In 1996, Roland Emmerich redefined the summer blockbuster with Independence Day, which cemented the German filmmaker as Hollywood's landmark-destroying resident master of disaster. The now-iconic ...

For Bill Clinton, the 1996 movie Independence Day hit a little too close to home. The 42nd president of the United States — who was in office when the sci-fi action film was released in July 1996 — ...

“Dean and I looked at each other and nearly started laughing.” Bill Clinton was president when the 1996 film Independence Day was released. Arguably the most famous scene in the film was the moment ...