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Overview
Tagline:
They're already here. morePlot:
As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 19 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(94 articles)
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User Comments:
A brilliant alien invasion film for the first two acts moreCast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Tom Cruise | ... | Ray Ferrier |
 | Dakota Fanning | ... | Rachel Ferrier |
 | Miranda Otto | ... | Mary Ann |
 | Justin Chatwin | ... | Robbie |
 | Tim Robbins | ... | Harlan Ogilvy |
 | Rick Gonzalez | ... | Vincent |
 | Yul Vazquez | ... | Julio (as Yul Vázquez) |
 | Lenny Venito | ... | Manny the Mechanic |
| Lisa Ann Walter | ... | Bartender |
| Ann Robinson | ... | Grandmother |
| Gene Barry | ... | Grandfather |
 | David Alan Basche | ... | Tim |
| Roz Abrams | ... | Herself |
| Michael Brownlee | ... | TV Reporter, Osaka |
 | Camillia Sanes | ... | News Producer |
| Marlon Young | ... | News Cameraman |
| John Eddins | ... | News Van Driver |
| Peter Gerety | ... | Hatch Boss / Load Manager |
| David Harbour | ... | Dock Worker |
| Miguel Antonio Ferrer | ... | Brazilian Neighbor |
 | January LaVoy | ... | Brazilian Neighbor's Wife |
 | Stephen Gevedon | ... | Neighbor with Lawnmower |
| Julie White | ... | Woman |
| Marianne Ebert | ... | Hysterical Woman (as Marianni Ebert) |
 | Rafael Sardina | ... | Mechanic's Assistant |
| Amy Ryan | ... | Neighbor with Toddler |
| Ed Vassallo | ... | Intersection Guy |
 | Michael Arthur | ... | Intersection Guy |
 | Danny Hoch | ... | Intersection Guy Cop |
| Sharrieff Pugh | ... | Man Studying Street |
| Erika LaVonn | ... | Photographer |
| Christopher Evan Welch | ... | Photographer |
| John Michael Bolger | ... | Man Holding Woman |
| Omar Jermaine | ... | Man Holding Woman |
| Robert Cicchini | ... | Guy in Suit |
 | Jim Hanna | ... | Bus Driver |
 | Tracy Howe | ... | Crowd Onlooker |
 | Adam Lazarre-White | ... | Crowd Onlooker |
 | Vito D'Ambrosio | ... | Crowd Onlooker |
 | Laura Zoe Quist | ... | Crowd Onlooker |
| Ana Maria Quintana | ... | Crowd Onlooker |
 | Lorelei Llee | ... | Crowd Onlooker |
| Mark Manley | ... | Ferry Worker |
 | John Scurti | ... | Ferry Captain |
| Becky Ann Baker | ... | Disaster Relief Volunteer |
| Mariann Mayberry | ... | Mother |
 | Ty Simpkins | ... | 3 Year Old Boy |
 | Jerry Walsh | ... | Smart Guy |
 | Tommy Guiffre | ... | National Guardsman |
 | Daniel Franzese | ... | National Guardsman |
 | Ed Schiff | ... | Older Man |
| Ellen Barry | ... | Woman from Upstate |
| Amy Hohn | ... | Panicky Woman |
| Dan Ziskie | ... | Informative Guy (as Daniel Ziskie) |
 | David Conley | ... | Ill-Informed Guy |
| Daniel Eric Gold | ... | Conspiracy Buff |
 | Booker T. Washington | ... | Conspiracy Debunker |
| Maggie Lacey | ... | Upset Mother |
| Eric Zuckerman | ... | Doomsday Guy |
| Daniel A. Jacobs | ... | Younger Man |
 | Asha R. Nanavati | ... | Woman in Crowd |
| Joaquin Perez-Campbell | ... | Young Soldier in Tank |
 | Dendrie Taylor | ... | Well Meaning Mother |
 | James DuMont | ... | Well-Meaning Father |
 | Travis Aaron Wade | ... | War of the Worlds Soldier |
 | Benny Ciaramello | ... | War of the Worlds Soldier |
| Ricky Luna | ... | War of the Worlds Soldier |
 | Columbus Short | ... | War of the Worlds Soldier |
 | Kent Faulcon | ... | War of the Worlds Soldier |
| Kevin Collins | ... | Marine Major |
| Terry Thomas | ... | Marine Major |
| Clay Bringhurst | ... | Airforce Pilot |
 | Jorge Pallo | ... | Army Private (as Jorge-Luis Pallo) |
 | Suanne Spoke | ... | Businesswoman |
 | Kirsten Nelson | ... | Businesswoman |
| Melody Garrett | ... | Older Woman |
 | Lauri Johnson | ... | Older Woman |
 | Takayo Fischer | ... | Older Woman |
 | Shanna Collins | ... | Teenager |
 | Elizabeth Jayne Hong | ... | Teenager |
 | Art Chudabala | ... | Man in Basket |
 | Jeffrey Hutchinson | ... | Man in Basket |
 | Dempsey Pappion | ... | Man in Basket |
 | Chris Todd | ... | Man in Basket |
 | Johnny Kastl | ... | Boston Soldier |
| Juan Carlos Hernández | ... | Boston Soldier |
| Bruce W. Derdoski Jr. | ... | Boston Soldier |
 | John N. Morales | ... | Boston Soldier |
 | Morgan Freeman | ... | Narration (voice) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tom Kenny | ... | SpongeBob (voice) (archive footage) |
 | Lisa Sample | ... | Boston Survivor |
| Amir Allak | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Chad O. Allen | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
| Michalina Almindo | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
 | Cass Asher | ... | Soldier (uncredited) |
 | Claudia Barroso | ... | Portuguese Woman (uncredited) |
| Gerald Blakey | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
 | David Blanc | ... | Chef (uncredited) |
 | Felix J. Boyle | ... | Fleeing Businessman (uncredited) |
 | Paul Bunnell | ... | Boston Survivor (uncredited) |
 | David Campbell | ... | Boston Survivor (uncredited) |
 | Josef Cannon | ... | Mike Sims (uncredited) |
 | Nobel Chen | ... | Cyclist (uncredited) |
 | Stella Croxon | ... | Survivor - Mother with Boy (uncredited) |
| Robert DaGasta | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Ambi Daniel | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
| Crystal Dawne | ... | Starving girl in diner (uncredited) |
| Joseph DeBona | ... | Newark Deliveryman (uncredited) |
| Geoffrey DeMarsh | ... | Athens Ferry Passenger (uncredited) |
| Zachary DeMarsh | ... | Athens Ferry Passenger (uncredited) |
| Sherman T. Edwards Jr. | ... | Lexington Survivor (uncredited) |
| Tom Faulkner | ... | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Robert Feeley | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
 | Pamela Fischer | ... | Neighbor (uncredited) |
 | George Fisher | ... | Man Fighting Ray - at Car (uncredited) |
| Charles 'Chaz' Galuski | ... | Ferry Boat Refugee (uncredited) |
 | David Gere | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Christopher Gilbertson | ... | Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Jennifer Glasgow | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
 | Phillip Gramm | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Dave Harrington | ... | Paramedic (uncredited) |
 | Christy Lee Hughes | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
 | Dalon Huntington | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Angie Jaree | ... | Singer (uncredited) |
 | Freddie Johnson | ... | Boston Survivor (uncredited) |
 | Ingrid Johnson | ... | Neighborhood mom (uncredited) |
 | Janis Jones | ... | Boston survivor (uncredited) |
 | Vladislav Kozlov | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Ed Mantell | ... | Soldier, background extra (uncredited) |
 | Riley G. Matthews Jr. | ... | Newark Cop (uncredited) |
| Robin McGee | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Chris Moyles | ... | Radio DJ (voice) (uncredited) |
| Emily Nilsen | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
 | Scott Norris | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
 | Robert O'Connor | ... | Homeless Patron (uncredited) |
| Fred Ortiz | ... | Army Soldier / Survivor (uncredited) |
 | A.J. Presley | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Angel Princess | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
| Vincent Rao | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
| Bill Richards | ... | RB Leaper (uncredited) |
 | Rachelle Roderick | ... | Alien Escapee (uncredited) |
 | Cory Rodriguez | ... | Army Soldier (uncredited) |
 | Nicole Signore | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
| Athena Stamos | ... | Refugee (uncredited) |
 | Channing Tatum | ... | Boy in church scene (uncredited) |
| Patrick Tierney | ... | Extra (uncredited) |
| Johnny Torres | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
 | Mark Valinsky | ... | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Michael Waldron | ... | Newark Cop (uncredited) |
 | Michael Kevin Walker | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
 | Terry Ward | ... | Army Corporal (uncredited) |
| Stacy Ann Wilkins | ... | Young mother (uncredited) |
| Dianne Zaremba | ... | Survivor (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Steven Spielberg | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Josh Friedman | (screenplay) and | |
| David Koepp | (screenplay) | |
| H.G. Wells | (novel) | |
Produced by | |||
| Damian Collier | .... | executive producer | |
| Kathleen Kennedy | .... | producer | |
| Paula Wagner | .... | executive producer | |
| Colin Wilson | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| John Williams | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Janusz Kaminski | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Michael Kahn | |||
Casting by | |||
| Terri Taylor | |||
| Debra Zane | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Rick Carter | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Tony Fanning | (supervising art director) | ||
| Doug J. Meerdink | |||
| Andrew Menzies | |||
| Norman Newberry | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Anne Kuljian | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Joanna Johnston | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Audrey L. Anzures | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Christian Beckman | .... | special makeup effects producer | |
| Kathryn Blondell | .... | hair department head | |
| Lois Burwell | .... | makeup department head | |
| Leo Corey Castellano | .... | third makeup artist | |
| Jerry DeCarlo | .... | key hair stylist: New York | |
| Linda Grimes | .... | key makeup artist: New York | |
| Joel Harlow | .... | prosthetics fabrication | |
| Tina Harrelson | .... | makeup artist | |
| Vance Hartwell | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Brian Hillard | .... | makeup lab tech: Stan Winston Studio | |
| Rob Hinderstein | .... | prosthetics fabrication | |
| Steve Johnson | .... | fake bodies | |
| Katharine Kremp | .... | hair stylist: Mr. Cruise | |
| Craig Lindberg | .... | additional makeup artist | |
| Kenny Myers | .... | key makeup artist (as Kenneth R. Myers) | |
| Mimi Palazon | .... | fabrication | |
| Tegan Taylor | .... | makeup artist | |
| Karen Asano-Myers | .... | crowd hair supervisor: Los Angeles (uncredited) | |
| Marc Boyle | .... | additional hair stylist (uncredited) | |
| Carol Collini | .... | additional makeup artist (uncredited) | |
| David Larson | .... | hair stylist: Los Angeles (uncredited) | |
| Amanda Ross | .... | additional makeup artist (uncredited) | |
| Joe Rossi | .... | makeup artist: New York (uncredited) | |
| Rick Stratton | .... | additional makeup artist (uncredited) | |
| Jennifer Webb | .... | hair coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Jennifer Webb | .... | makeup coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Angie Wells | .... | makeup artist: day player (uncredited) | |
| Hiroshi Yada | .... | mold department: Stan Winston Studios (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Velvet Andrews-Smith | .... | additional assistant director | |
| Vic Armstrong | .... | second unit director | |
| David Catalano | .... | additional second second assistant director | |
| Jane Ferguson | .... | additional second assistant director: Virginia | |
| Greg Gilman | .... | additional second assistant director | |
| Eric Richard Lasko | .... | second second assistant director: New York (as Eric Lasko) | |
| Craig Miller | .... | second assistant director: second unit | |
| Jenny Nolan | .... | dga trainee | |
| Timothy R. Price | .... | second second assistant director | |
| Gary S. Rake | .... | additional second assistant director | |
| Darin Rivetti | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
| Matthew Sirianni | .... | assistant director | |
| Adam Somner | .... | first assistant director | |
| Ian Stone | .... | second assistant director | |
| Jennifer Truelove | .... | second assistant director: New York | |