Independence Day (1983 film)

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.

In a small Texas town where she works as a waitress in her familys diner, Mary Ann Taylors true love is photography. She would like to get beyond these limits, but when Jack Parker returns to town, he lets her know that hes been to the big city and happiness there is as elusive as anyplace else.Mary Ann and Jack fall in love. Their bliss is interrupted, however, by the discovery that Jacks meek sister is being physically abused by her husband. Jack tries to intervene, but in the end, Nancy decides she needs to take drastic action herself. ........

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