Stars:
Will Smith,
Bill Pullman,
Mary McDonnell,
Judd Hirsch,
Margaret Colin,
Randy Quaid,
Robert Loggia,
Jeff Goldblum,
Harvey Fierstein,
Harry Connick Jr.,
James Rebhorn,
Vivica A. Fox,
Harvey Fierstein
Director:
Roland Emmerich
Summary: Aliens arrive without warning and hover over the world's most important cities, creating global panic. A handful of plucky Americans attempt to devise a strategy against the invaders. On July 4th, their risky plan is put into effect, as dozens of fighter pilots wage an assault on the spaceships.
With a 71 million dollar budget and mind-blowing special effects, INDEPENDENCE DAY is a grand, high-tech throwback to such films of the 1950s as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and WAR OF THE WORLDS. Here, aliens, in numerous gargantuan spaceships, arrive without warning and hover over the world's most important cities, creating global panic. The nasty visitors use death rays to blow New York, Washington D.C, and Los Angeles to smithereens. A handful of plucky Americans, including the Clinton-esque President, a gung-ho fighter pilot and a computer geek named David, attempt to devise a strategy against the invaders. On July 4th, their risky plan is put into effect, as dozens of fighter pilots (including the President) wage an assault on the spaceships. However, their success (and the fate of the world) depends on David, who is attempting to disarm the aliens's mothership.