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The President of the United States (Bill Pullman) gives a stirring speech to those going to fight the alien invasion.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing liberally from War of the Worlds, Aliens, and every sci-fi invasion film inbetween, director Roland Emmerich and producer and co-writer Dean Devlin present a visually slick, fast-paced adventure filled with expensive special effects and large-scale action sequences. The story begins with the approach of a series of massive spaceships, which many on Earth greet with open arms, looking forward to the first contact with alien life. Unfortunately, these extraterrestrials have not come in peace, and they unleash powerful weapons that destroy most of the world's major cities. Thrown into chaos, the survivors struggle to band together and put up a last-ditch resistance in order to save the human race. As this is a Hollywood film, this effort is led by a group of scrappy Americans, including a computer genius who had foreseen the alien's evil intent (Jeff Goldblum), a hot-shot jet pilot (Will Smith), and the President of the United States (Bill Pullman). While some critics objected to the film's lack of originality and lapses in logic, the combination of grand visual spectacle and crowd-pleasing storytelling proved irresistible to audiences, resulting in an international smash hit.

CREDITS:
TM & © Fox (1996)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Giuseppe Andrews, Adam Baldwin, James Duval, Robert Loggia, Bill Pullman, Randy Quaid, Lisa Jakub
Director: Roland Emmerich
Producers: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Peter Winther, William Fay
Screenwriters: Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich

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Transcript
00:00Good morning.
00:10They're a little young.
00:13That they are.
00:16They look a little nervous.
00:19I need all flight crews to report to their designated areas immediately.
00:24Major.
00:25Marlon.
00:26Sir.
00:28Good morning.
00:30Good morning.
00:36In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world.
00:43And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind.
00:51Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
00:55We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
01:00We will be united in our common interests.
01:06Perhaps it's fate that today is the 4th of July.
01:11And you will once again be fighting for our freedom.
01:14Not from tyranny, oppression or persecution, but from annihilation.
01:24We're fighting for our right to live.
01:27To exist.
01:27To exist.
01:29And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday.
01:38But as the day when the world declared in one voice, we will not go quietly into the night.
01:46We will not vanish without a fight.
01:49We're going to live on.
01:51We're going to survive.
01:53We're going to survive.
01:54Today, we celebrate our Independence Day.
01:59Independence Day.
02:00Yeah!
02:08Yeah!
02:09Yeah!
02:10Yeah!
02:10Yeah!
02:12Yeah!
02:18Yeah!
02:23Yeah!

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