This article is about the 1983 film. For the later film, see Independence Day (film). For other uses, see Independence Day (disambiguation).
| Independence Day | |
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| Directed by | Robert Mandel |
| Produced by | Robert Singer (producer) Daniel H. Blatt (producer) |
| Written by | Alice Hoffman |
| Starring | Kathleen Quinlan David Keith Dianne Weist Cliff DeYoung |
| Music by | Charles Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher Jr. |
| Editing by | Tina Hirsch Dennis Virkler |
| Studio | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 21, 1983 |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $151,462 (USA) |
Independence Day is a 1983 film directed by Robert Mandel from a script by the novelist Alice Hoffman. It was designed by Stewart Campbell and shot by Charles Rosher. It stars Kathleen Quinlan, David Keith, Cliff DeYoung, Frances Sternhagen and Dianne Wiest.
The film concerns the small-town youth of a woman artist (Kathleen Quinlan) and her challenge to become "what she's almost sure she could be." "Her desperation takes the form of affectations and pretensions that are a little like those of the young Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams and the young Margaret Sullavan in The Shop around the Corner, but the Quinlan character "has the talent driving her on past all that."[1] Dianne Wiest plays a battered wife.
The film was reviewed favorably by the critic Pauline Kael in her collection State of the Art: "Kathleen Quinlan plays the part of the woman artist with a cool, wire-taut intensity, Robert Mandel keeps the whole cast interacting quietly and satisfyingly, Wiest has hold of an original character and plays her to the scary hilt."[2]
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