Independence Day (movie)

Independence Day is a 1996 Americann science fiction movie about an attempted alien takeover of the earth. The movie features several scenes of major American landmarks being destroyed by the aliens, such as the Empire State Building and the White House.

Table of contents

1 Criticism 2 Facts and figures 3 Cast 4 Depicted locations 5 External links

Criticism

Whilst a commercial success, it was ridiculed by some critics for the plot (which involved causing the aliens' high-tech computers to malfunction by infecting them with a simple virus written on an Apple Macintosh), and poor acting. Many people outside the United States (and some within) also derided the film for what was viewed as calculated pandering to excessive American nationalistic sentiment.

Facts and figures

• Released in 1996.
• 145 minutes long
• Directed by: Roland Emmerich
• Written by: Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich
• Original music by: David Arnold
• Produced by: 20th Century Fox Centropolis Film Productions
• Distributed by: 20th Century Fox.

Cast

• Jeff Goldblum - David Levinson
• Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore
• Will Smith - Captain Steven 'Eagle' Hiller
• James Duval - Miguel Casse
• Vivica A. Fox - Jasmine Dubrow
• Judd Hirsch - Julius Levinson
• Mary McDonnell - First Lady Marilyn Whitmore
• Randy Quaid - Russell Casse
• Brent Spiner - Dr. Brakish Okun

Depicted locations

• Area 51
• El Toro Marine Corps Air Station
• Los Angeles
• New York City
• Washington, D.C

External links

• Independence Day on sciflicks.com
• Internet Movie Database entry