Independence Day

Theatrical - Wide 1996-07-03

Cast Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary McDonnell Judd Hirsch Margaret Colin Randy Quaid Robert Loggia James Rebhorn Harvey Fierstein Harry Connick Jr. Vivica Fox James Duval Brent Spiner
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Written by Dean Devlin Roland Emmerich

Genres: Sci-Fi

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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... See more 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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