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.
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Epic, resolved, classical in form and earnest.
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
Who loves it, who doesn't
202 profiled raters. Loved most by The Thrill Chasers; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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“Is this Roland Emmerich's best work?”
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Cast
- Will SmithCapt. Steven Hiller
- Bill PullmanPresident Thomas J. Whitmore
- Jeff GoldblumDavid Levinson
- Mary McDonnellMarilyn Whitmore
- Judd HirschJulius Levinson
- Robert LoggiaGeneral William Grey
- Randy QuaidRussell Casse
- Margaret ColinConstance Spano
- James RebhornAlbert Nimzicki
- Harvey FiersteinMarty Gilbert
Crew
- Roland EmmerichDirector
- Roland EmmerichScreenplay
- Dean DevlinScreenplay
- Karl Walter LindenlaubDirector of Photography
- David ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
- David BrennerEditor
- Dean DevlinProducer
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Pairings
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