Product Notes
When professor Daniel Jackson (James Spader) accepts a mysterious woman's offer to decode an ancient Egyptian artifact known only as the Stargate, he unwittingly takes the first step in a sci-fi adventure that will decide the fate of an entire planet. Joined by Daniel is Colonel Jack O'Neil (Kurt Russell), a true soldier with nerves of steel and a tragic past, who is brought back to active duty to embark on the maiden voyage through the Stargate. Together, the men embark on a journey that will transport them to the other side of the universe, where an alien god (Jaye Davidson) holds sway over a distant, desert-covered planet...and will stop at nothing to prevent them from returning home.
Product Reviews
This lucrative, elephantine-budgeted sci-fi opus paved the way for director Roland Emmerich's mega-hit Independence Day (1996). The story commences in Giza, Egypt, circa 1928, where an archaeological expedition unearths an ancient ring with cryptic hieroglyphs. The film then moves to the present day, where Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) is busily trying to convince a group of skeptics that the pyramids were not built by man, but by an extraterrestrial force. After the lecture, a military man approaches him and offers him a job translating the said ring; its inscriptions actually constitute a map to a massive stargate (or interstellar portal). The army sends over resident crackpot colonel Jack O'Neill (Kurt Russell) to travel through the stargate and see what's on the other side; Jackson accompanies him, and the two men turn up in a desert planet on the other side of the universe, with three moons in its sky. The world in question is ruled by Ra (Jaye Davidson), a hermaphroditic Egyptian sun god, who oppresses hordes of slave workers. Jackson and O'Neill then join forces to help the said workers revolt against their oppressor. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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15 September 2009 |
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VIDMARK/TRIMARK ( VIDM ) |
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119 |
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1: USA, Canada |
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2.35:1 (Cinemascope), Color, Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV, NTSC |
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Spanish |
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Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS-ES 6.1, English |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:1 |
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Alexis Cruz(Skaara), April Webster, Cecil Hoffmann(Sarah O'Neil), Christopher John Fields(Lieutenant Freeman), Christopher West(Professor), David Pressman(Assistant Lieutenant), Djimon Hounsou(Horus), Erick Avari(Kasuf), Erik Holland(Prof.Langford), Frank Welker(Mastadge), French Stewart(Lieutenant Feretti), George Gray(Technician), Gianin Loffler(Nabeh), Gladys Holland(Professor), Jack Moore(Lieutenant Reilly), James Spader(Dr. Daniel Jackson), Jaye Davidson(Ra), John Diehl(Lieutenant Kawalsky), John Storey(Mitch), Kenneth Danziger(Professor), Kurt Russell(Colonel Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil), Leon Rippy(General West), Mili Avital(Sha'uri), Rae Allen(Barbara Shore), Richard Kind(Gary Meyers), Robert Ackerman(Companion), Roger Til(Professor), Scott Smith(Officer), Viveca Lindfors(Catherine) |
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Art Director:Peter Murton, Casting:April Webster, Cinematographer:Karl Walter Lindenlaub, Co-producer:Patrick Beaufront, Co-producer:Ute Emmerich, Composer (Music Score):David Arnold, Director:Roland Emmerich, Executive Producer:Mario Kassar, Producer:Dean Devlin, Producer:Joel B. Michaels, Producer:Marc Frydman, Producer:Oliver Eberle, Producer:Philippe Maigret, Producer:Ralph L. Thomas, Screenwriter:Dean Devlin, Screenwriter:Roland Emmerich |
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