Independence Day (1996)

Director:

Roland Emmerich

Writers (WGA):

Dean Devlin (written by) &
Roland Emmerich (written by)

Release Date:

3 July 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

We've always believed we weren't alone. Pretty soon, we'll wish we were.

Plot:

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man's best weapon is the will to survive.

Plot Keywords:

Space Travel | Crop Duster | End Of The World Scenario | Crop Dusting | Outer Space

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 26 wins & 21 nominations

Cast

Will Smith	...	Captain Steven Hiller
Bill Pullman	...	President Thomas J. Whitmore
Jeff Goldblum	...	David Levinson
Mary McDonnell	...	First Lady Marilyn Whitmore
Judd Hirsch	...	Julius Levinson
Robert Loggia	...	General William Grey
Randy Quaid	...	Russell Casse
Margaret Colin	...	Constance Spano
Vivica A. Fox	...	Jasmine Dubrow
James Rebhorn	...	Albert Nimzicki
Harvey Fierstein	...	Marty Gilbert
Adam Baldwin	...	Major Mitchell
Brent Spiner	...	Dr. Brackish Okun
James Duval	...	Miguel Casse
Lisa Jakub	...	Alicia Casse
Giuseppe Andrews	...	Troy Casse
Ross Bagley	...	Dylan Dubrow
Bill Smitrovich	...	Lt. Colonel Watson
Mae Whitman	...	Patricia Whitmore
Harry Connick Jr.	...	Captain Jimmy Wilder
Kiersten Warren	...	Tiffany
John Storey	...	Dr. Isaacs
Frank Novak	...	Teddy
Devon Gummersall	...	Philip
Leland Orser	...	Tech / Medical Assistant #1
Mirron E. Willis	...	Aide
Ross Lacy	...	Aide
David Pressman	...	Alex, Aide to President Whitmore
Vivian Palermo	...	Tech / Medical Assistant #2
Raphael Sbarge	...	Commander / Tech
Bobby Hosea	...	Major Danowitz
Dan Lauria	...	Commanding Officer
Steve Giannelli	...	Radar Tech
Eric Paskel	...	Radar Tech
Carlos Lacamara	...	Radar Operator (as Carlos LaCamara)
John Bennett Perry	...	Secret Service Agent
Troy Willis	...	Secret Service Agent
Tim Kelleher	...	Technician
Wayne Wilderson	...	Area 51 Technician
Jay Acovone	...	Area 51 Guard
James Wong	...	SETI Technician #1
Thom Barry	...	SETI Technician #2
Jana Marie Hupp	...	SETI Technician #3
Matt Pashkow	...	Officer #2
Robert Pine	...	Chief of Staff Glenn Parness
Marisa Johnston	...	Co-Worker #2 (as Marisa Morell)
Michael Winther	...	Co-Worker #3
Dexter Warren	...	Co-Worker #4
Paul LeClair	...	Co-Worker #5
Michael Vacca	...	Lieutenant Peterson (as Capt. Michael 'Chewy' Vacca)
David Chanel	...	Secret Service Agent
John Capodice	...	Mario
Greg Collins	...	Military Aide
Derek Webster	...	Sky Crane Pilot
Mark Fite	...	Pilot
Eric Neal Newman	...	Pilot
Levan Uchaneishvili	...	Russian Pilot (as Levani)
Kristof Konrad	...	Russian Pilot
Kevin Sifuentes	...	Tank Commander
Elston Ridgle	...	Soldier
Randy Oglesby	...	Mike Dodge
Jack Moore	...	Stoney Jackson
Barry Del Sherman	...	Street Preacher
Lyman Ward	...	Secret Service Agent
Anthony Crivello	...	Lincoln
Richard Speight Jr.	...	Ed
Barbara Beck	...	Monica Soloway
Joe Fowler	...	Reporter
Andrew Warne	...	Reporter
Sharon Tay	...	Reporter
Peter J. Lucas	...	Russian Reporter (as Peter Jozef Lucas)
Yelena Danova	...	Russian Newscaster
Johnny Kim	...	Korean Newscaster (as Derek Kim)
Vanessa J. Wells	...	Newscaster
Jessika Cardinahl	...	German Video Newscaster (scenes deleted)
Gary W. Cruz	...	Video Newscaster
Ron Pitts	...	Video Newscaster
Wendy L. Walsh	...	Herself
Christine Devine	...	Video Newscaster
Mark Thompson	...	Video Newscaster
Ernie Anastos	...	Rex Black, New York Newscaster
Kevin Cooney	...	Atlantic Air CINC
Rance Howard	...	Chaplain
Nelson Mashita	...	Japanese Tech
Jeff Phillips	...	B-2 Pilot
Sayed Badreya	...	Arab Pilot
Adam Tomei	...	Sailor
John Bradley	...	Lucas
Kimberly Beck	...	Housewife
Thomas F. Duffy	...	Lieutenant
Andrew Keegan	...	Older Boy
Jon Matthews	...	Thomson
Jim Piddock	...	Reginald
Frederic W. Barnes	...	Himself (as Fred Barnes)
Eleanor Clift	...	Herself
Jerry Dunphy	...	Himself
Jack Germond	...	Himself
Morton Kondracke	...	Himself
John McLaughlin	...	Himself
Barry Nolan	...	Himself
George Putnam	...	Himself
Eric Michael Zee	...	Northridge Field Reporter
Pat Skipper	...	Redneck
Carlos Lara	...	Farmer Kid
Mike Monteleone	...	Butler
Lee Strauss	...	Elvis Fanatic
Lisa Star	...	Woman on Roof
Malcolm Danare	...	Intellectual on Roof
Arthur Brooks	...	Trucker on Roof
Michael Moertl	...	Thief (as Michael G. Moertl)
James J. Joyce	...	Master CPO
Joyce Cohen	...	Kim Peters
Julie Moran	...	Herself - 'Entertainment Tonight' Reporter
Robin Groth	...	Flagstaff News Anchor
Richard Pachorek	...	LAPD Helicopter Pilot
Gary A. Hecker	...	Alien Vocal Effects (voice) (as Gary Hecker)
Frank Welker	...	Special Vocal Effects (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan Adler	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Erick Avari	...	SETI Chief (uncredited)
Dean Devlin	...	Eagle 2 Pilot (uncredited)
Daren Dochterman	...	British News Translator (uncredited)
Volker Engel	...	Man in Office (uncredited)
Bob Friend	...	Himself - 'Sky News' Anchorman (uncredited)
Jeffrey Gold	...	German Fighter Pilot (uncredited)
Lincoln D. Hiatt	...	Colin Barclay (uncredited)
Jonathan Khan	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Scott McKinley	...	Joint Chiefs of Staff (uncredited)
Bryan D. Moss	...	Israeli Fighter Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Newton	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Gary Pike	...	Helicopter Passenger (uncredited)
Nectar Rose	...	Stripper (uncredited)
Bonnie Silco	...	Bride (uncredited)
Tadao Tomomatsu	...	Big Hat Guy on Tower (uncredited)
Michael A. Valenzano	...	Young Pilot (uncredited)
Tracey Walter	...	Area 51 Lab Technician (uncredited)

Directed by
Roland Emmerich

Writing credits (WGA)
Dean Devlin		(written by) &
Roland Emmerich		(written by)

Produced by
Dean Devlin	....	producer
Roland Emmerich	....	executive producer
Ute Emmerich	....	executive producer
William Fay	....	executive producer
Peter Winther	....	associate producer

Original Music by
David Arnold

Cinematography by
Karl Walter Lindenlaub

Film Editing by
David Brenner

Casting by
Wendy Kurtzman

Production Design by
Oliver Scholl
Patrick Tatopoulos

Art Direction by
William James Teegarden		(as Jim Teegarden)

Set Decoration by
Jim Erickson

Costume Design by
Joseph A. Porro		(as Joseph Porro)

Makeup Department
Michael F. Blake	....	makeup artist
Lynn Campbell	....	makeup artist: New York
Hazel Catmull	....	assistant hair stylist: second unit
Katalin Elek	....	makeup artist
Zoltan Elek	....	makeup artist (as Zoltan)
Norma Lee	....	assistant hair stylist: second unit
Renate Leuschner	....	wig maker (as Renata)
Patricia Miller	....	assistant hair stylist (as Patty Miller)
Candace Neal	....	assistant hair stylist
Aaron F. Quarles	....	hair stylist: New York
Craig Smith	....	makeup artist
Toni-Ann Walker	....	assistant hair stylist (as Toni Walker)
Joy Zapata	....	hair stylist
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Edwin Matsu	....	makeup artist: Utah locations (uncredited)

Production Management
Jane Nerlinger Evans	....	production supervisor: New York
William Fay	....	unit production manager: New York
Kelly Van Horn	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dean Devlin	....	second unit director
Gabreal Franklin	....	documentary segments director
Dean Garvin	....	second second assistant director: New York
Kevin LaRosa	....	second unit director: aerial unit
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan	....	first assistant director
Shari Nicotero	....	additional second second assistant director
Glen Trotiner	....	second assistant director: New York
Michael Viglietta	....	first assistant director: second unit
Michael Viglietta	....	second second assistant director
Kim H. Winther	....	second assistant director
Bac DeLorme	....	dga trainee (uncredited)

Art Department
Alesia Abatie	....	art department researcher
Wally Adee	....	property master: New York
Matthew R. Altman	....	on-set dresser
Salvador Anaya	....	plaster foreman
William V. Baker	....	set dresser (as Billy Baker)
Rob Bennett	....	lead man: Utah
Oana Bogdan	....	art department coordinator
Bonnie J. Brinkley	....	art director: New York (as Bonnie Brinkley)
Bruce Bullock	....	production assistant: set decorating
Richard K. Buoen	....	illustrator (as Richard Buoen)
Marco A. Campos	....	general foreman
Frank Capello	....	construction foreman (as Frank A. Capello)
Melanie S. Chretin	....	set dresser (as Melanie Chretin)
Scott Edward Collins	....	set dresser
Mick Cukurs	....	set designer
Robert E. Denne	....	paint foreman (as Robert Dante Denne)
Tony J. DiPanni	....	labor foreman
J. Gregory Evans	....	set dresser (as Greg Evans)
Sandra Ferguson	....	art department researcher
Scott Getzinger	....	assistant props
Joseph Frank Giorgianni	....	construction foreman (as Joseph Giorgianni)
Dale B. Gordon	....	sculptor
Trevor Goring	....	storyboard artist
Joe Griffith	....	illustrator (as Joseph F. Griffith Jr.)
Kirsten Hammel	....	art department staff assistant
Doug Harlocker	....	property master (as Douglas Harlocker)
Sean Haworth	....	set designer
Robyn B. Holmes	....	set dresser
Jack Johnson	....	storyboard artist
Stephen Katz	....	art department staff assistant
Pamela Klamer	....	set designer
Gary A. Krakoff	....	construction coordinator
Tim R. Lafferty	....	construction foreman (as Tim Lafferty)
Jack Laspada	....	labor foreman (as Jack La Spada)
Thomas W. Lay Jr.	....	illustrator (as Tom Lay)
Julia K. Levine	....	set designer (as Julia Levine)
Scott Maginnis	....	assistant props
Jon Marsala	....	construction foreman
John A. Mileski	....	stand-by painter (as John 'Jam' Mileski)
Wendy Murray	....	buyer
Christopher Neely	....	set dresser
Rick Newsome	....	storyboard artist
Richard Nieman	....	set dresser
H. Bruce Norrbom	....	construction foreman
Robert Papegaay	....	assistant paint foreman
Mark Perry	....	gang boss
Ron Pipes	....	creature shop art department
Lauren E. Polizzi	....	assistant art director
Lauren E. Polizzi	....	set designer
Peter A. Ramsey	....	storyboard artist (as Peter 'Taco' Ramsey)
Jacques Rey	....	storyboard artist (as Jacques Reisdorfer Rey)
Peter Mitchell Rubin	....	pre-visualization
Charles S. Serrano	....	construction foreman (as Charles Serrano)
Grant Sparks	....	gang boss
Angela Stauffer	....	art department staff assistant
Kurt Ver Baarschott	....	lead man
Mary Kate Vincent-Ronchetti	....	draper
Len Wiseman	....	assistant props
Victor J. Zolfo	....	lead man
Gregory P. Alcus	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Brent W. Bell	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Lilly Frank	....	props (uncredited)
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Thierry Labbe	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Allen Lafferty	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Jacques Rey	....	illustrator (uncredited)
Richard Reynolds	....	set designer (uncredited)
Jeffrey Rollins	....	property assistant: New York (uncredited)
Sean Skelding	....	set dressing (uncredited)
Lansing L. Smith	....	key set dresser (uncredited)
Kathleen Walker	....	construction estimator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bob Beemer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill W. Benton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bruce Bisenz	....	sound mixer: second unit
Noah Blough	....	sound editor
James Bolt	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Jim Bolt)
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael C. Casper	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Mike Casper)
Vincent Cassaro	....	foley editor
Michael Chandler	....	sound editor
Gail Clark Burch	....	adr editor
Don Coufal	....	boom operator
David M. Cowan	....	sound editor
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Dean Drabin	....	adr mixer
Rickley W. Dumm	....	assistant sound editor
Ronald Eng	....	sound editor
Steffan Falesitch	....	sound editor
John P. Fasal	....	sound designer (as John Paul Fasal)
Sandy Gendler	....	supervising sound editor
Hector C. Gika	....	sound editor
Scott G.G. Haller	....	sound editor
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (as Craig 'Pup' Heath)
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
Gary Holland	....	cable person
Ethan Holzman	....	assistant sound editor (as Ethan R. Holzman)
Spike Allison Hooper	....	first assistant sound editor
Nicholas James	....	foley editor (as Nick James)
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound editor
Jon Johnson	....	sound designer: editorial
Ken J. Johnson	....	sound effects recordist (as Ken Johnson)
Jay Kamen	....	adr editor (as Uncle J. Kamen)
Val Kuklowsky	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Lanza	....	sound editor
Mark R. La Pointe	....	sound editor
Daniel J. Leahy	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Dan Leahy)
Tod A. Maitland	....	sound mixer: New York
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound editor
Dean G. Manly	....	assistant sound editor
Jonathan Miller	....	sound designer: editorial
Ken Miller	....	digital sound assistant
Christian P. Minkler	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
Vic Radulich	....	supervising foley editor (as Victor Radulich)
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist (as Bob Renga)
Sergio Reyes	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Mark Scheret	....	sound mixer: second unit
B. Tennyson Sebastian III	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Denis St. Amand	....	stage engineer
William Van Daalan	....	sound editor
Bill Voigtlander	....	adr editor (as William Voigtlander)
Christopher T. Welch	....	adr editor (as C.T. Welch)
J.R. Westen	....	adr mixer (as JR. Westen)
Jeff Wexler	....	sound mixer
John O. Wilde	....	sound editor
Chris Winter	....	assistant sound editor (as Christopher Winter)
Anthony Zero	....	sound editor
Suzanne Angel	....	adr assistant (uncredited)
Marilyn Graf	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Joel Holland	....	sound recordist: New York (uncredited)
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Thomas Needell	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Del Spiva	....	assistant sound recordist (uncredited)
Dean St. John	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Gino Acevedo	....	key painter: Creature Shop
John S. Baker	....	technician: mechanical effects
Paul Barnes	....	art department: Creature Shop
Jeff Berrington	....	technician: mechanical effects
Gary D. Bierend	....	technician: mechanical effects (as Gary Bierend)
Al Broussard	....	technician: mechanical effects
Mike Edmonson	....	supervisor: second unit, mechanical effects
Matthew 'Chief' Flesher	....	art department: Creature Shop
Thomas Floutz	....	art department: Creature Shop
Fred Folger	....	mechanical department: Creature Shop
Jake Garber	....