Independence Day

Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
PG-13
2h 25m

When massive alien spacecraft appear over Earth's major cities on July 2, 1996, disparate groups converge in the Nevada desert to mount a desperate counterattack. A Marine pilot, a satellite technician, the President, and various civilians discover the aliens' weakness and unite to launch a coordinated defense on July 4th.

Released: 1996-07-03

Director: Roland Emmerich

Screenplay: Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich

Producer: Dean Devlin

Editor: David Brenner

Cinematography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Music: David Arnold

Production: Centropolis Entertainment

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

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Characters

Captain Steven Hiller Will Smith
President Thomas J. Whitmore Bill Pullman
David Levinson Jeff Goldblum
Marilyn Whitmore Mary McDonnell
Julius Levinson Judd Hirsch
Constance Spano Margaret Colin
Russell Casse Randy Quaid
General William Grey Robert Loggia
Jasmine Dubrow Vivica A. Fox
Albert Nimzicki James Rebhorn
Marty Gilbert Harvey Fierstein