Title from container

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996

Special features: Scene-specific commentary by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin; commentary by special effects supervisors Volker Engel and Doug Smith; trivia track; search content; personal scene selections; "Alien scavenger hunt" game; enhanced for D-Box Motion Control Systems; theatrical teaser and trailers

Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein

On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. At first thought to be meteors, the United States military suspect that a number of enormous alien spacecraft are on a collision course with Earth. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles, and Washington. Survivors set out towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the killing aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom

MPAA rating: PG-13; for sci-fi destruction and violence

Blu-ray disc, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master Lossless 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround, AVC@27 MBPS, 50GB, dual layer, 1080p High Definition

Blu-ray disc for use only with Blu-ray disc players, Blue-ray disc computer drives and Playstation 3 game consoles

English (DTS-HD 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1), or dubbed Spanish (Dolby surround) dialogue, Cantonese, English, Korean or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

To create a multiple word tag such as Science Fiction, enclose both words in quotes, like: "Science Fiction"