- Arabs enter only as montage exotica: robed figures with camels silhouetted in the desert as the alien ships arrive, and unnamed Middle Eastern forces flashing by in the film's world-unites imagery. They are wordless background scenery in a story of global crisis.
Independence Day (1996)
film · 1996 film directed by Roland Emmerich
- Director
- Roland Emmerich
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Distributors
- 20th Century Studios, Netflix, Disney+
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Genres
- adventure science fiction, thriller film, alien invasion, disaster film
- Cast
- Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Vivica A. Fox