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Independence Day (1996 movie)

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Independence Day
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Directed byRoland Emmerich
Written by
Produced byDean Devlin
Starring
CinematographyKarl Walter Lindenlaub
Edited byDavid Brenner
Music byDavid Arnold
Production
companies
20th Century Fox
Centropolis Entertainment
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • June 25, 1996 (1996-06-25) (Mann Plaza Theater)
  • July 3, 1996 (1996-07-03) (United States)
Running time
144 minutes[1]
153 minutes (extended cut)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million[2]
Box office$817.4 million[2]

Independence Day is a 1996 American science fiction action movie[2][3] directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and the film's producer Dean Devlin, and starring an ensemble cast that consists of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Adam Baldwin, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein. The film focuses on disparate groups of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by a powerful extraterrestrial race. With the other people of the world, they launch a counterattack on July 4—Independence Day in the United States.

While promoting Stargate in Europe, Emmerich conceived the film while answering a question about his belief in the existence of alien life. Devlin and Emmerich decided to incorporate a large-scale attack having noticed that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in outer space only to remain hidden when reaching Earth. Shooting began on July 28, 1995, in New York City, and the film was completed on October 8, 1995.

Considered a significant turning point in the history of the Hollywood blockbuster, Independence Day was at the forefront of the large-scale disaster movie and sci-fi resurgence of the mid-late 1990s. It was released worldwide on July 3, 1996, by 20th Century Fox, but began showing on July 2 (the same day the film's story begins) in original release as a result of a high level of anticipation among moviegoers. The film received positive reviews. It grossed over $817.4 million worldwide,[2] becoming the highest-grossing film of 1996 and the second-highest-grossing film ever at the time, behind Jurassic Park (1993). The film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound.[4]

The sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, was released 20 years later on June 24, 2016, as part of a planned series of films.

References

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  1. ↑ "INDEPENDENCE DAY (12)". British Board of Film Classification. July 21, 1996. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016. Approved Running time 144m 37s
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Independence Day (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  3. ↑ Yarlagadda, Tara (February 18, 2022). "The best sci-fi action movie on HBO Max reveals a real interstellar threat". Inverse. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Oscar night: Fashion world's moment in sun". The Orlando Sentinel. March 25, 1997. p. 4. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. open access publication – free to read

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