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1996 Nominee Stinker Award. Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing More than $100 Million Using Hollywood Math; Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich
Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film [2] [3] 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 ...
Independence Day: Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell. The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
- (613K)
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Roland Emmerich
- 1996-07-03
- The film’s title was almost Doomsday. Screenwriters/directors/producers Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were lobbying for Independence Day, but the rights to that name were held by a different studio.
- The film contains a deliberate homage to Jurassic Park. Jeff Goldblum’s character says, “Must go faster, must go faster” while he and Will Smith’s character are escaping from the alien mothership.
- The aliens are covered in K-Y Jelly. And because they were filming in hot Las Vegas temperatures, it kept drying up. They went through a lot of K-Y.
- The film was rushed to beat out Mars Attacks. Though the two films couldn’t be more different in tone, Devlin and Emmerich were aware of Tim Burton’s movie.
Independence Day was the highest-grossing film of 1996, beating Twister, Mission: Impossible and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In the United States and Canada, it earned $104.3 million in its opening week, including $96.1 million during its five-day holiday opening, and $50.2 million during its opening weekend.
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Jun 25, 1996 · A sci-fi story constellation of the brightest star elements. With German director Emmerich at the helm, Independence Day soars as filmic uber-craft.
