![]() ![]() MANY SCENES WERE SHOT AT WENDOVER AIRFIELD, EX-HOME OF THE ENOLA GAY. Here are just a handful of Independence Day facts-rescued from Hollywood’s most top-secret underground bunkers-that might make you see this extraterrestrial classic in a whole new beam of light. ![]() In its decades on Earth, you might’ve learned a lot about Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi blockbuster, but plenty of the film’s biggest secrets have remained hidden. ![]() When Independence Day hit theaters on July 3, it quickly established itself as the year’s biggest film (easily trouncing Twister, Mission: Impossible, and The Rock in ticket sales), and rocketed Smith into the outer stratosphere of fame. In the summer of 1996, “Macarena” was on its way to becoming the year’s number one pop hit, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air had just wrapped its six-season run, and that show’s star, Will Smith, was just kicking off a period in his career that would see him star in one major film per year for the next dozen years. ![]()
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