Independence Day

– On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shape..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 25 Minutes
Release Year:
1996
Independence Day (1996)

On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.

Independence Day (1996) - Trailer

Release Date:

03 Jul 1996

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writer:

Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

Main Actors:

Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell

Plot:

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 Independence Day...

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 34 wins & 34 nominations.

Production:

20th Century Fox

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
Metacritic:
59%