Movie Details

Title

Independence Day

Overview

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.

Runtime

2 h 25 min

Release Date

25 June 1996

Actors

Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, Adam Baldwin, James Duval, Lisa Jakub, Giuseppe Andrews, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, Kiersten Warren, John Storey, Frank Novak, Devon Gummersall, Leland Orser, Mirron E. Willis, Ross Lacy, David Pressman, Raphael Sbarge, Bobby Hosea, Dan Lauria, Steve Giannelli, Eric Paskel, Carlos Lacámara, John Bennett Perry, Troy Willis, Tim Kelleher, Wayne Wilderson, Jay Acovone, Jana Marie Hupp, Robert Pine, David Channell, John Capodice, Greg Collins, Derek Webster, Mark Fite, Levan Uchaneishvili, Kristof Konrad, Kevin Sifuentes, Elston Ridgle, Randy Oglesby, Jack Moore, Barry Del Sherman, Lyman Ward, Anthony Crivello, Richard Speight Jr., Joe Fowler, Sharon Tay, Peter J. Lucas, Yelena Danova, Johnny Kim, Vanessa J. Wells, Sayed Badreya, Adam Tomei, John Bradley, Kimberly Beck, Andrew Keegan, Jim Piddock, Pat Skipper, Erick Avari, Brent Spiner, James Wong, Frank Welker, Harvey Fierstein, Malcolm Danare

Certification

PG-13

Genres

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

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