Mars Attacks!

1996 | WARNER BROS. | USA | ENGLISH | RATED: PG-13
COLOR | WIDESCREEN (2.35:1) | RUNTIME: 1 hr 46 mn

PRODUCERS: Tim Burton and Larry Franco
DIRECTOR: Tim Burton
SCREENPLAY: Jonathan Gems
BASED ON TRADING CARDS BY: Topps (Mars Attacks)
CAST: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Martin Short, Rod Steiger, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, Tom Jones, Jack Black, Joe Don Baker, Christina Applegate, O-Lan Jones
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Danny Elfman
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Peter Suschitzky
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Wynn Thomas



SYNOPSIS: Earth is surrounded by a fleet of flying saucers piloted by fiendish, big-brained Martians. A wide variety of characters in New York, Washington D.C., Nevada, and Kansas are forced to deal with the impending invasion.

Independence Day

1996 | 20TH CENTURY FOX | USA | ENGLISH | RATED: PG-13
COLOR | WIDESCREEN (2.35:1)
RUNTIME: 2 hrs 25 mn (SPECIAL EDITION: 2 hrs 33 min)

PRODUCER: Dean Devlin
DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich
SCREENPLAY: Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich
CAST: Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Margaret Colin, Adam Baldwin, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein, Harry Connick Jr, James Duval
ORIGINAL MUSIC: David Arnold
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Oliver Scholl and Patrick Tatopoulos



SYNOPSIS: Massive saucer-shaped spaceships ominously appear over the major cities of the world. When the alien fleet makes it clear that they don't come in peace, U.S. military forces plan a retaliation attack on the Fourth of July.

The Arrival

1996 | UNIVERSAL | USA | ENGLISH | RATED: PG-13
COLOR | WIDESCREEN (1.85:1) | RUNTIME: 1 hr 55 mn

PRODUCER: James Steele
DIRECTOR: David Twohy
SCREENPLAY: David Twohy
CAST: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Ron Silver, Richard Schiff, Teri Polo, Leon Rippy, Tony T. Johnson
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Arthur Kempel
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Hiro Narita
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Michael Novotny

FOLLOWED BY: The Second Arrival (1998)

SYNOPSIS: A radio astronomer discovers an extraterrestrial signal and gets entangled in a vast national conspiracy.