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War of the Worlds
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3 Nominations
Year 2005
Director Steven Spielberg
Writer Josh Friedman, David Koepp
Starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins
78th Academy Awards

War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science-fiction disaster film and a loose adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It stars Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins and Miranda Otto.

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Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller.

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