Independence Day
- Director: Roland Emmerich
- Writer: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich
- Producer: Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich
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Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom.
Cast & Characters
Will Smith as Captain Steven Hiller;
Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore;
Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson;
Mary McDonnell as First Lady Marilyn Whitmore;
Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson;
Robert Loggia as General William Grey;
Randy Quaid as Russell Casse;
Margaret Colin as Constance Spano;
Vivica A. Fox as Jasmine Dubrow;
James Rebhorn as Albert Nimzicki;
Harvey Fierstein as Marty Gilbert;
Adam Baldwin as Major Mitchell;
Brent Spiner as Dr. Brackish Okun;
James Duval as Miguel Casse;
Lisa Jakub as Alicia Casse