It was announced last week that Byron Haskin's end-of-civilization classic, The War of the Worlds, was headed to the Criterion Collection later this year, and it's now been revealed that Steven Spielberg’s 2005 version is also getting a 4K Ultra HD release in May.
The Tom Cruise-starring blockbuster is celebrating its 15th anniversary with its first appearance on the format.
Special Features include:
Revisiting the Invasion
The H.G. Wells Legacy
Steven Spielberg and the Original War of the Worlds
Characters: The Family Unit
Previsualization
Production Diaries
Designing the Enemy: Tripods and Aliens
Scoring War of the Worlds
We Are Not Alone
Galleries
Theatrical trailer
In the film, Tom Cruise stars as Ray Ferrier, an ordinary man who summons extraordinary courage to protect his children when a global army of alien invaders set their sights and their devastating war machines upon Earth and the entire human population.
Based on the original story by H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds also stars Dakota Fanning and Tim Robbins.
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