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Independence day, Twentieth Century Fox presents a Centropolis Entertainment production ; a Roland Emmerich film ; written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich ; produced by Dean Devlin ; directed by Roland Emmerich

Disc 1: Includes both the special editions, with 9 minutes of restored footage, plus the original theatrical version of the film. Scene-specific commentary by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. Commentary by Oscar winning special effects supervisors Volker Engel and Doug SmithDisc 2: "Creating Reality" 30-minute documentary on the making of ID4 ; "ID4 Invasion" 22-minute alien invasion mock-umentary ; "HBO First Look: Independence Day" 33-minute feature hosted by Jeff Goldblum ; original biplane ending sequence ; storyboards, original artwork, production stills ; DVD-ROM game "Get Off My Planet" ; mock news clips ; destruction clip showcase

multicolored

monaural

Director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub; editor, David Brenner; music, David Arnold

other

Collector's edition ; Widescreen edition.

videodisc

Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein

2 videodiscs (153 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

DVD

024543058472

DVD