Independence Day
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The Movie Masochist: A world beater is back...came German director Roland Emmerich. An end-of-the-world fetishist without peer, Emmerich gave Earth its first drubbing in 1996 with "Independence Day," an alien invasion epic seemingly created to deliver dozens of exploding city money... In this article: Roland Emmerich, The Day After Tomorrow, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Fondue, Elementary particle, Dog, Suppository, and Jason Vorhees |
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Independent.ie | 7 days ago
Apocalypse wow!
..."California is going down!" Director Emmerich certainly has a destructive streak. He had aliens blow up the White House in Independence Day (1996), flattened downtown New York in Godzilla (1998) and laid waste to LA, again, in The...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, The Book of Eli, Zombieland, The Road, The Day the Earth Stood Still, John Cusack, Recession, Global warming, and Godzilla
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
'2012' a home run with patriotic fans in China
...for China, said in a phone interview. It is unclear whether director Roland Emmerich, who also directed "The Day After Tomorrow," "Independence Day" and "Godzilla," intentionally inserted the China element to gain wider viewership on the...
In this article: China, Hollywood, Beijing, Richard Gere, Godzilla, U.S., Revenue, and God
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Kansas City Star | November 19, 2009
Scientists: Despite rumors, the world won't end in 2012
...on the Mayan calendar. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich, who's also behind the doomsday features "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Independence Day." </p><p>In the past, the scientific community hasn't responded to apocalyptic visions and...
In this article: NASA, YouTube, Roland Emmerich, The Day After Tomorrow, and Washington
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New Kerala | November 17, 2009
Roland Emmerich Plans Independence Day Sequels
Director ROLAND EMMERICH is preparing to depict the end of the world on the movie screen yet again, in sequels to INDEPENDENCE DAY. The filmmaker is currently riding high on the huge box office success of John Cusack disaster movie 2012,...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, Will Smith, Godzilla, John Cusack, and The Day After Tomorrow
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EveryJoe | November 17, 2009
More Independence Day Movies Coming?
...and Pullman can get back on track (with a decent script, of course). Honestly, I enjoyed Independence Day but I don't need to see any more of it. After all, if the world continues to be attacked on the fourth of July and we are still...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, Bill Pullman, Will Smith, and The Day After Tomorrow
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Contactmusic.com | November 16, 2009
Bill Pullman - Pullman Not Sure If Hell Be Back As Independence Day President
BILL PULLMAN - PULLMAN NOT SURE IF HE'LL BE BACK AS INDEPENDENCE DAY PRESIDENT Caption: Bill Pullman (Picture) Preview for 'Oleanna' on Broadway at John Golden Theatre - Stage Door New York City, USA .... PULLMAN NOT SURE IF HE'LL BE...
In this article: Bill Pullman, Roland Emmerich, Godzilla, BlogTalkRadio.com, and The Day After Tomorrow
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Miami Herald | November 12, 2009
Review Pirate Radio (R) ***
...Casey Kasem top-10 countdown. What's opening in theaters next week Opening Nov. 13: 2012 (PG-13) - Disaster magnet Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow") returns to destroy our planet - again. John Cusack, Woody...
In this article: Richard Curtis, Bill Nighy, Roland Emmerich, Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Shaun of the Dead, Tom Sturridge, Rhys Darby, and Love Actually
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MTV.com | November 12, 2009
EXCLUSIVE: 'Independence Day' Sequel To Be Two Movies, Possibly Called 'ID4-Ever'
...ugly aliens needed a good beatdown - and honestly I'm still pumped up. On the strength of that patriotic presidential speech alone, "Independence Day" deserves a sequel, and talk about one has cropped up here and there since the film's...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, Bill Pullman, Will Smith, Movies, Judd Apatow, White House, and US
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The Seattle Times | November 11, 2009
Scarecrow suggests ... 'Independence Day,' 'Day After Tomorrow' and other film fantasies of global destruction
Originally published Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 3:05 PM Scarecrow suggests ... 'Independence Day,' 'Day After Tomorrow' and other film fantasies of global destruction Seattle's Scarecrow Video serves up a loud, explosive helping of...
In this article: The Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, Armageddon, Bruce Willis, War of the Worlds, New York City, Seattle, DVD, and Roland Emmerich
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Reuters | November 04, 2009
2012 director still has appetite for destruction
...the German native got out of the directing gate with "Universal Soldier" and "Stargate," it was the 1996 alien-invasion disaster movie "Independence Day" that really made his career. And he knows it, too. "When (producer) Dean Devlin and I...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin, White House, Los Angeles, William Shakespeare, Sony, Steven Spielberg, and Mickey Rooney
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Description from Wikipedia:
Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 science fiction film about a hostile alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they coincidentally converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance retaliation effort on July 4. It was directed by Roland Emmerich, who co-wrote the script with producer Dean Devlin.
Emmerich came up with the idea for the film when he was promoting the film Stargate in Europe. Devlin decided to incorporate a large-scale attack into the film after questioning why aliens would travel long distances in space to Earth just to keep hidden. The film's script was written during a month-long vacation in Mexico, and principal photography for the film began in July 1995 in New York City. The film was officially completed on June 20, 1996.
The film was scheduled for release on July 3, 1996, but due to the high level of anticipation for the film, many theaters began showing it on the evening of July 2, 1996, the same day the action in the film begins. The movie's total worldwide gross was $816,969,268, which at one point was the second-highest worldwide gross of all-time. It currently holds the 19th highest worldwide gross for a movie all-time, and was at the forefront of the large-scale disaster film and science fiction resurgences of the mid-to-late-1990s.
- Name:
- Independence Day
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- July 02, 1996
- Directed By:
- Roland Emmerich
- Produced by:
- Dean Devlin
- Written By:
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- Roland Emmerich
- Dean Devlin
- Editor:
- David Brenner
- Starring:
- Cinematography:
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Music By:
- David Arnold
- Distributed By:
- 20th Century Fox
- Length:
- 153 min. (Special Edition)
- Language:
- English
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