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1996 blockbuster with the tagline Don't make plans for August

• 1996 sci-fi movie that won the Oscar for Visual Effects

• 1996 sci-fi thriller starring Will Smith

• 1996 Will Smith film

• Alien invasion movie

• Celebration

• Declaration commemoration

• Divorcee's favorite time?

• Firecrackers go off on it

• Flag flying time

• Fourth celebration

• Fourth of July

• Fourth of July-inspired Springsteen song?

• Highest-grossing film of 1996

• Highest-grossing movie of 1996

• It became legal in 1941

• It began in Philadelphia

• Major occasion for Old Glory

• Marquee says NEEDED PINE CANDY

• Richard Ford's Pulitzer winner

• Theme of this puzzle

• Time for sparklers and spinners

• Today

• What we observe on July 4

• When Adams died

• When many people have cookouts

• When to see a grand finale

• Will Smith blockbuster

• Will Smith film of 1996