A New Jersey man (Tom Cruise) and his two children face an epic battle for survival when hostile aliens... (Learn more)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto (View All)
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Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto
An ordinary man has to protect his children against alien invaders in this science fiction thriller, freely adapted from the classic story by H.G. Wells. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is a dockworker living in New Jersey, divorced from his first wife Mary Ann (Miranda Otto) and estranged from his two children Rachel and Robbie (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin), of whom he has custody on weekends. On one such visitation, looking after the kids becomes a little more difficult when, after a series of strange lighting storms hit his neighborhood, Ray discovers that a fleet of death-ray robotic spaceships have emerged nearby, part of the first wave of an all-out alien invasion of the Earth. Transporting his children from New York to Boston in an attempt to find safety at Mary Ann's parents' house, Ray must learn to become the protector and provider he never was in marriage. Also starring Tim Robbins, War of the Worlds was directed by Steven Spielberg, who had been planning the project for years, but set it aside until a wave of "alien invasion" films (led by Independence Day) had run its course. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
6/29/05
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for frightening sequences of violence and disturbing images
Running Time
116 mins.
Locations
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$234,277,056
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Visual Effects award at the 2005 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound Editing award at the 2005 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound Mixing award at the 2005 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Young Actress award at the 2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount Pictures
