Independence day

Resource Information

The work Independence day represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in The Ferguson Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Independence day

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox presents a Centropolis Entertainment production, a Roland Emmerich film ; produced by Dean Devlin ; written by Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich ; directed by Roland Emmerich

Title variation

ID4

Contributor

• Fierstein, Harvey, 1954-
• Colin, Margaret, 1958-
• Emmerich, Roland
• Smith, Will, 1968-
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Goldblum, Jeff, 1952-
• Rebhorn, James, 1948-
• Hirsch, Judd
• McDonnell, Mary
• Centropolis Entertainment (Firm)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Loggia, Robert
• Quaid, Randy, 1953-
• Arnold, David, 1962-
• Devlin, Dean
• Pullman, Bill

Subject

• Battles -- United States -- Drama
• Science fiction films
• Scientists -- Nevada | Area 51 -- Drama
• Alien films
• Human-alien encounters -- United States -- Drama
• Life on other planets -- Drama
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Area 51 (Nev.) -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Alien films
• Science fiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• chi
• eng
• kor
• spa
• eng
• eng

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for sci-fi destruction and violence

Language note

English (DTS-HD 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1), or dubbed Spanish (Dolby surround) dialogue, Cantonese, English, Korean or Spanish subtitles; close-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.S26

LC item number

I53474634634 2007

PerformerNote

Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein

Runtime

145

Target audience

general

Technique

live action