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Independence Day

1996 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

6.9/10

Rating

145 min

Runtime

1996

Release Year

Roland Emmerich

Director

Cast

Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch

Quick Synopsis

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

Full Plot Summary of Independence Day

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

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