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Independence Day (Five Star Collection)

starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch
directed by: Roland Emmerich

: Independence Day (Five Star Collection)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543000457
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, THX, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 2
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 27, 2000
Running Time: 145 minutes
Sales Rank: 22212
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: July 03, 1996



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Amazon.com essential video:
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



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Decent movie, above average transfer
Idependence Day is more or less pure brainless entertainment, and that's all it's meant to be. It ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Modern PC Stereotypes and Fear of "the other"
No wonder this movie is so popular. It combines state-of-the-art CGI explosions with jingoistic nonsense ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - In Your Pants Day
This is a great film until you get to the part where Will Smith punches the alien and says "Welcome to Earth". ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - no plot, no surprise
The scenario (if any) is so predictable, the clichés so evident, it's hard not to fall asleep.


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Independence Day
This DVD would not play, it appeared to be blank. The replacement DVD did not play either.

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