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MC under alien attack
By Susitha R. Fernando
Three time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg's latest blockbuster 'War of the Worlds' starring Tom Cruise now being screened at Majestic Cinema Colombo.
Based on H. G. Wells contemporary retelling 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.

Cruise stars as Ray Ferrier, a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife (Miranda Otto) and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie (Gustin Chatwin) and young daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Moments later, at an intersection near his house, Ray witnesses an extraordinary event that will change their lives forever. A towering three-legged war machine emerges from deep beneath the earth and, before anyone can react, incinerates everything in sight. An ordinary day has suddenly become the most extraordinary event of their lifetime - the first strike in a catastrophic alien attack on Earth.

Ray scrambles to get his children away from this merciless new enemy, embarking on a journey that will take them across the ravaged countryside, where they become caught in the desperate tide of refugees fleeing from an extraterrestrial army of Tripods.

The film also stars Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, and Tim Robbins. ‘I wanted Ray to become like a lot of people, because he has to represent all of us. He and his family are representing our own fears, our own facilities to survive, our own resourcefulness’ said Steven Spielberg, Academy Award winner, earning two Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for ‘Schindler's List’ and a third Oscar for Best Director for ‘Saving Private Ryan’.
The film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson. The executive producer is Paula Wagner.

This film has been rated PG13 for Frightening Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence and Disturbing Images. Spielberg's core filmmaking team, which has collaborated with the director on numerous projects, is led by director of photography Janusz Kaminski, ASC, production designer Rick Carter, editor Michael Kahn, A.C.E., and costume designer Joanna Johnston.

Music is composed by John Williams. Visual effects and animation is by Industrial Light and Magic, led by senior visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The film is originally released in June, world wide. 'War of the Worlds' is a Paramount Pictures and Dream Works Pictures production and is now on a CEL circuit.

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