Independence Day

Science Fiction, Action

Will Smith	Captain Steven Hiller
Margaret Colin	Constance Spano
Vivica A. Fox	Jasmine Dubrow
Jeff Goldblum	David Levinson
Judd Hirsch	Julius Levinson
Robert Loggia	General William M. Grey
Mary McDonnell	First Lady Marilyn Whitmore
Bill Pullman	President Thomas J. Whitmore
Randy Quaid	Russell Casse
James Rebhorn	Albert Nimziki
Adam Baldwin	Major Mitchell
James Duval	Miguel Casse
Harvey Fierstein	Marty Gilbert
Lisa Jakub	Alicia Casse

Director	Roland Emmerich
Producer	Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich
Writer	Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich
Cinematography	Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Musician	David Arnold

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 the a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space in order to plant a nuclear missile.