Action ·Adventure ·Science Fiction · United States of America · 1996 · 2h 25m

Independence Day

Independence Day poster
Director
Roland Emmerich
Cast
Will Smith as Capt. Steven Hiller Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson Mary McDonnell as Marilyn Whitmore Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson Robert Loggia as General William Grey
Crew
Karl Walter Lindenlaub — Director of Photography David Brenner — Editor David Arnold — Original Music Composer Dean Devlin — Screenplay Roland Emmerich — Screenplay Dean Devlin — Producer
Tagline

The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Independence Day — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
spacecraftshowdownindependencepatriotismcountdowninvasionalienufoextraterrestrialcreaturebattlealien invasion
Key Collaborators
Roland Emmerich Director Karl Walter Lindenlaub Director of Photography David Brenner Editor David Arnold Original Music Composer Dean Devlin Screenplay Roland Emmerich Screenplay Dean Devlin Producer Oliver Scholl Production Design Patrick Tatopoulos Production Design Joseph A. Porro Costume Design
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