Independence Day
Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin, and stars an ensemble cast that consists of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein. The film focuses on disparate groups of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by a powerful extraterrestrial race. With the other people of the world, they launch a counterattack on July 4—Independence Day in the United States.
Plot
On July 2, 1996, an extraterrestrial mothership enters Earth's orbit and deploys saucers (each in diameter) over major cities worldwide, including New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Awards
Cast
- Adam Baldwin
- Andrew Keegan
- Anthony Crivello
- Barry Nolan
- Bill Pullman
- Bill Smitrovich
- Bob Friend
- Bobby Hosea
- Brent Spiner
- Carlos Lacámara
- Christine Devine
- Dan Lauria
- Daren Dochterman
- David Pressman
- Dean Devlin
- Derek Webster
- Devon Gummersall
- Eleanor Clift
- Erick Avari
- Ernie Anastos
- Frank Novak
- Frank Welker
- Fred Barnes
- George Putnam
- Giuseppe Andrews
- Greg Collins
- Harry Connick Jr.
- Harvey Fierstein
- Jack Germond
- James Duval
- James Rebhorn
- Jana Marie Hupp
- Jay Acovone
- Jeff Goldblum
- Jeff Phillips
- Jeffrey Gold
- Jerry Dunphy
- Jessika Cardinahl
- Jim Piddock
- John Bennett Perry
- John Bradley
- John Capodice
- John McLaughlin
- Joyce Cohen
- Judd Hirsch
- Julie Moran
- Kevin Cooney
- Kiersten Warren
- Kimberly Beck
- Kristof Konrad
- Leland Orser
- Levan Uchaneishvili
- Lisa Jakub
- Lyman Ward
- Mae Whitman
- Malcolm Danare
- Margaret Colin
- Mark Fite
- Mark Thompson
- Mary McDonnell
- Morton Kondracke
- Nectar Rose
- Pat Skipper
- Peter J. Lucas
- Rance Howard
- Randy Oglesby
- Randy Quaid
- Raphael Sbarge
- Robert Loggia
- Robert Pine
- Ron Pitts
- Ross Bagley
- Sayed Badreya
- Sharon Tay
- Steve Giannelli
- Tadao Tomomatsu
- Thom Barry
- Thomas F. Duffy
- Tim Kelleher
- Tracey Walter
- Vivica A. Fox
- Volker Engel
- Wayne Wilderson
- Wendy Walsh
- Will Smith