Independence Day
movie

The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.
Released June 25, 1996
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.
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 Nimzicki

Harvey Fierstein
as
Marty Gilbert

Adam Baldwin
as
Major Mitchell

Brent Spiner
as
Dr. Brackish Okun
Crew

Karl Walter Lindenlaub
as
Director of Photography

Gino Acevedo
as
Special Effects

David Brenner
as
Editor
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William James Teegarden
as
Art Direction

Roland Emmerich
as
Screenplay

David Arnold
as
Original Music Composer

Oliver Scholl
as
Production Design

Patrick Tatopoulos
as
Production Design

Dean Devlin
as
Screenplay
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Jim Erickson
as
Set Decoration

Dean Devlin
as
Producer
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Victor Abbene
as
Visual Effects