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In a film by this director, a group sheltering at the New York Public Library is attacked by wolves while searching a cargo (15[1])ship for medicine. In another of this director’s films, a line about (15[1])“catching a cold” (15[1]-5[1])inspires the creation of a computer virus to disable the enemy’s (15[2])shields. The Curtis family teams up with a Russian billionaire to reach a set of arks in the (*) Himalayas (10[1])in a film by this director that (-5[1])also depicts the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupting. (10[1])In a film by this director, (10[1])President Whitmore gives a speech stating “We will not go quietly into the night” before declaring “Today, we celebrate” the title holiday. Will Smith plays a fighter pilot battling alien invaders in a film by, for 10 points, what German director of disaster sci-fis The Day After Tomorrow, 2012 and Independence Day? ■END■

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