Independence Day
- Release Date
- June 25, 1996
- Director
- Roland Emmerich
- Cast
- Will Smith , Bill Pullman , Jeff Goldblum , Mary McDonnell , Judd Hirsch , Robert Loggia
- Runtime
- 145
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Dean Devlin , Roland Emmerich
- Tagline
- Earth. Take a good look. It could be your last.
Summary
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.
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