Independence Day (1996)
Independence Day was the link movie connecting Wicked: For Good and Spaceballs.
Linked through Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman.
Both Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman appeared in Independence Day.
About Independence Day
"The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered."
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.
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Written by Roland Emmerich, Dean Devlin
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Awards
The film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound.
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Score by David Arnold
Movie trivia
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Roland Emmerich conceived the film while promoting Stargate in Europe after a reporter asked about his belief in aliens, prompting him to imagine 15-mile-wide spaceships hovering over Earth's largest cities.
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The lead role was originally offered to Ethan Hawke, who turned it down calling the script terrible; Devlin and Emmerich had envisioned an African-American actor and specifically wanted Will Smith after seeing his performance in Six Degrees of Separation.
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The U.S. military initially intended to provide personnel, vehicles, and costumes but withdrew support when producers refused to remove the screenplay's Area 51 references.
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Production relied more on on-set and in-camera special effects than CGI to save money and achieve authentic pyrotechnics, ultimately requiring a then-record 3,000-plus special effects shots.
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The model-making department built more than twice as many miniatures than had ever been made for any film before, including a 30-foot destroyer model and a 12-foot version of the mothership.
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A forced-perspective White House miniature measuring 10 by 5 feet was used for its destruction sequence; the detonation took a week to plan and required 40 explosive charges.
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