War of the Worlds Page #6

Synopsis: Ray Ferrier (Cruise) 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.
Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 44 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG-13
Year:
2005
116 min
$234,141,872
Website
2,487 Views


only we can live on it.

They can't survive here, Ray.

They weren't built for it.

They're gonna kill you, brother,

not me!

- What are you doing, Dad?

- Not my blood!

Whatever you hear,

don't take this off.

- Dad?

- Rach?

- Dad?

- What was that song?

- That lullaby that I didn't know?

- Not my blood!

- "Hushabye Mountain"?

- Yeah, sing it.

- They can take you!

- Please, Rach, sing it.

- They can take you!

- A gentle breeze

- Your daughter!

- Don't stop.

- Not me!

- On Hushabye Mountain

- They're gonna kill you!

- That's my girl.

Softly blows over Lullaby Bay

- Forget it! Tunnel!

- It fills the sails

Of boats that are waiting

Waiting to sail

Your worries away

So close your eyes

On Hushabye Mountain

Wave goodbye

To cares of the day

And watch your boat

From Hushabye Mountain

Sail far away

From Lullaby Bay

Rachel?

Rachel?

Oh, my God, no.

Rachel?

Rachel? Rachel?

Rachel? Make some noise, baby.

Rachel?

Rachel?

Rachel? Talk to me, baby. Come on.

Rachel?

Rachel?

Rachel?

Rachel!

No, no, no!

No!

Hey!

Help!

What is happening?

Rachel!

Rachel.

Rachel. Rachel.

Rachel.

Rachel?

Rachel.

Dad.

No!

Pull me! Pull me!

Pull! Pull!

Pull me! Come on, pull!

- Dad!

- One, two, three!

We got him! Keep pulling!

Everybody down!

Keep it moving, folks.

Keep going, sir. Keep moving.

I don't know what's going on.

Hold Grandma's hand.

Let's go, folks.

Keep moving forward.

Put that down.

Right this way, ma'am.

Right this way, thank you.

To the left, there, ma'am,

just to your left. Thank you.

What happened to it?

It's dying.

Keep moving forward.

Keep moving, it's all right!

You can pass on through.

Move along!

- What happened here?

- I don't know.

Something's happening to them.

Please, keep moving.

- Let's go, move out.

- Let's go, people.

- Something's happening to them?

- Go. Go, just keep moving, sir.

Let's go, sir. Let's go. Do not stop.

Keep moving. Keep moving.

Excuse me. What's happened here?

Did you guys take it down?

No, sir, it was behaving erratically,

walking in circles,

then it went down on its own

about an hour ago.

Now, please, let's go! Let's go!

Keep moving! Come on! Don't stop!

Do not stop! Let's go! Thank you!

How is it dead all by itself?

- Rachel, I'm not sure.

- Coming through.

Coming through. Make a hole.

Coming through.

Calm down.

Calm down and get in the tunnel.

Calm down and get in the tunnel.

Calm down and get in the tunnel.

Everybody calm down.

Get in the tunnel.

- On the other side of the tracks!

- Hey! Hey!

Look at the birds!

I can't hear you!

Look at the goddamn birds!

- No shield!

- I can't hear!

No shield!

The Javelin's the key!

Load the Gustav!

It's gonna be a tough kill!

Let's go!

It's safer in here.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Bring out the Javelin!

Clear! Get from behind! Clear!

- Let me know when you're tracking!

- Tracking!

- You got a lock?

- I got a lock!

Fire the Javelin!

- I got a lock!

- Fire the Javelin!

Fire!

It's okay.

I love you.

- It's okay. You're gonna be okay.

- Let's go!

Keep those civilians out of there.

Back. Stay back!

Come on, folks, back up!

Come on, guys, get on the line.

Get up there now.

Stay back. Stay right here, huh?

Hold on right there.

- It's opening.

- It's opening. Keep them back.

Clear!

No, keep them back, keep them back.

Come on, stay back.

Mom!

Thank you.

- Robbie?

- Robbie?

Hi, Dad.

Hi, Dad.

Hi, Dad.

From the moment

the invaders arrived,

breathed our air, ate and drank,

they were doomed.

They were undone, destroyed,

after all of man's weapons

and devices had failed,

by the tiniest creatures that God

in his wisdom put upon this Earth.

By the toll of a billion deaths,

man had earned his immunity,

his right to survive among

this planet's infinite organisms.

And that right is ours

against all challenges,

for neither do men live,

nor die, in vain.

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Josh Friedman

Josh Friedman (born 1967) is an American screenwriter best known as writer of the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the 2005 film adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Friedman also publishes the blog "I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing". After being offered an opportunity to work on a script titled Snakes on a Plane, Friedman posted a blog entry that sparked interest in the film on the Internet before the movie entered production. The same entry introduced a profane line that was added to the film when the cast reconvened in March 2006 to shoot additional footage. On August 1, 2013 he was announced as co-screenwriter of Avatar 2 with James Cameron. He is a kidney cancer survivor. more…

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