War of the Worlds behind the scenes gags

War of the Worlds

Costume designer Joanna Johnston (Joanna Johnston) made 60 leather jackets for Cruise to reflect the different degrees of wear and tear on the jackets during the flight.
When filming the scene of the army fighting the aliens on the hillside, the National Guard of Venia State participated in the filming.
The scene of the wreckage of the Boeing 747 was filmed on Universal's location. The crew did buy an abandoned 747, dismantled it, and set up the surrounding buildings after setting up the scene.
The crew did destroy a ship that was 168 feet long and weighed thousands of tons in the river.
According to internal reports from the production company, this film may become the first part of a trilogy sci-fi series. Once the film is profitable, the shooting of the other two parts will begin immediately.
The filming time of this film is only 72 days. In order to complete 500 CGI special effects in time, Spielberg completed all the big scene shots in the early stage of shooting, so that the special effects artists can make special effects for these shots.
In the trailer of this film, a narration that explains the background of the film is used. This commentary comes from the original novel. The only change is that the 19th century has been changed to the 21st century.
When the film was shot in New Jersey, local residents lined up to ask Tom Cruise to sign. Cruise's request was that people could not push. Once this rule was violated, he would stop immediately. As a result, when a lady pushed in the line, Cruise immediately got up and left.
When the film was shot on a small river, the crew used two mannequins instead of real people into the water to shoot. As a result, these models could not be recovered after shooting. The local police hereby issued a notice.
Tom Cruise moved one of his giant coffee machines to the set to provide free hot coffee to the crew.
Miranda Otto had refused to star in the film because of her pregnancy, but Spielberg insisted on inviting her to play and changed the script accordingly.
The role played by Tim Robbins is a collection of three characters from Wells's original work.
Panoramic shots rarely appear in the film, and most of them are shot from the perspective of a person.
The creature that appears in the beginning of the movie is Paramecium.