Independence Day

Synopsis

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.

Directed by

Roland Emmerich

Written by

Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

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

James Duval

Miguel

Vivica A. Fox

Jasmine Dubrow

Lisa Jakub

Alicia

Ross Bagley

Dylan

Details

Released

June 25, 1996