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'Independence Day' was just the beginning.The Capitol Building The Empire State Building Statue of Liberty The Capitol Records Building U.S. Bank Tower This is where it all began. Independence Day There have been several attempted attacks on the Statue of Liberty, but she has always persevered. The most notable attack occurred on September 11th, 2001, when the terrorist group al-Qaeda hijacked two airplanes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City. Action movies had destroyed national landmarks before — think, most famously, of the conclusion to 1968’s Planet of the Apes. Yet when the original Independence Day debuted its first 10 Times the Statue of Liberty Got Destroyed in Movies by Austin Bradley | Nov 12, 2014 Just like every other New Yorker, and dare I say human, Ms. Liberty has had some bad days. She wasn’t always green and tarnished. Starting in 1933, the statue has been destroyed in more than 30 movies. It was half buried in sand in the 1968 film “Planet of the Apes” and destroyed in the films "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow". As CBS 2's Chris Wragge reported on Tuesday, the Statue of Liberty survived Sandy unscathed, but the island she lives on was so severely ravaged that it remains unsafe for visitors more than a Like the aliens in “Independence Day” and the new sequel, “Independence Day: Resurgence,” the movies have always liked to get the landmarks. Here’s a look at some of the screen’s Beginning with Roland Emmerich's Independence Day (1996), the late 90s gave way to a series of disaster films that were absolutely fixated on wrecking as many national monuments as possible. Though we see waves lapping at the Statue of Liberty throughout the scene, she’s still very much intact by the end of it. She’s been hurled as a missile by Nuclearman in Superman IV (and It was far from destroyed, and actually in impossibly good shape considering how thin the copper skin really is compared to the hardened concrete buildings that are apparently gone without a trace. Well assuming the whole movies takes place in what is now southeastern New York which has undergone significant climate change to the point where the mainland extends to what is now Liberty Statue Of Liberty Destroyed In Movies And Documentaries GetDisastered 1012 20.1K subscribers Subscribed The Statue of Liberty reopened to visitors Thursday during an Independence Day ceremony, eight months after the island Lady Liberty calls home was flooded and destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. The city's famous landmarks were either severely damaged or completely destroyed, such as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the Empire State Building (which was the primary landmark targeted by the City Destroyer), the U.N. Headquarters, and the iconic Statue of Liberty, which toppled into New York Harbor. What landmarks will they lay waste to this time? Posters for the new movie show the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty and Big Ben, among others, getting blasted. A history of the Statue of Liberty getting destroyed or distorted in movie posters "Bring me your tired, your poor, your huddled audiences," say marketers for "Civil War" to "Cloverfield" Hurricane Sandy flooded most of the 12 acres that the Statue of Liberty stands upon. NEW YORK (AP) — Months after Superstorm Sandy swamped her little island, the Statue of Liberty will finally So what happen with the other boroughs when the aliens attacked? They did show in the film that the Statue of Liberty was destroyed, so we’re there other “rays” on the ship or was it moving around? Out in LA Vivica Fox character seeks refuge by getting a truck and survivors to the base, why not go to OC or Long Beach or even the Valley? The wreckage: Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Grand Central Station, Statue of Liberty, Woolworth Building The tally: 10 points The verdict: When the head of the Statue of Liberty crashes your Months after Sandy swamped her little island, the Statue of Liberty will finally welcome visitors again on Independence Day. The damage to Liberty Island and neighboring Ellis Island cost an In the 1996 film “Independence Day,” the statue of liberty is seen disappearing in a huge explosion. It’s never explained how this was done, but it’s likely that the aliens used some sort of powerful energy weapon to destroy it.
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