Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin. The film stars an ensemble cast of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, the late Robert Loggia, Vivica A. Fox, the late James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein. A sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, was released 20 years later on June 24, 2016.
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.
Victims[]
- Six Unnamed Male U.S. Army Pilots - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the plane they were in with a laser.
- Six Unnamed Male U.S. Army Helicopter Pilots - Blown up when a harvester ship blasted the helicopters they were in with a laser.
- Tiffany - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower, which she was on with a laser.
- At Least 23 Unnamed Men - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower, which they were on with a laser.
- At Least Seven Unnamed Women - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower, which they were on with a laser.
- At Least 18 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower, which they were on with a laser.
- At Least 15 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- Unnamed Man - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- At Least 32 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- Mario - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- Seven Unnamed People - Crushed when their cars were flipped when a harvester ship incinerated the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive shockwave.
- At Least 52 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the Empire State Building with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Manhattan.
- Martin "Marty" Gilbert - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the Empire State Building with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Manhattan.
- Two Unnamed Male U.S. Army Helicopter Pilots - Blown up when a harvester ship blasted the White House with a laser, which caused a shockwave that blew up the helicopter they were piloting.
- Presidential Aide Alex - Blown up when a harvester ship blasted the White House with a laser, which caused a shockwave that blew up the helicopter he was in.
- Five Unnamed Male Secret Service Agents - Blown up when a harvester ship blasted the White House with a laser, which caused a shockwave that blew up the helicopter they were in.
- At Least 321 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- At Least 25 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- Unnamed Man - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- Six Unnamed People - Sent flying when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive shockwave.
- Unnamed Man - Fell on a car windshield when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive shockwave.
- At Least 292 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- At Least 173 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the White House with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Washington D.C.
- At Least 154 Unnamed People - Incinerated when a harvester ship blasted the U.S. Bank Tower with a laser, which caused a massive fireball to incinerate Los Angeles.
- Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilot - Accidentally committed suicide by piloting into a force shield around a harvester ship.
- Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilot - Accidentally committed suicide by piloting into a harvester fighter ship.
- Six Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilots - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on their planes with lasers.
- Two Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilots - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on their planes with lasers off-screen, mentioned.
- Three Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilots - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on their planes with lasers.
- Five Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilots - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on their planes with lasers.
- Three Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilots - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on their planes with lasers off-screen, mentioned.
- Two Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilots - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on their planes with lasers.
- Captain Jimmy Walker - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on his plane with lasers.
- Unnamed Male U.S. Soldier - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on the army base he was at.
- 21 Unnamed Male U.S. Soldiers - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on the army base they were at off-screen, burning base seen.
- Unnamed Female U.S. Soldier - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on the army base she as at off-screen, burning base seen
- Unnamed Male U.S. Vice President - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on the army base he was at off-screen, burning base seen.
- Chief of Staff Glenn Parness - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on the army base he was at off-screen, burning base seen.
- Unnamed Male Commander-in-chief - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on the army base he was at off-screen, burning base seen.
- Unnamed Male Joint Chiefs of Staff - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on the army base he was at off-screen, burning base seen.
- Lieutenant Colonel Watson - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on the army base he was at off-screen, burning base seen.
- Two Harvesters - Killed when their spaceship crashed in Roswell in 1969 off-screen, bodies seen.
- Three Unnamed Male Scientists - Killed by a harvester off-camera.
- Unnamed Female Scientist - Killed by a harvester off-camera.
- Harvester - Shot to death by several unknown secret service agents and Major Mitchell.
- First Lady Marilyn Whitmore - Bled out after being hit with shrapnel when a harvester ship blasted the White House with a laser, which caused a shockwave that caused the helicopter she was on to crash.
- Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilot - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on his plane with lasers.
- Two Harvester Fighter Pilots - Blown up when Russell Casse fired missiles at their ships.
- Two Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilots - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on their planes with lasers.
- Harvester Fighter Pilot - Blown up when Russell Casse fired a missile at their ship off-camera, explosion seen in his visor.
- 12 Unnamed People - Blown up when harvester fighter pilots bombed the refugee camp at Area 51.
- Three Unnamed Male U.S. Soldiers - Blown up when harvester fighter pilots bombed the refugee camp at Area 51.
- Three Unnamed People - Blown up when harvester fighter pilots bombed the refugee camp at Area 51.
- Unnamed Male U.S. Soldier - Crushed by debris when harvester fighter pilots bombed the refugee camp at Area 51.
- Two Unnamed People - Crushed by debris when harvester fighter pilots bombed the refugee camp at Area 51.
- At Least 53 Unnamed People - Blown up when harvester fighter pilots bombed the refugee camp at Area 51.
- Harvester Fighter Pilot - Blown up when an unknown U.S. army jet pilot fired a missile at their ship
- Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilot - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on his plane with lasers.
- Unnamed Male U.S. Army Jet Pilot - Blown up after harvester fighter ships fired on his plane with lasers.
- Harvester Fighter Pilot - Blown up when an unknown U.S. army jet pilot fired a missile at their ship.
- Two Harvester Fighter Pilots - Blown up when President Thomas J. Whitmore and two unknown U.S. jet pilots fired missiles at their ships.
- Two Harvester Fighter Pilots - Blown up when unknown U.S. army jet pilots fired missiles at their ships.
- Russell Casse - Committed suicide by piloting into a harvester ship's tractor beam.
- At Least 2,000,000 Harvesters - Blown up after Russell Casse piloted into a harvester ship's tractor beam.
- Two Harvesters - Crushed by a missile that Captain Steven Hiller fired into the harvester mothership.
- Three Harvesters - Accidentally committed suicide by piloting into the harvester mothership while chasing Captain Steven Hiller.
- At Least 2,000,000,000 Harvesters - Blown up by Captain Steven Hiller blew up the mothership with a nuke.
- At Least 2,000,000 Harvesters - Blown up when unknown South African National Defense Force jet pilots blew up the ship off-screen, burning ship seen.
- At Least 2,000,000 Harvesters - Blown up when unknown Egyptian Armed Forces jet pilots blew up the ship off-screen, burning ship seen.
- At Least 2,000,000 Harvesters - Blown up when unknown U.S. jet pilots blew up the ship off-screen, burning ship seen.
Deaths[]
- Total - 2,010,001,302
Kill Counts[]
- Captain Steven Hiller - 2,000,000,005 (Alive)
- Russell Casse - 2,000,003 (Deceased)
- President Thomas J. Whitmore - 2 (Alive)
- Major Mitchell - 1 (Alive)