Independence Day
Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and the film's producer Dean Devlin, and stars an ensemble cast that consists of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein. The film focuses on disparate groups of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by a powerful extraterrestrial race. With the other people of the world, they launch a counterattack on July 4—Independence Day in the United States. While promoting Stargate in Europe, Emmerich conceived the film while answering a question about his belief in the existence of alien life. Devlin and Emmerich decided to incorporate a large-scale attack having noticed that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in outer space only to remain hidden when reaching Earth. Shooting began on July 28, 1995, in New York City, and the film was completed on October 8, 1995. Considered a significant turning point in the history of the Hollywood blockbuster, Independence Day was at the forefront of the large-scale disaster film and sci-fi resurgence of the mid-late 1990s. It was released worldwide on July 3, 1996, but began showing on July 2 (the same day the film's story begins) in original release as a result of a high level of anticipation among moviegoers. The film received mixed reviews, with praise for the performances, musical score and visual effects, but criticism for its characters. It grossed over $817.4 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1996 and the second-highest-grossing film ever at the time, behind Jurassic Park (1993). The film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. The sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, was released 20 years later on June 24, 2016, as part of a planned series of films.
Aah! That's right! That's right! Get off of me! Get off of me! That's what you get! Ha ha! Look at you! Ship all banged up! Who's the man? Huh? Who's the man? Wait until I get another plane! I'm lining all your friends up right beside you! Where you at, huh? Huh? Where you at? Welcome to Earth. Now, that's what I call a close encounter.
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See, Troy? You're feeling better already. I couldn't find anything. Everyone's packing up. They're leaving. They said there's a spaceship heading this way. We'd better leave, too, then. [Knocking] Penicillin. At least it'll help keep his fever down. Oh, thank you. It's really nice of you to help us. I wish I could do more, but we're moving out. I-I'm going with you.
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It's Air Force One, for crying out loud. Still he gets sick. Oh, boy. I don't feel so good. Look at me, huh? Like a rock. Could be bad weather, could be good weather. It doesn't matter. We could go up. We could go down. We can go back. We can go forward. We can go side to side-- What'd I say?
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We've moved as many of our forces away from our bases as possible, but we've already sustained heavy losses. I spoke with the joint chiefs when they arrived at NORAD. They agree we must launch a counteroffensive with a full nuclear strike. Over American soil? You're saying, at this point, we should sacrifice more innocent American civilians? Is that right? Sir, if we don't strike soon there may not be much of an America left to defend. Sir, they've taken out NORAD. What? It's gone, sir. My God. The vice president, joint chiefs. Mr. President, we must launch. A delay now would be more costly than when you waited to evacuate the cities. No, no. You're not going to launch nuclear weapons. You're going to kill them and us at the same time. If we fire nukes, then everybody else is going to fire them. You are a guest here. Ever hear of nuclear winter? It's the end of life as we know it. Do you hear what they're talking about? Don't even think about it. I don't have to go. It can't be allowed. Shut up! Captain, get him out of here! Hey, don't tell him to shut up! You'd all be dead now if it wasn't for my David. None of you did anything to prevent this. There was nothing we could do. We were totally unprepared for this. Aw! Don't give me unprepared. Come on,Julius. It was in the 1950s. You had that spaceship. David: Dad. Julius: Yeah, that thing that you found in New Mexico. Dad, no. Not the spaceship. Roswell. Roswell, New Mexico. Yeah. You had the spaceship, and you had the bodies. They were all locked up in a bunker. Where was that? David? In Area 51, right? Area 51. You knew then, and you did nothing.
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