Will Smith
.. as Captain Steven Hiller

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Bill Pullman
.. as President Thomas J. Whitmore

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Jeff Goldblum
.. as David Levinson

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Mary McDonnell
.. as First Lady Marilyn Whitmore

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Judd Hirsch
.. as Julius Levinson

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Robert Loggia
.. as General William Grey

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Randy Quaid
.. as Russell Casse

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Margaret Colin
.. as Constance Spano

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Vivica A. Fox
.. as Jasmine Dubrow

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James Rebhorn
.. as Albert Nimzicki

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Harvey Fierstein
.. as Marty Gilbert

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Adam Baldwin
.. as Major Mitchell

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Brent Spiner
.. as Dr. Brackish Okun

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James Duval
.. as Miguel Casse

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Lisa Jakub
.. as Alicia Casse

Directors	Roland Emmerich
Release Date (U.S.)	Wed 3 Jul 1996 (14 years ago)
Runtime (U.S.)	145 min
Genres	Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Tagline	We've always believed we weren't alone. Pretty soon, we'll wish we were.
Plot	On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles, and Washington. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day...

(Won) Oscar, Best Effects, Visual Effects
Academy Awards, USA, 1997

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(Nominated) Oscar, Best Sound
Academy Awards, USA, 1997

Mars Attacks!

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Transformers

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2012

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The Transformers: The Movie

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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

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