
Release Date
June 29, 2005
DVD Release Date
November 22, 2005 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writer
David Koepp
Cast
Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Rick Gonzalez
Studio
Running Time
117 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for frightening sequences of sci-fi violence and disturbing images
Next summer, the earth goes to war. From Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures comes the motion picture event of the year: Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds, starring international superstar Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells's seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
I don't know what it is about sci-fi when Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise get together, but it works. The two A-list players last teamed up for the critically successful "Minority Report" - which was not especially financially successful - and they're looking to set things right with "War of the Worlds," roughly based on the H.G. Wells classic. Full movie review »