independence day on dvd
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| 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. |
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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 "The 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 a full-frontal assault on the spaceships. However, their success (and the fate of the world) depends on David, who is attempting to disarm the aliens' mothership -- in a most unusual way.
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Stars: Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Margaret Colin, Judd Hirsch, Randy Quaid, Vivica A. Fox, Mary McDonnell, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein, Robert Loggia, Harry Connick |
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Director: Roland Emmerich |
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Editor: David Brenner |
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Composer: David Arnold |
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Rating: PG-13 (MPAA) |
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Format: DVD |
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Year Released: n/a |
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Run Time: 153 min |
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Audio: Dolby Surround AC-3, Digital, AC3, THX |
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Video: Digitally Mastered |
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Version: Letter Boxed, Closed Captioned |
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Color: Color |
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Notes: Widescreen Special Edition |
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Originally Released: 1996 |
Notes: Released theatrically in the USA Tuesday July 2, 1996.
Color by DeLuxe; in Super 35 Panavision widescreen; digitally mastered in THX.
"Independence Day" earned $100 million at the box office in just seven days -- which is faster than any other film ever made.
Additional cast: Ross Bagley (Dylan).
Additional credits: Pamela Klamer and Julia Levine (set design); Terry Clotiaux (visual effects producer); Joseph Viskocil (miniature pyrotechnics/mechanical effects supervisor); Michael Joyce (model shop supervisor); Peter Winther (associate producer) and Jonathan Taylor (second unit camera). |
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