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Title:

War of the worlds [DVD videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; DreamWorks SKG ; Amblin Entertainment ; Cruise/Wagner Productions, a Steven Spielberg film ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson ; screenplay by Josh Friedman and David Koepp ; directed by Steven Spielberg.

Format:

[DVD videorecording] /

Edition:

[Widescreen ed.].

Publisher:

Distributed by Universal Studios Home Video

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Father and child--New Jersey--Drama.
Human-alien encounters--New Jersey--Drama.
Survival--Drama.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.

Other Authors:

Spielberg, Steven, 1947-
Cruise, Tom, 1962-
Fanning, Dakota, 1994-
Chatwin, Justin, 1982-
Otto, Miranda.
Robbins, Tim, 1958-
Freeman, Morgan.
Williams, John, 1932-
Wells, H. G.
Dreamworks Pictures.
Universal Studios Home Video (Firm).

Notes:

Title from container. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez, Yul Vazquez.

Summary:

Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense of his children. As the world fends for itself, it's inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that threatens to destroy it.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61494766

Locations:

TOPB062 -- Blairstown Public Library (Blairstown)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TAPB572 -- Fairfax Public Library (Fairfax)

FMPC224 -- Guttenberg Public Library (Guttenberg)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

SZPC124 -- Kothe Memorial Library (Parkersburg)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)