War of the Worlds (2005 film) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-07

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00:02:06 1 Plot
00:08:05 2 Cast
00:08:14 3 Production
00:08:23 3.1 Development
00:15:34 3.2 Filming
00:19:28 3.3 Design and visual effects
00:25:10 3.4 Music
00:27:31 3.5 Themes
00:29:41 4 Release
00:30:24 4.1 Secrecy
00:32:48 4.2 Marketing and home media releases
00:34:46 5 Reception
00:34:55 5.1 Box office
00:36:37 5.2 Critical reaction
00:41:11 5.3 Accolades
00:42:00 6 See also



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War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science-fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, loosely based on the 1898 novel of the same title by H. G. Wells and jointly produced and released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. It stars Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins, with narration by Morgan Freeman. In the film, an American dock worker is forced to look after his children, from whom he lives separately, as he struggles to protect them and reunite them with their mother when extraterrestrials invade the Earth and devastate cities with towering war machines.
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. The film was surrounded by a secrecy campaign so few details would be leaked before its release.  Tie-in promotions were made with several companies, including Hitachi. The film was released in the United States on June 29 and in United Kingdom on July 1. War of the Worlds received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, becoming 2005's fourth most successful film both domestically and worldwide, with $234 million in North America, and $591 million overall. The film earned three Academy Awards nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing.