INDEPENDENCE DAY
aka ID4
(Feature) 1996, 139 Minutes
STARRING
WILL SMITH, BILL PULLMAN, JEFF GOLDBLUM, MARY McDONELL, JUDD HIRSCH, MARGARET COLIN, RANDY QUAID, ROBERT LOGGIA, JAMES REBHORN, HARVEY FIERSTEIN and ADAM BALDWIN
WRITTEN BY DEAN DEVLIN & ROLAND EMMERICH
DIRECTED BY ROLAND EMMERICH
CHARACTER:
MAJOR MITCHELL
CHARACTERS STORY:
BASICALLY MAJOR MITCHELL IS THE GUY IN CHARGE AT NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE (aka AREA 51), HE GIVES THE PRESIDENT THE TOUR AND EVEN KILLS THE FIRST ALIEN. BUT ADAM IS CAST IN THIS TYPE OF ROLE ALL TOO OFTEN AND RARELY GETS MUCH ROOM TO PERFORM, DON'T GET ME WRONG, THIS IS A MEMORABLE ROLE...BUT NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
THE FILM:
ONE OF THE BIGGEST BOX OFFICE HITS OF ALL TIME DELIVERS THE ULTIMATE ENCOUNTER WHEN POWERFUL ALIENS LAUNCH AN INVASION AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE. THE SPECTACLE BEGINS WHEN MASSIVE SPACESHIPS APPEAR. WONDER TURNS TO TERROR AS THE SHIPS BLAST DESTRUCTIVE BEAMS OF FIRE DOWN ON CITIES ALL OVER THE PLANET. NOW THE WORLD'S ONLY HOPE LIES WITH DETERMINED SURVIVORS, UNITING FOR ONE LAST STRIKE AGAINST THE INVADERS - BEFORE IT'S THE END OF MANKIND.
THE REVIEWS:
LEAFANS REVIEW:
THIS WAS, AND IS, THE BEST FILM THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN AT THE CINEMA, BUT UNFORTUNETLY THIS DOESN'T CARRY ONTO THE SMALL SCREEN. IT'S IS A GROUNDBREAKING FILM WITH ALL IT'S SPECIAL EFFECT GLORY, AND, UNLIKE A LOT OF IT'S COMPETITION, IT'S STORY ISN'T BAD EITHER. HOWEVER THE ENDING TO THIS MOVIE ISN'T ALL THAT GREAT, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT ONE AIR FORCE PILOT AND ONE CABLE REPAIR GUY COULD FLY INTO THE HEART OF AN ALIEN MOTHERSHIP AND BLOW IT UP WHEN EVERYTHING MANKIND HAS COULDN'T STOP THE SHIPS SURROUNDING EARTH, THAT WERE SO ADVANCED THAT EVEN A NUKE COULDN'T STOP THEM. RIGHT. STILL GOOD THOUGH :)
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:
FILMING LOCATIONS:
LOS ANGELES
GENERAL FACTS AND STUFF THAT DOESNT FIT ANYWHERE ELSE:
THE THIRD TIME ADAM HAS WORKED WITH WRITER/DIRECTOR DEAN DEVLIN.
SECOND TIME ADAM HAS WORKED WITH GREAT ACTOR JUDD HIRSCH, THE FIRST BEING THE AMAZING OSCAR WINNER, ORDINARY PEOPLE.
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