- Walking Tour Tour Type Walking Tour
- 2 hours for public tours Duration 2 hours for public tours
- All ages Ages All ages
Take a leisurely walking tour through Central Park, NYC’s most famous backdrop.
The 1996 movie Independence Day features famous New York City locations including the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Manhattan Bridge and the Empire State Building, which are all important parts of the iconic NYC skyline. In Independence Day, the entire city of New York among other cities in the U.S. are in danger of being completely destroyed by aliens. You can see sites from the film on the Central Park TV & Movie Sites Walking Tour.
Independence Day won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects in 1997, including 34 other awards and nominations that year. It was also the highest-grossing film of 1996, with a total worldwide gross of $817,400,891.
The movie is set in different locations around the USA, namely New York City, Washington, D.C., California and Nevada. Some New York locations include:
* In an effort to stay current, we are constantly updating our tours with new locations and cannot guarantee the presence of locations mentioned on our site. If you have a particular interest in locations from a specific TV show or movie, please let your tour guide know and we will do our best to accommodate your request.