With the movie " Saving Private Ryan " won the 71st Academy Award for Best Director Steven Spielberg...
With the movie " Saving Private Ryan " won the 71st Academy Award for Best Director Steven Spielberg , and won Best Screenplay nomination , Robert Rodat again gathered together to launch " Independence Day " . The story takes place in the six months after the alien invasion of Earth , the Earth devastated , communications and electronic equipment were all destroyed , most adults were massacred children have been abducted and accept slavery . The few survivors gathered in the vicinity of large cities , waiting for the right time to launch a counterattack to the aliens . Massachusetts second regiment command by the retired officers, Weaver , a professor of History at Boston University , Tom Mason, was appointed deputy commander . Tom has a rich military history and tactical knowledge , just applied to the War of Resistance . His side against the high - tech alien attacks , while to find ways to save his son , Ben was abducted by aliens . " Independence Day " computer graphics as a selling point . The opera sufficient to show the film master Steven Spielberg , to cutting-edge technology and clever computer effects applied to the action scenes . First - class visual effects to make the alien and surprise seem duties forced the true , breathtaking . For three consecutive years with the " benevolent surgery " nominated for an Emmy Noah Wyle as the performance of this sci-fi action film , with the Moon, Bloodgood played the role of Tom Mason, and Anna the Grass . Moon, Bloodgood perform " Salvation " with Christian Bale and Sam Worthington cooperation . The drama premiered in the United States , 5.9 million viewers watching, the Concluded ratings for the first quarter of 5.6 million people , crowned the champion of last year, the U.S. cable channel broadcast drama ratings success .