struggles to protect them and reunite them with their mother when extraterrestrials invade Earth and devastate cities with giant war machines. ![]() It stars Tom Cruise in the main role, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto and Tim Robbins, with narration by Morgan Freeman. Wells' 1898 novel, The War of the Worlds. War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction action horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on H. ![]()
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