H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

2005 · 100 MIN · IMDB 3.2 · 2,833 VOTES · DIR. David Michael Latt

Overview

In this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi horror, civilization is laid to ruin when a super race of aliens invades Earth. In a blink of an eye, massive "walkers" cover the planet, annihilating all in their path. As cities crumble and human flesh is ripped from the bone, one man struggles to find the one weapon that will turn the tide for mankind.

Dialogue Timeline — 537 lines

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00:00:07 In WWI, for the first time ever, -
00:03:06 Their nearest world was Jupiter, with giant cliffs of lava and ice, -
00:06:07 I got a message for you. You're the guys from Pacific Tech, ain't you?
00:07:57 - We should put up picnic tables. - Then they'd bring their own lunch.
00:10:05 They're for long distance. To look at something close, I take them off.
00:13:43 Wait a minute.
00:16:56 - Hey there, open up! - Come on out, we're friends!
00:20:18 People in town started to follow us. Don't let them come near here.
00:22:56 What about these meteor machines?
00:26:05 Heffner... Half-tracks? Okay.
00:28:06 We've had reports of destruction, massacre.
00:31:12 - But Colonel, shooting's no good. - It's always been a good persuader.
00:35:51 Cut across their lines of magnetic force and any object will cease to exist.
00:40:13 Forrester thinks they generate atomic force without the screening we use.
00:43:19 I feel like I did once when I was small. Awful scared and lonesome.
00:48:29 - I couldn't see much in the dark. - I've got to get a good look at them.
00:53:01 A great silence fell over half of Europe, as all communication was disrupted.
00:55:20 Newly fallen cylinders are elongated.
00:57:31 We've rigged the epidiascope to reflect whatever the Martian lens picks up.
01:00:50 - waiting to find out whether they can go home again.
01:04:06 They haven't even been touched!
01:09:03 Here comes another truck!
01:13:58 We humbly beseech Thy divine guidance, O Lord.
01:21:04 The Martians had no resistance to the bacteria in our atmosphere.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed537
Dialogue density5.4 lines / min
First line00:00:07
Final line01:21:04

Production Record

DirectorDavid Michael Latt
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000
IMDb votes2,833