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12 One of the first scenes shot for Independence Day was the final scene in the finished movie the one where Vivica Fox and Margaret Colin run into the arms of their men. 11 Margaret Colin, who plays the President's press secretary, didn't find out she'd got the job until two days before her first scenes were to be shot. He prepared for the role by practicing in a Marine Corps flight simulator. 10 Will Smith modeled his fighter-pilot character on Harrison Ford in Star Wars.

9 The idea of having so many famous actors in the picture was inspired by an earlier patriotic movie with an all-star cast The Longest Day, the 1962 movie about the Normandy invasion in World War II. By Friday night, they had sold it to Fox, and the movie was under way by the following Monday. 8 Emmerich and partner Dean Devlin finished the Independence Day script on a Thursday afternoon. What if aliens showed up, what if tomorrow you walked out of your door and these enormous spaceships hovered over every single city in the world? A lightbulb went on, he turned to his partner and said: I think I've got our next movie.
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4 Co-writer and producer Dean Devlin was a failed actor who appeared in the short-lived CBS drama series "Hard Copy. 3 The slimy 8-foot, high-tech aliens relied on distinctly low-tech KY jelly for their sheen. During a softball game to raise money for a cameraman who injured his hand while shooting another crew member broke his ankle. 2 They weren't the only injuries on the production. Will Smith suffered a severe sunburn up his shorts from the sun's reflection off the salt, and executive producer William Fay had to be rushed to the hospital when a piece of salt became embedded in his cornea during a w indstorm.

Here are a few things you don't know about the movie that's thrilling America: 1 Shooting the scenes on the Bonneville salt flats in Wendover, Utah, was a real nightmare.

But the work that went into making the movie is as absorbing as the plot itself. With its old-fashioned heroes and endless special effects, it's like the alien spaceship that hovers over New York there's no stopping it. IT'S a monster! Independence Day looks like it's on its way to being the biggest movie ever and it's been out less than two weeks.
