Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller.
Written by Majorwest
According to an interview George Lucas gave time.com ("A Conversation with George Lucas", posted Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2006), War of the Worlds is the first movie where Steven Spielberg turned away from traditional storyboarding and used a Pre-Vis system. He also stated that he had introduced Spielberg to Pre-Vis on
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes:
When Rachel goes running up to her mom and step-fathers house at night, the door is left open for them miraculously when they were on a vacation to Boston.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator:
No one would have believed in the early years of the 21st century that our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns, *they* observed and studied, the way a man with a microscope might scrutinize the creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water... See more »
Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits after the title is shown.
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"Flatline"
by Jeffrey Scott Harber, Jayce Alexander Basques, William Peng & Drew Dehaven Hall Performed by Aphasia Courtesy of Luke Eddins at Luke Hits and Joint Venture Recordings
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