Independence Day (1996)

06/25/1996 (US) • 2h 25m

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

Will Smith

Capt. Steven Hiller

Bill Pullman

President Thomas J. Whitmore

Jeff Goldblum

David Levinson

Mary McDonnell

Marilyn Whitmore

Judd Hirsch

Julius Levinson

Robert Loggia

General William Grey

Randy Quaid

Russell Casse

Margaret Colin

Constance Spano

James Rebhorn

Albert Nimzicki


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Part of the Independence Day Collection

Includes Independence Day, Independence Day: Resurgence

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$75,000,000.00

Revenue

$817,400,891.00

Keywords

spacecraft

showdown

independence

patriotism

countdown

invasion

alien

ufo

extraterrestrial

creature

battle

alien invasion

world domination

area 51

human vs alien

good versus evil

suspenseful

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