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War of the Worlds

Movie (2005)

"They're already here."

The extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

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Released:	Jun 29th, 2005
Budget:	$132,000,000.00
Revenue:	$591,739,379.00

War of the Worlds Main Cast

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Tom Cruise
plays Ray Ferrier

Dakota Fanning
plays Rachel Ferrier

Miranda Otto
plays Mary Ann

Justin Chatwin
plays Robbie

Tim Robbins
plays Harlan Ogilvy

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Tom Cruise's sixth consecutive film to break the $100m barrier domestically since 2000 and his 13th movie to break that barrier in total.
The organism seen in the opening sequence is known as the Paramecium, being a unicellular pond water protozoan that is a eukaryote, shown complete with cilia, oral groove, macro nucleus and central vacuole.
The words "alien" and "Martian" are never spoken in the movie.
According to an interview with Miranda Otto, she originally turned down the part offered by Steven Spielberg as she was newly pregnant. However, Spielberg wanted her to play the part and changed the script to incorporate her pregnancy into the role.

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