
War of the Worlds
No one would have believed
in the early years of the 21st century...
... that our world was being watched
by intelligences greater than our own...
... that as men busied themselves
about their various concerns...
... they observed and studied...
... the way a man with a microscope
might scrutinize
the creatures that swarm
and multiply in a drop of water.
With infinite complacency,
men went to and fro about the globe...
... confident of our empire
over this world.
Yet across the gulf of space,
intellects vast and cool
and unsympathetic...
... regarded our planet
with envious eyes...
... and slowly and surely...
... drew their plans against us.
Tell him to send it over
to the cargo shed.
It's on its way.
Ray.
Ferrier. Whoa.
I need you back in four instead of 12.
I got half of Korea coming in at noon.
No, no, no, I can't.
I'm on a 12-hour blow. Call Tedesco.
Come on. Tedesco can't move
I gotta have somebody
who can do double picks.
I wish I could help you, Sal.
It's the goddamn union regulations.
Come on.
I'm in a position here, Ray.
You remember
the union regulations, Sal.
You know what your problem is?
who'd be happy to tell you.
We said 8:
00.Hey, this is...
This is one safe-looking new vehicle
you got yourself here, Tim.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
Eight o'clock, huh?
We'll be back by 9:30 on Sunday,
depending on the traffic.
There he is.
Get a hug?
Confusing handshake?
Kick in the teeth?
The door's locked.
Still working on those manners?
Hello, Dad.
Hello, Rachel.
Yo, Stan, hurry up.
We gotta get to work.
Here, honey. Let me
give you a hand getting that inside.
- The door's locked.
- Sweetheart, let me get it.
- I don't mind. I don't mind.
- Hey, she said she could get it.
- It's heavy.
- She said she could get it.
It's got rollers. Just roll it, roll it.
Yeah, but we can't roll it
up the stairs, can we?
Really, I got it from here, okay?
It's a 302 V8. It's...
It's gonna be out of here next week.
You better get going, you wanna
beat the traffic, don't you think?
You're out of milk.
And everything else.
Yeah.
Could you close the door, please?
Because that's my refrigerator.
I'm gonna go wait outside.
Okay, sweetheart.
I'll see you in a few days.
Bye, Tim.
- I better get this upstairs.
- Let me... Let me get...
- Mom, Mom, Mom.
- Mary Ann...
- Okay, okay.
- Mom, Mom.
A little old to still be sharing,
aren't they?
- I don't hear any complaints.
- No, I do.
Robbie's got a paper on the French
occupation of Algeria due Monday,
which he's yet to begin.
It would be nice if he were done
by the time we got back
so we don't have to keep
him up all night on Sunday.
- I just gotta type it up.
- No.
- You just gotta start writing it first.
- I love you, Mom.
I love you.
Listen to your father.
Oh, no shoes on the bed.
We'll be at my parents' house
in Boston,
but don't call the house line,
you know, they...
Well, the point is, I've got my cell
phone, so if anything comes up
or you have any questions,
just call me.
Believe it or not, I can handle it.
- Mary Ann.
It's a good look for you.
You think?
Yeah.
Take care of our kids.
Mary Ann,
you got nothing to worry about.
Listen, you tell your mom that
Ray sends his love and kisses.
Right. She'll love that.
The Ukraine,
a country of some 52 million people,
is in almost total blackness tonight,
in the wake of a series
of catastrophic proportion,
approximately 4 a. m. Local time.
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