Editing Independence Day (1996 film) (section)

==Release==
===Theatrical===
[[File:ID4timecapsule.jpg|thumb|[[Time capsule]] in [[Rachel, Nevada]].]]
While ''Independence Day'' was still in post-production, Fox began an expensive marketing campaign to help promote the film, beginning with the airing of a dramatic commercial during [[Super Bowl XXX]], for which it paid $1.3&nbsp;million.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120805180615/http://www.uwec.edu/newsreleases/highlights/011205superbowl.htm "UW-Eau Claire Marketing Researchers Study Super Bowl Ad Successes."] ''University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire''. Retrieved October 1, 2007.</ref> The film's subsequent success at the box office resulted in a trend of using [[Super Bowl commercials|Super Bowl air time]] to begin the advertising campaigns for potential blockbusters.<ref name="mojoad">[https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1703&p=.htm Analysis: Super Bowl Movie Ads Lack Luster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716003444/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1703&p=.htm |date=July 16, 2019 }} ''boxofficemojo.com''. Retrieved July 8, 2008.</ref><ref name="JS">{{cite news|first=Rick |last=Romell |title=Ads the real stars of Super Bowl |newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |date=January 27, 2007 |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=557839 |access-date=July 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108225945/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=557839 |archive-date=January 8, 2008 }}</ref>

Fox's Licensing and Merchandising division also entered into co-promotional deals with [[Apple Inc.]] The co-marketing project was dubbed "The Power to Save the World" campaign, in which the company used footage of David using his [[PowerBook 5300]] laptop in their print and television advertisements.<ref name="Mac">[http://www.informedusa.com/t/independanceday.html Apple Ties in With 20th Century Fox "Independence Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927051545/http://www.informedusa.com/t/independanceday.html |date=September 27, 2008 }} ''The online Macinstuff Times''. Retrieved July 8, 2008.</ref> [[Trendmasters]] entered a merchandising deal with the film's producers to create a line of [[tie-in]] toys.<ref name="EW5">{{cite magazine | first = Kenneth M. | last=hanko | title = Independence Play | magazine = Entertainment Weekly | date = July 12, 1996 | url = http://www.ew.com/article/1996/07/12/independence-day-inspires-new-toys | access-date = July 8, 2008 | archive-date = October 1, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081001230239/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293331,00.html | url-status = live }}</ref> In exchange for [[product placement]], Fox also entered into co-promotional deals with [[Molson Coors|Molson Coors Brewing Company]] and [[Coca-Cola]].<ref>[http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=544 Top Ten: Most Shameless Uses Of Product Placement In Film] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709002123/http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=544 |date=July 9, 2008 }} ''movie-moron.com''. Retrieved July 8, 2008.</ref>

The film was marketed with several taglines, including: "We've always believed we weren't alone. On July 4, we'll wish we were", "Earth. Take a good look. It could be your last", and "Don't make plans for August". The weekend before the film's release, the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Network]] aired a half-hour special on the film, the first third of which was a spoof news report on the events that happen in the film. [[Roger Ebert]] attributed most of the film's early success to its [[Trailer (promotion)|teaser trailers]] and marketing campaigns, acknowledging them as "truly brilliant".<ref name="ear">[http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=6&subsec=independence+day ''Ebert & Roeper''.]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ''atthemovies.tv''. Retrieved July 8, 2008.</ref>

[[File:id4whitehouse.jpg|thumb|The shot of the White House's destruction was the focus of the film's marketing campaign. A fleeing helicopter was added to the shot in the final print.]]
The film had its official premiere held at Los Angeles' now-defunct Mann Plaza Theater on June 25, 1996.<ref name="var">{{cite magazine | first = Todd |last=McCarthy | title = Independence Day Review | magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date = July 1, 1996 | url = https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905388.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 | access-date = July 8, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081020065907/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905388.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 | archive-date = October 20, 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref> It was then screened privately at the White House for President [[Bill Clinton]] and his family<ref name="time">{{cite magazine | first = Richard |last=Corliss | title = THE INVASION HAS BEGUN! | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|TIME]] | date = July 8, 1996 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984815,00.html | access-date = July 8, 2008 | author-link = Richard Corliss | archive-date = March 9, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080309043352/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984815,00.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> before receiving a nationwide release in the United States on July 2, 1996, a day earlier than its previously scheduled opening.<ref name="sfc">{{cite news | first = Mick |last=LaSalle | title = Declaration of "Independence" | newspaper = [[San Francisco Chronicle]] | date = July 2, 1996 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/07/02/DD57773.DTL | access-date = March 4, 2008 | author-link = Mick LaSalle | archive-date = May 11, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110511184536/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/07/02/DD57773.DTL | url-status = live }}</ref>

===Censorship===
In [[Lebanon]], certain Jewish- and Israel-related content in the film was censored. One cut scene involved Judd Hirsch's character donning a [[kippah]], and leading soldiers and White House officials in a Jewish prayer. Other removed footage showed Israeli and Arab troops working together in preparation for countering the alien invasion. The Lebanese [[Shia Islam|Shi'a]] [[Islamism|Islamist]] [[militant]] group [[Hezbollah]] called for Muslims to boycott the film, describing it as "propaganda for the so-called genius of the Jews and their concern for humanity." In response, Jewish actor Jeff Goldblum said: "I think Hezbollah has missed the point. The film is not about American Jews saving the world; it's about teamwork among people of different religions and nationalities to defeat a common enemy."<ref>{{cite news |date=January 26, 1997 |title=Making Money Abroad, And Also a Few Enemies |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/26/movies/making-money-abroad-and-also-a-few-enemies.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621190157/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E7DB1F3BF935A15752C0A961958260 |archive-date=June 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=November 12, 1996 |title=A Jewish Hero Isn't Kosher; Lebanon Censors 'Independence Day' |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

===Home media===
After a six-week, $30&nbsp;million marketing campaign, ''Independence Day'' was released on a [[THX]] certified [[VHS]] on November 22, 1996.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/southern-illinoisan-videos-coming-in-le/154321495/ |title=Videos coming in 'letterbox'
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830221723/https://www.newspapers.com/article/southern-illinoisan-videos-coming-in-le/154321495/ |date=November 14, 1996 |access-date=August 30, 2024 |archive-date=August 30, 2024 |page=21 |publisher=[[The Southern Illinoisan|Southern Illinoisan]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>Independence Day blitz.</ref> A [[LaserDisc]] release came out at roughly the same time, which included audio commentary, theatrical trailers, deleted scenes, and a bundled soundtrack CD.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Aliens Invade Your Home |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=92 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=March 1997 |page=93}}</ref> The film sold 22 million copies in North America, becoming the [[List of best-selling films in the United States#VHS|best selling live-action video]].<ref name=VHS>{{cite magazine|title=French Box Office Top 25 for 1998|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 11, 1999|page=7|first=Marc|last=Graser}}</ref>

The film became available on [[DVD]] on June 27, 2000, and has since been re-released in several different versions of this format with varying supplemental material, including one instance where it was packaged with a [[Lenticular printing|lenticular cover]].<ref name="DVDExtras">{{cite news |last=Brumley |first=Al |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120469657/early-fireworks-independence-day-dvd/ |title=Early fireworks: 'Independence Day' DVD loaded with extras |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311114804/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120469657/early-fireworks-independence-day-dvd/ |date=June 29, 2000 |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |page=26 |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=[[The Times of Northwest Indiana|The Times]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> A special edition of the film was included on the DVD as well, which features nine minutes of additional footage not seen in the original theatrical release.<ref name="DVDExtras" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/independence-day-extended-edition-film | title=''Independence Day: Extended Edition'' (12A) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=May 27, 2016 | access-date=May 30, 2016 | archive-date=May 28, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528132948/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/independence-day-extended-edition-film | url-status=dead }}</ref> A single-disc DVD version of the film was released alongside ''[[Cast Away]]'' on May 21, 2002.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107617837/after-deluxe-release-flicks-will-go-to/ |title=After deluxe release, flicks will go to single disc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815023746/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107617837/after-deluxe-release-flicks-will-go-to/ |newspaper=[[Courier Journal]] |page=51 |date=May 18, 2002 |access-date=August 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''Independence Day'' became available on [[Blu-ray]] in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2007,<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000WBZZB6 "Independence Day Blu-ray"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104070556/http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000WBZZB6 |date=January 4, 2016 }} Amazon UK Retrieved July 6, 2008.</ref> and in North America on March 11, 2008<ref>[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=199 "Independence Day (Blu-ray)."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706013951/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=199 |date=July 6, 2008 }} ''Blu-ray''. Retrieved July 5, 2008.</ref> and in Australia on March 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/blu-ray/independence-day-blu-ray/dp/797919|title=Buy Independence Day (Blu-ray) on Blu-ray from EzyDVD.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424170351/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/blu-ray/independence-day-blu-ray/dp/797919|archive-date=April 24, 2016}}</ref> The initial single-disc releases only feature the theatrical cut and a few extras, as per the single-disc DVDs. For its 2016 twentieth anniversary, the film was re-released on two-disc Blu-ray and DVD, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, and Digital HD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/15/independence-day-20th-anniversary-blu-ray-announcement-documentary-clip-and-packaging|title=Independence Day: 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Announcement, Documentary Clip and Packaging|first=Jim|last=Vejvoda|date=March 15, 2016|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612215951/https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/15/independence-day-20th-anniversary-blu-ray-announcement-documentary-clip-and-packaging|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Independence-Day-4K-Blu-ray/151490/ | title=Independence Day 4K Blu-ray | publisher=Blu-ray.com | access-date=July 1, 2016 | archive-date=July 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704064316/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Independence-Day-4K-Blu-ray/151490/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The 20th-anniversary editions feature both the theatrical and extended versions,<ref name="MC-20100410">{{cite web |last=Lowrey |first=Mike |title=Independence Day (1996) - Comparison: Theatrical Cut versus Extended Version |url=https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=587558 |date=April 10, 2010 |work=Movie-Censorship.com |access-date=July 4, 2021 }}</ref> all the extras of the previous 2-disc DVDs and more.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/20th_Century_Fox/Disc_Announcements/independence-day-20th-anniversary-edition-to-invade-4k-ultra-hd-bluray/31529|title='Independence Day: 20th Anniversary Edition' to Invade 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray - High-Def Digest|access-date=May 24, 2016|archive-date=May 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526190037/http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/20th_Century_Fox/Disc_Announcements/independence-day-20th-anniversary-edition-to-invade-4k-ultra-hd-bluray/31529|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Television broadcast ===
''Independence Day'' was originally scheduled to air on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] on September 16, 2001, but was cancelled following the [[September 11 attacks]]. Fox replaced ''Independence Day'' with a repeat airing of ''[[There's Something About Mary]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=KJB |date=September 13, 2001 |title=Sony Pulls Spider-Man Teaser Trailer & Poster |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/305/305861p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209125330/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/305/305861p1.html |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2007 |website=IGN }}</ref>

===Re-release===
The film had both its twentieth anniversary and premiere at a special live-orchestral screening performance at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] on September 22, 2016. The [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]], conducted by the original orchestrator Nicholas Dodd, performed the score live during the film, and the film's composer, [[David Arnold]], was a presenter at the event.<ref name="ID4Live">{{cite web | url=http://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2016/february/david-arnold-aliens-and-a-full-orchestra-blasting-into-the-royal-albert-hall/ | title=David Arnold, aliens and a full orchestra invade the Royal Albert Hall | publisher=Royal Albert Hall | date=February 8, 2016 | access-date=April 15, 2016 | last=Burin |first=Rick | archive-date=April 11, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411170041/http://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/news/2016/february/david-arnold-aliens-and-a-full-orchestra-blasting-into-the-royal-albert-hall/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RAHID4live" />