Independence day

Devlin, Dean. (Added Author). Emmerich, Roland. (Added Author). Smith, Will, 1968- (Added Author). Pullman, Bill. (Added Author). Goldblum, Jeff, 1952- (Added Author). McDonnell, Mary. (Added Author). Hirsch, Judd. (Added Author). Colin, Margaret, 1958- (Added Author). Quaid, Randy, 1953- (Added Author). Loggia, Robert. (Added Author). Rebhorn, James, 1948-2014 (Added Author). Fierstein, Harvey, 1954- (Added Author). Arnold, David, 1962- (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, (production company.). Centropolis Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (distributor.). Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein. (Cast).

Summary: On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. At first thought to be meteors, the United States military suspect that a number of enormous alien spacecraft are on a collision course with Earth. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles, and Washington. Survivors set out towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the killing aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (144 min.) : digital, sound, color
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Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1996.
Distributor: Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1996.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub ; editor, David Brenner ; music, David Arnold ; costume designer, Joseph Porro ; production designers, Patrick Tatopoulos, Oliver Scholl ; visual effects, Volker Engel, Douglas Smith.
Participant or Performer Note:	Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for sci-fi destruction and violence.
System Details Note:	Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 13, 2015).