WAR OF THE WARLD

 WAR OF THE WORLD

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Josh Friedman. David Koeap. H.G.Wellls

stars:Tom Cruise. Dakota Fanning. Tim Robbins

     

War Of The World Story

War of the Worlds: The True Story is a 2012 American made-for-television science fiction-action film remake of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds based on English writer H. G. Wells's epic 1898 science fiction novel The War of the Worlds. A documentary-style drama directed by Timothy Hines, it revisits Wells' novel, portraying the events of the book as historical, through the documented recollections of a survivor of the Martian war.

                               

Concept:The film bases its documentary approach on the 1938 Orson Welles CBS radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, by presenting itself as a true account of actual events.^[1] Director Timothy Hines said, in reference to this technique, "When Orson Welles broadcast War of the Worlds on the radio in the 1930s, he presented it in such a way as to not clearly identify that it was a work of fiction. He did it for the drama. And many people took the fictional news broadcast as a real news broadcast. People believed they were hearing an actual invasion from Mars that night. We are approaching the story in the same way, as if it were an actual news documentary"

Production: The then-82-year-old actor Floyd Reichman, playing Bertie Wells, was recruited from the Theatre Puget Sound website by producer Goforth. Goforth played the character "The Wife" in flashbacks.^[4] Jim Cissell provides narration.^[5] Seattle-area actors Jack Clay (professor emeritus of the UW School of Drama) and John Kaufmann complete the main cast.^[1] The film's budget was "less than" US$10 million.^[6] Principal photography filmed at the Hogland House, a bed and breakfast in Mukilteo, Washington.^[4] Post-production work included "incorporating footage from the original film, archival stills from the period of the story, World War I footage, historical maps, photographs and other footage that will give the film the look and feel of a true documentary" according to Goforth and Hines.^[4] Editing took a "reported 3 1/2 years".^[7]