| Independence Day (Five Star Collection) - Special Edition (1996)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Bill Pullman |
President Thomas J. Whitmore
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| Jeff Goldblum |
David Levinson
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| Will Smith |
Captain Steven 'Steve' Hiller
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| Mary McDonnell |
First Lady Marilyn Whitmore
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| Judd Hirsch |
Julius Levinson
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| Margaret Colin |
Constance Spano
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| Vivica A. Fox |
Jasmine Dubrow
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| Randy Quaid |
Russell Casse
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| Robert Loggia |
General William M Grey
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| James Rebhorn |
Albert Nimziki
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| Harvey Fierstein |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Sci-Fi |
| Director |
Roland Emmerich |
| Producer |
Dean Devlin |
| Writer |
Dean Devlin; Roland Emmerich |
| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Running Time |
145 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| In Independence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight with a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials. Independence Day is the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day is a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
39 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Layers |
Single side, Dual layer |
| UPC |
024543000457 |
| Chapters |
111 |
| Release Date |
2001 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned THX Anamorphic Box set |
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