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Independence Day [1996]
InIndependence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight with
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a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials.Independence Dayis the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich,Independence Dayis a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh
Independence Day [1996]
InIndependence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight with
... more
a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials.Independence Dayis the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich,Independence Dayis a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh
Independence Day [1996]
In Independence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight
... more
with a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials. Independence Day is the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day is a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh
Independence Day [1996]
InIndependence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight with
... more
a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials.Independence Dayis the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich,Independence Dayis a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh
Independence Day [1996]
In Independence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight
... more
with a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials. Independence Day is the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day is a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh
Independence Day [1996]
In Independence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight
... more
with a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials. Independence Day is the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day is a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh
a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials.Independence Dayis the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich,Independence Dayis a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel.-- Tom Keogh
Independence Day Review ofIndependence Day (Special Edition)by
kitchy1989
Advantages: Good al round comedy Disadvantages: The film seems to drag out could of done with a little more editting parts out.
An Oscar winning alien invasion film containing Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum. Released in 1996.
I thought that it was a quite entertaining film with a fair bit of action and a good bit of comedy as well. The only bad point I have to say is that it the film does seem to run for a bit long and you feel the time pass.
Basically the film is a comedy alien invasion movie and science fiction movie. It also has quite a few stars, not the biggest names but ...
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Advantages: Great Acting Disadvantages: Need the Big Screen
...It is a good film, it has a solid story line and good acting. Sometimes, with regard to plot, the writers do get a little excited. But one is willing to overlook certain facts such as a firestorm would occur when the Spacecrafts enter the atmosphere, because otherwise there would be no story line at all.
I, personally, love conspiracy things and "cover-ups" and the part where they go to area 51 really got my heart going.
The cast, throughout provide solid performances and some of the characters were very credible indeed. The special effects are good too but to be honest you cannot beat the big screen when it comes to block-busters like this. But the DVD does not make a shoddy effort of this, by no stretch of the imagination.
The story covers what essentially amounts to a space invasion by some awesomely technologically advanced aliens...
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Advantages: Brilliant effects Disadvantages: A bit too long
...!!! The film is fast paced and will leave you feeling breathless. The special effects are amongst the best i have ever seen in a film to date and the acting is brilliant.
The DVD is packed with extras such as commentaries, outtakes and interviews. Highly recommended!!!...
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Advantages: Superb film stars Will Smith Disadvantages: None that i can think of
...The stars in the film are: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margeret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn and Harvey Fierstein.
Director Roland Emmerich.
Certificate 12
Independenceday is about a signal found coming from the moon and the US army have gone up to find what it is and have come across an alien ship and start firing at it but doesn't work.
The character that Will Smith plays finds out about sector 52 and wants to know what it is and finds out its a alien ship like the one that the big alien mother ship has got. The alien ship sends some of its little ships to fire at earth and Will Smith gets in a ship and brings one of the alien ships down and drags the alien to the nearest army base.
Will Smith meets this intelligent man who is good with computers and lets the army know...
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Actor(s): 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(s): Roland Emmerich
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Classification: 12 years and over
Production Year: 1996
Running Time: 2 hours 19 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: 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.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Release date: 06/03/2006
No of Discs: 2
Catalogue No: 0414701034
Editor: David Brenner
Barcode: 5039036026482
Production Designer: Patrick Tatopoulos, Oliver Scholl
Screenwriter: Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin
Composer: David Arnold
Executive Producer: Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich
Director of Photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Producer: Dean Devlin, Peter Winther, Ute Emmerich, Roland Emmerich, Lincoln D. Hiatt, William Fay
Author: Roland Emmerich
Costume Designer: Joseph A. Porro
DVD Description
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.
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Special Features: Original Theatrical Trailer, TV Spots, Featurettes CREATING REALITY The Making Of Independence Day, HBO FIRST LOOK, ID4 INVASION Mockumentary, Alternative Ending, Stills Gallery, Storyboards, Production Stills
Sound: DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound: DTS 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 English
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