Independence Day

Rating: 6/10 Action Adventure Science Fiction

Release Year: 1996 Language: en

Overview

On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.

Cast Members

Will Smith as Capt. Steven Hiller Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson Mary McDonnell as Marilyn Whitmore Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson Robert Loggia as General William Grey Randy Quaid as Russell Casse Margaret Colin as Constance Spano James Rebhorn as Albert Nimzicki Harvey Fierstein as Marty Gilbert Adam Baldwin as Major Mitchell Brent Spiner as Dr. Brackish Okun James Duval as Miguel Vivica A. Fox as Jasmine Dubrow Lisa Jakub as Alicia Ross Bagley as Dylan Mae Whitman as Patricia Whitmore Bill Smitrovich as Captain Watson Kiersten Warren as Tiffany Harry Connick Jr. as Capt. Jimmy Wilder Giuseppe Andrews as Troy John Storey as Dr. Isaacs Frank Novak as Teddy Devon Gummersall as Philip Leland Orser as Techy / Med Asst #1 Mirron E. Willis as Aide Ross Lacy as Aide David Pressman as Whitmore's Aide Vivian Palermo as Tech / Med Asst Raphael Sbarge as Commander / Tech Bobby Hosea as Commanding Officer Dan Lauria as Commanding Officer Steve Giannelli as Radar Tech Eric Paskel as Radar Tech Carlos Lacámara as Radar Operator John Bennett Perry as Secret Serviceman Troy Willis as Secret Serviceman Tim Kelleher as Technician Wayne Wilderson as Area 51 Technician Jay Acovone as Area 51 Guard James Wong as SETI Tech One Thom Barry as SETI Tech Two Jana Marie Hupp as SETI Tech Three Matt Pashkow as Second Officer Robert Pine as Chief of Staff Marisa Johnston as Co-Worker #2 Michael Winther as Co-Worker #3 Warren Dexter Beatty as Co-Worker #4 Paul LeClair as Co-Worker #5 Michael Vacca as Lt. Peterson David Channell as Secret Service Agent John Capodice as Mario Greg Collins as Military Aide Derek Webster as Sky Crane Pilot Mark Fite as Pilot Eric Neal Newman as Pilot Levan Uchaneishvili as Russian Pilot Kristof Konrad as Russian Pilot Kevin Sifuentes as Tank Commander Elston Ridgle as Soldier Randy Oglesby as Mechanic Jack Moore as Mechanic Barry Del Sherman as Street Preacher Lyman Ward as Secret Service Guy Anthony Crivello as Lincoln Richard Speight Jr. as Ed Barbara Beck as Monica Soloway Joe Fowler as Reporter Andrew Warne as Reporter Sharon Tay as Reporter Peter J. Lucas as Russian Reporter Yelena Danova as Russian Newscaster Johnny Kim as Korean Newscaster Vanessa J. Wells as Newscaster Jessika Cardinahl as German Video Newscaster Gary W. Cruz as Video Newscaster Ron Pitts as Video Newscaster Wendy L. Walsh as Video Newscaster Christine Devine as Video Newscaster Mark Thompson as Video Newscaster Ernie Anastos as Rex Black / NY Newscaster Kevin Cooney as Atlantic Air CINC Rance Howard as Chaplain Nelson Mashita as Japanese Tech Jeff Phillips as B-2 Pilot Sayed Badreya as Arab Pilot Adam Tomei as Sailor John Bradley as Lucas Kimberly Beck as Housewife Thomas F. Duffy as Lieutenant Andrew Keegan as Older Boy Jon Matthews as Thomson Jim Piddock as Reginald Frederic W. Barnes as Self Eleanor Clift as Self Jerry Dunphy as Self Jack Germond as Self Morton Kondracke as Self John McLaughlin as Himself Barry Nolan as Self George Putnam as Self Eric Michael Zee as Northridge Field Reporter Pat Skipper as Redneck Carlos Lara as Farmer Kid Mike Monteleone as Butler Lee Strauss as Elvis Fanatic Lisa Star as Woman on Roof Malcolm Danare as Intellectual on Roof Arthur Brooks as Trucker on Roof Michael Moertl as Thief James J. Joyce as Master C. P. O. Joyce Cohen as Kim Peters (Reporter) Julie Moran as Entertainment Tonight Reporter Robin Groth as Flagstaff News Anchor Richard Pachorek as LAPD Helicopter Pilot Dakota as Boomer Gary A. Hecker as Alien Vocal Effects (voice) Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects (voice)