EMDB > All Movies > I > Independence Day
bar orange to black
Independence Day (1996)  link to Independence Day on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 307

cover Independence Day

IMDb Rating:
starstarstarstarstarstarstarstarstarstar
7.0/10 (463.9K votes)

Also known as: ID4 (USA)

Country: United States, 145 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director(s): Roland Emmerich

Storyline:
On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their ...

Cast:

Will Smith Capt. Steven Hiller
Bill Pullman President Thomas J. Whitmore
Jeff Goldblum David Levinson
Mary McDonnell Marilyn Whitmore
Judd Hirsch Julius Levinson

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Large Folder Page 8

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1