Overview:
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.| Status: | Released (1996-06-25) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 35 wins & 35 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $306,169,268 |
| Screen: | Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox, Centropolis Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 2888: Will Smith - Capt. Steven Hiller
- 8984: Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore
- 4785: Jeff Goldblum - David Levinson
- 1581: Mary McDonnell - Marilyn Whitmore
- 6167: Judd Hirsch - Julius Levinson
- 1162: Robert Loggia - General William Grey
- 1811: Randy Quaid - Russell Casse
Crews
- 8677: Karl Walter Lindenlaub - Director of Photography - Camera
- 8683: Victor Abbene - Visual Effects - Visual Effects
- 6046: Roland Emmerich - Screenplay - Writing
- 6489: David Arnold - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 8678: Oliver Scholl - Production Design - Art
- 6046: Roland Emmerich - Director - Directing
- 6051: David Brenner - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Kamurai
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Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. It's Will Smith fighting invading aliens, and Jeff Goldblum being almost annoyingly smart. The alien aspect of the movie and the story are all great, but there is also a lot of humanizing scenes to keep the audience remin ....
Continue reading ->The Movie Mob
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**Disaster or alien movie (possibly even action movie) - it just doesn't get better than Independence Day! This 1996 sci-fi action blockbuster is one of the greatest of all time!** When you watch the mega-blockbusters of the 1990s and compare them to each other, it is easy to forg ....
Continue reading ->Andre Gonzales
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Very good movie. Funny as well with plenty of action. As they try to save the world from an alien invasion.
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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If you like your sci-fi full of gung-ho machismo then this one ought to cut the mustard. On the face of it, it is quite an engaging story of mankind uniting in the face of overwhelming odds - a sort of blitz spirit. There to save us all from the pending oblivion is Bill Pullman as th ....
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