USA,
1996, 139 min
(Special edition: 153 min)
Directed by:
Roland EmmerichCinematography:
Karl Walter LindenlaubComposer:
David ArnoldCast:
Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Mae Whitman, Vivica A. Fox, Margaret Colin, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Randy Quaid (more)VOD (5)
Plots(1)
The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But 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 a determined band of survivors, uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of all mankind. (20th Century Fox UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1997 - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- 1997 - Best Sound Mixing
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1997 - Best Sound
- 1997 - Best Special Visual Effects
Amanda Awards
- 1997 - Roland Emmerich (Best Foreign Language Film)
The Saturn Awards
- 1997 - Best Science Fiction Film
- 1997 - Roland Emmerich (Best Director)
- 1997 - Clay Pinney, Douglas Smith, Joe Viskocil, Volker Engel (Best Special / Visual Effects)
- 1997 - Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich (Best Writing)
- 1997 - Will Smith (Best Actor)
- 1997 - Jeff Goldblum (Best Actor)
- 1997 - Brent Spiner (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1997 - Vivica A. Fox (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1997 - James Duval (Best Performance by a Younger Actor)
- 1997 - David Arnold (Best Music)
- 1997 - Joseph A. Porro (Best Costumes)
Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies)
- 1996 - Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich (Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million)