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Independence Day

ID4

1996

Roland Emmerich
Director

Re-release for Roland Emmerich's not-so-cunningly reworked version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Ludicrous but a great action flick, buoyed by Will Smith's infectious charm.
-The Sloth

No, it's not original. The characters and their stereotypes are all meshuggah, and the science equally so. There are enough tropes in it's two-plus hours ot fill an entire website describing them. But it all comes together, and if you don't cheer at the end, you are missing a vital link in your movie DNA.
-Dave Wright

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3rd July 1996
Cinema






9th August 1996
Cinema





Independence Day (2-Disc Special Edition/ Widescreen)
27th June 2000
DVD



145 mins
2.35:1


4th December 2007
Blu-Ray



147 mins
2.35:1


7th June 2016
4K





Will Smith
Captain Steve Hiller
Bill Pullman
President Thomas J. Whitmore
Jeff Goldblum
David Levinson
Mary McDonnell
First Lady Marilyn Whitmore
Judd Hirsch
Julius Levinson
Robert Loggia
General William Gray,
Chairman Joint Chiefs
Randy Quaid
Russell Casse
Margaret Colin
Constance Spano,
White House Communications Director
Vivica A. Fox
Jasmine Dubrow
James Rebhorn
Albert Nimzicki,
Secretary of Defense
Harvey Fierstein
Marty Gilbert
Adam Baldwin
Major Mitchell
Brent Spiner
Dr. Brakish Okun
James Duval
Miguel Casse
Lisa Jakub
Alicia Casse
Giuseppe Andrews
Troy Casse
Ross Bagley
Dylan Dubrow
Bill Smitrovich
Lt. Colonel Watson
Mae Whitman
Patricia Whitmore
Harry Connick Jr.
Captain Jimmy "Raven" Wilder
Kiersten Warren
Tiffany
John Storey
Dr. Isaacs
Frank Novak
Teddy
Devon Gummersall
Philip
Leland Orser
Tech / Medical Assistant #1
Mirron E. Willis
Presidential Aide
Ross Lacy
Presidential Aide
David Pressman
Alex, Presidential Aide
Vivian Palermo
Tech / Medical Assistant #2
Raphael Sbarge
Captain, Chief Ground Controller
Bobby Hosea
Major Danowitz (according to credits)
(Col. Harper according to what's onscreen)
Dan Lauria
Commanding Officer, Space Command
Steve Giannelli
Commander, USS Georgia
(listed in credits as Radar Technician)
Carlos Lacamara
El Toro Radar Operator
John Bennett Perry
Secret Service Agent
Troy Willis
Secret Service Agent
Tim Kelleher
Senior Airman, Ground Controller
Wayne Wilderson
Area 51 Technician
Jay Acovone
Area 51 Gate Guard
James Wong
SETI Technician #1
Thom Barry
SETI Technician #2
Jana Marie Hupp
SETI Technician #3
Matt Pashkow
Second Officer in Space Command
(Major Danowitz according to script)
Robert Pine
Glenn Parness,
White House Chief of Staff
Marisa Johnston
Co-Worker #2 (as Marisa Morell)
Michael Winther
Co-Worker #3
Dexter Warren
Co-Worker #4
Paul LeClair
Co-Worker #5
Michael Vacca
Lieutenant Peterson
David Chanel
Secret Service Agent
John Capodice
Mario
Greg Collins
Military Aide
Derek Webster
Sky Crane Pilot
Mark Fite
Marine Fighter Pilot
Eric Neal Newman
Pilot
Levan Uchaneishvili
Russian Pilot
Kristof Konrad
Russian Pilot
Kevin Sifuentes
Tank Commander
Elston Ridgle
Soldier Guarding Helicopter
Randy Oglesby
Mike Dodge
Jack Moore
Stoney Jackson
Barry Del Sherman
Street Preacher
Lyman Ward
Secret Service Agent
Anthony Crivello
Lincoln
Richard Speight Jr.
Ed
Barbara Beck
Monica Soloway
Joe Fowler
Reporter
Andrew Warne
Reporter
Sharon Tay
Reporter
Peter J. Lucas
Russian Reporter (as Peter Jozef Lucas)
Yelena Danova
Russian Newscaster
Johnny Kim
Korean Newscaster (as Derek Kim)
Vanessa J. Wells
Newscaster
Gary W. Cruz
Carlos Ortiz, LA Newscaster
Ron Pitts
Video Newscaster
Wendy L. Walsh
Herself
Christine Devine
Video Newscaster
Mark Thompson
Video Newscaster
Ernie Anastos
Rex Black, New York Newscaster
Kevin Cooney
Commander-in-Chief,
US Atlantic Command
Rance Howard
Chaplain
Nelson Mashita
Japanese Technician
Jeff Phillips
B-2 Pilot
Sayed Badreya
Iraqi Pilot
Adam Tomei
Sonarman, USS Georgia
John Bradley
Lucas
Kimberly Beck
Housewife
Thomas F. Duffy
Lieutenant
Andrew Keegan
Older Boy
Jon Matthews
Thomson
Jim Piddock
Reginald
Frederic W. Barnes
Himself (as Fred Barnes)
Eleanor Clift
Herself
Jerry Dunphy
Himself
Jack Germond
Himself
Morton Kondracke
Himself
John McLaughlin
Himself
Barry Nolan
Himself
George Putnam
Himself
Eric Michael Zee
Northridge Field Reporter
Pat Skipper
Redneck
Carlos Lara
Farmer Kid
Mike Monteleone
Butler
Lee Strauss
Elvis Fanatic
Lisa Star
Woman on Roof
Malcolm Danare
Intellectual on Roof
Arthur Brooks
Trucker on Roof
Michael Moertl
Thief
James J. Joyce
Master Chief Petty Officer
Joyce Cohen
Kim Peters
Julie Moran
Herself - "Entertainment Tonight" Reporter
Robin Groth
Flagstaff News Anchor
Richard Pachorek
LAPD Helicopter Pilot
Gary A. Hecker
Alien Vocal Effects (as Gary Hecker)
Frank Welker
Special Vocal Effects
Jonathan Adler
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Erick Avari
SETI Chief (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
Police Officer at White House (uncredited)
Dean Devlin
Eagle 2 Pilot (uncredited)
Daren Dochterman
British News Translator (uncredited)
Volker Engel
Man in Office (uncredited)
Bob Friend
Himself - "Sky News" Anchorman (uncredited)
Jeffrey Gold
German Fighter Pilot (uncredited)
Michael Haddad
Trailer Trash (uncredited)
Lincoln D. Hiatt
Colin Barclay (uncredited)
Jonathan Khan
Pilot (uncredited)
Darin Mangan
Staff Sergeant (uncredited)
Scott McKinley
Joint Chiefs of Staff (uncredited)
Bryan D. Moss
Israeli Fighter Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Newton
Pilot (uncredited)
Gary Pike
Helicopter Passenger (uncredited)
Darla Rae
Protestor - Omni Hotel (uncredited)
Nectar Rose
Stripper (uncredited)
Bonnie Silco
Bride (uncredited)
Tadao Tomomatsu
Big Hat Guy on Tower (uncredited)
Michael A. Valenzano
Young Pilot (uncredited)
Tracey Walter
Area 51 Lab Technician (uncredited)
James With
British Pilot (uncredited)
James Woodson
Pilot (uncredited)
Dakota
Boomer
Unknown 22068-2
AWACS Pilot
Unknown 22068-3
Area 51 Gate Guard #2
Unknown 22068-4
Asian Pilot
The White House
The White House
World Trade Center
World Trade Center

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