It’s not every day that a fictional U.S. president rewrites Hollywood history. But in 1996, Bill Pullman did exactly that on a movie set, with a rousing speech, in front of a green screen and a crowd of extras pretending the world was ending. What came out of his mouth rallied alien-fearing Americans on the screen. And off-screen, it gave the film its actual name.The movie we now know as Independence Day was, for a good chunk of its early life, called Doomsday. That was the studio’s pick. But director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin had something else in mind—something that felt bigger than destruction. And more importantly, they had a speech. A carefully crafted, hair-raising, spine-tingling monologue written specifically to bulldoze the studio’s resistance. It worked.By the time Bill Pullman shouted, “Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!” the question wasn’t what the movie should be called—it was how the studio could possibly call it anything else. - YouTube www.youtube.com The Title War of Independence Day20th Century Fox wanted to call the movie Doomsday, a safe, disaster-movie label that fit the genre mold. But director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin had other plans. They wanted Independence Day—a title with purpose.The catch? Warner Bros. already owned the name. They owned the rights to the title Independence Day because of a 1983 film, so the production was nicknamed ID4.For Fox to use it, they’d have to negotiate, and that only made sense if the film could justify the title. Emmerich...
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