As the next screening within the American Film Summer, you can look forward to Independence Day. On July 2, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be a gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston, and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4 becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom.
The leading roles are played by Will Smith, Bill Pullman, and Jeff Golblum, with direction by Roland Emerich.
Film Release: 1996. In English with Czech subtitles. Duration: 145 mins.
