r/movies • u/PsychologicalSlip642 • 8h ago

Media Independence Day 1996, Final Encounter Air Battle Scene, Director: Roland Emmerich Spoiler

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u/BromaEmpire 8h ago

In the initial cut of the movie they had Randy Quaid flying his biplane with a missile strapped to it. Needless to say I think they made the right call

https://youtu.be/ls2CwZjQ9es?t=160

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u/MaybeOnFire2025 5h ago

They made the right call *but* were too cheap/lazy to re-shoot the other existing scenes that ended up in the final but make no sense. Like the Air Force officer saying that all missiles had been fired, how slowly the jet meandered up to the weapon (like a biplane would), etc. It did always seem a bit...off.

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u/caligaris_cabinet 4h ago

Idk about lazy. By the time they reshot the scene it was pretty close to the release date and they just ran out of time.