Independence Day (1996)
The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.
145 min
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.
- Release date
- September 19, 1996
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $75,000,000
- Box office
- $817,400,891
Trailer
Cast
- Will Smith as Capt. Steven Hiller
- Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore
- Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson
- Mary McDonnell as Marilyn Whitmore
- Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson
- Robert Loggia as General William Grey
- Randy Quaid as Russell Casse
- Margaret Colin as Constance Spano
- James Rebhorn as Albert Nimziki
- Harvey Fierstein as Marty Gilbert
Crew
- Roland Emmerich · Director
- Dean Devlin · Writer
- Roland Emmerich · Writer
- Dean Devlin · Producer
- David Arnold · Composer
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub · Cinematographer
- David Brenner · Editor
- Wendy Kurtzman · Casting director
- Oliver Scholl · Production designer
- Patrick Tatopoulos · Production designer