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Independence Day (Widescreen)

Features: DVD, Widescreen, Additional Footage, Commentary, Special Edition

One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors, uniting for one last strike against the invaders--before it's the end of mankind.

"ID4 is undeniably fun."  New York Magazine
"Full of noise and color and excitement."  New York Post
"Be ready to be boggled by the blockbuster that beats all others by a light year!"  The News Tribune

Editor's Note

With a $71 million 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 (Bill Pullman), a gung-ho fighter pilot (Will Smith) and a computer geek named David (Jeff Goldblum), 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.

Plot Summary

INDEPENDENCE DAY is a pyrotechnic, futuristic, disaster, action mondo-adventure about aliens attacking Earth and humans giving them the big boot. When mountain-sized flying saucers open fire on the world's cities, a ragtag band of colorful characters sets out to bring the alien critters to their pseudopodic knees. Borrowing liberally from science fiction classics like WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and a host of disaster movies from TOWERING INFERNO to METEOR, ID4 maintains a mindless mission to entertain with dazzling special effects and unabashed feel-good charm. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound, Best Visual Effects. Academy Awards: Best Visual Effects.

Features

	Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Surround; French Dolby Digital Surround
	Subtitles: English, Spanish
	Includes Both The Special Edition, With Nine Minutes Of Restored Footage, Plus The Original Theatrical Version
	Scene-Specific Commentary By Roland Emmerich And Dean Devlin
	Commentary By Oscar-Winning Special Effects Supervisors Volker Engel And Doug Smith

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Foxvideo
	Release Date: 6/12/2007
	Running Time: 153 minutes
	Original Release Date: 1996
	Catalog ID: 2003668
	UPC: 00024543036685
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed
	Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	2.35:1

Cast & Crew

	Bill Pullman
	Harvey Fierstein
	James Rehborn
	Jeff Goldblum
	Judd Hirsch
	Margaret Colin
	Mary McDonnell
	Randy Quaid
	Robert Loggia
	Will Smith
	Roland Emmerich - Director
	Karl Walter Lindenlaub - Director of Photography
	William Fay - Executive Producer
	Roland Emmerich - Executive Producer
	Ute Emmerich - Executive Producer
	David Arnold - Musical Score
	Dean Devlin - Producer
	Douglas Smith - Visual Effects
	Volker Engel - Visual Effects
	Dean Devlin - Writer
	Roland Emmerich - Writer

Awards


Oscar (1997)
	Volker Engel, et al., Winner, Best Visual Effects
	Bob Beemer, et al., Nominee, Best Sound

British Academy Awards (1997)
	Volker Engel, et al., Nominee, Best Achievement In Special Visual Effects
	Bob Beemer, et al., Nominee, Best Sound

MTV Award (1997)
	Vivica A. Fox, Will Smith, Winner, Best Kiss
	Vivica A. Fox, Nominee, Best Breakthrough Performance
	Will Smith, Nominee, Best Male Performance

Memorable Quotes

"You know how I'm always trying to save the planet? Well, here's my chance." ---- David Levinson (JEFF GOLDBLUM)

"What's the rush? You think we'll get to Washington, it won't be there?" ---- Julius Levinson (JUDD HIRSCH), to his son, David Levinson (JEFF GOLDBLUM), while the two frantically drive to the capital city.

"Welcome to Earth." ---- Capt. Steven Hiller (Will Smith), after punching the daylights out of an alien who has crash--landed in Arizona.