Behind the Scenes Footage War of the Worlds Movie - Steven Spielberg

Production designer Rick Carter, along with director Steven Spielberg, explains the airplane crash site from the 2005 film War of the Worlds. Behind-the-scenes footage of the motion picture War of the Worlds (2005). Scenes were shot on the Universal Studios backlot in Universal City, Los Angeles, right next to the Psycho House from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Also, the Whoville sets from Ron Howard's 2000 film, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This was shown on the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. ©2005 Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks LLC. All Rights Reserved. (http://www.paramount.com) (http://dreamworkspictures.com/) Posted for entertainment and educational purposes only. No copyrights infringed. All works are the property of the companies listed above. Please do not reproduce without their expressed written consent. ABOUT War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, loosely based on the novel of the same name by H.G. Wells. It was jointly produced and released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. It stars Tom Cruise with Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins in supporting roles. It also features narration by Morgan Freeman. The film follows an American dock worker who is forced to look after his children, with whom he lives separately, as he struggles to protect them and reunite them with their mother when extraterrestrials invade the Earth and devastate cities with giant war machines. This was Gene Barry's final film before his retirement that year, and it also marked his death in 2009. The film was shot in 73 days, using five different sound stages as well as locations in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. The film was shrouded in a secrecy campaign, so few details were leaked before its release. Tie-in promotions were made with several companies, including Hitachi. War of the Worlds was released in the United States on June 29, 2005, and in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2005, by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising the performances, Spielberg's direction, screenplay, action sequences and visual effects, and was a box office success, becoming 2005's fourth most successful film both domestically and worldwide, with $234 million in North America, and $591 million overall. The film earned three Academy Award nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing. For the neighborhood plane crash scene, the production crew purchased a retired Boeing 747, formerly operated by All Nippon Airways as JA8147, for $2 million in transportation costs. They destroyed it into pieces and built houses around it. The destroyed plane was kept for the Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. Cast: Adam Lazarre-White Amy Hohn Amy Ryan Ana Maria Quintana Ann Robinson Art Chudabala Asha R. Nanavati Becky Ann Baker Benjamin Ciaramello Booker T. Washington Bruce W. Derdoski Jr. Camillia Monet Chris Todd Christopher Evan Welch Clay Bringhurst Columbus Short Dakota Fanning Dan Ziskie Daniel A. Jacobs Daniel Eric Gold Daniel Franzese Danny Hoch David Alan Basche David Conley David Harbour Dempsey Pappion Dendrie Taylor Ed Schiff Ed Vassallo Elizabeth Jayne Hong Ellen Barry Eric Zuckerman Erika LaVonn Ferry Captain Ferry Worker Gene Barry Harlan Ogilvy James DuMont January LaVoy Jeffrey Hutchinson Jerry Walsh Jim Hanna Joaquin Perez-Campbell John Eddins John Michael Bolger John N. Morales John Scurti Johnny Kastl Jorge-Luis Pallo Juan Carlos Hernández Julie White Julio (as Yul Vázquez) Justin Chatwin Kent Faulcon Kevin Collins Kirsten Nelson Lauri Johnson Lenny Venito Lisa Ann Walter Lorelei Llee Maggie Lacey Mariann Mayberry Marianne Ebert Mark Manley Marlon Young Melody Garrett Michael Arthur Michael Brownlee Miguel Antonio Ferrer Miranda Otto Morgan Freeman Omar Jermaine Panicky Woman Peter Gerety Rachel Ferrier Rafael Sardina Ray Ferrier Rick Gonzalez Ricky Luna Robert Cicchini Roz Abrams Shanna Collins Sharrieff Pugh Suanne Spoke Takayo Fischer Terry Thomas Tracy Howe Ty Simpkins Vito D'Ambrosio Yul Vazquez Zoe Quist #WarOfTheWorlds #MovieMaking #MovieMagic #BehindTheScenes #StevenSpielberg #ParamountPictures #MovieStudio #UniversalStudiosHollywood #RickCarter #AirplaneCrash #TomCruise #SpecialEffects #Panavision #ProductionDesigner #CowMissing