Showing posts with label Independence Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Independence Day. Show all posts

Friday, July 4, 2014

Movie In-Jokes: Independence Day

One of the fun games when watching movies is to spot references, secret messages and gags that filmmakers, film crews and actors can slip into movies to pay tribute to films they love, have a bit of fun with their previous work, or give the cinematic equivalent of a shout-out. Here's a spotter's guide to these inside jokes.

For this holiday, it seems appropriate to focus on a surprisingly literate gag layered into the background of Roland Emmerich's delightfully cheesy alien invasion epic Independence Day from 1996.