Independence Day (1996)
Directed by Roland Emmerich
“The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.”
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction · 2h 25m
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.
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
Harvey Fierstein
Marty Gilbert
Adam Baldwin
Major Mitchell
Brent Spiner
Dr. Brackish Okun
Crew
- Director
- Roland Emmerich
- Screenplay
- Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich
- Director of Photography
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Original Music Composer
- David Arnold
- Editor
- David Brenner
- Producer
- Dean Devlin
Details
- Release date
- 1996-07-02
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox, Centropolis Entertainment
- Budget
- $75,000,000
- Box office
- $817,400,891