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In the mid-1990s as America flocked to cinemas to see an all-star cast battle aliens in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day, a classic movie speech was readied.

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Bill Pullman played the U.S. president in Independence Day (Image: Getty)

Bill Pullman in a scene from Independence Day (Image: Getty)

Bill Pullman was a familiar face in comedies, such as Spaceballs and While You Were Sleeping, before playing a U.S. president in the middle of an alien invasion

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That speech still rocks

Bill Pullman gives a stirring speech as President Whitmore in “Independence Day.” (Courtesy 20th Century Fox)

Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, and Vivica A. Fox star in the iconic film, which hit theaters July 3 1996.

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Fans can’t seem to decide if the 1996 movie is ‘a classic’ or ‘the worst sci-fi film ever made.’

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