Independence Day poster
Director Roland Emmerich
Screenplay Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin

Independence Day

Tagline: The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered.

Release Date: 1996-06-25

Duration: 145 minutes

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 July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

Casting

  • Will Smith
    Capt. Steven Hiller
  • Mae Whitman
    Patricia Whitmore
  • Gary A. Hecker
    Alien Vocal Effects (voice)
  • Mary McDonnell
    Marilyn Whitmore
  • Jeff Goldblum
    David Levinson
  • Bill Pullman
    President Thomas J. Whitmore
  • John Bennett Perry
    Secret Serviceman
  • Adam Baldwin
    Major Mitchell
  • Frank Welker
    Special Vocal Effects (voice)
  • Dan Lauria
    Commanding Officer