Independence Day 1996

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 138 min

genre: science fiction

theme: science fiction action

director: Roland Emmerich

Score: 7 / 10

Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. It 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.

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author	Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich
award	Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss Satellite Award for Best Editing Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects Saturn Award for Best Director Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
contentLocation	California Houston Los Angeles New York City Washington, D.C.
director	Roland Emmerich
editor	David Brenner
events	alien invasion aviation extraterrestrial life Roswell incident
genre	action adventure science fiction
keywords	air force one alien abduction area 51 around the world beam black knights fighter squadron capture claim computer virus crop duster defense secretary directed-energy weapons first lady first lady of the united states force field force fields fourth of july grand canyon independence day injured july 4 kill laptop leave marine corps air station el toro mcas el toro military base mojave desert morse code mothership natural resources nuclear missile operating system oval office planetary civilization powerbook 5300 president president of the united states psychic refugee camp retire roswell roswell ufo incident secret service shore leave single father survive telepathically telepathy u.s. marine u.s. military ufo conspiracy ufo conspiracy theory united states marine corps united states secret service united states secretary of defense us military virus vmfa-314 wash white house communications director
musicBy	David Arnold
nomination	Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Visual Effects BAFTA Award for Best Sound BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance MTV Movie Award for Best Movie Satellite Award for Best Editing Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
producer	Dean Devlin
productionCompany	Centropolis Entertainment
publisher	20th Century Fox
recordedAt	Bonneville Salt Flats Colorado Colorado Springs Iceland Los Angeles National Radio Astronomy Observatory New Jersey New Mexico New York City Pittsburgh Reykjavík Utah Wendover Airport
theme	disaster extraterrestrial life monster movie science fiction action science fiction adventure science fiction war