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starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Alexis Cruz, Viveca Lindfors, Mili Avitaldirected by: Roland Emmerich
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303398488
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6303398480
Label: Live / Artisan
Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Release Date: October 26, 1999
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 23384
Studio: Live / Artisan
Theatrical Release Date: October 28, 1994
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Before they unleashed the idiotic mayhem of Independence Day and Godzilla, the idea-stealing team of director Roland Emmerich and producer-screenwriter Dean Devlin concocted this hokey hit about the discovery of an ancient portal capable of zipping travelers to 'the other side of the known universe.' James Spader plays the Egyptologist who successfully translates the Stargate's hieroglyphic code, and then joins a hawkish military unit (led by Kurt Russell) on a reconnaissance mission to see what's on the other side. They arrive on a desert world with cultural (and apparently supernatural) ties to Earth's ancient Egypt, where the sun god Ra (played by Jaye Davidson from The Crying Game) rules a population of slaves with armored minions and startlingly advanced technology. After being warmly welcomed into the slave camp, the earthlings encourage and support a rebellion, and while Russell threatens to blow up the Stargate to prevent its use by enemy forces, the movie collapses into a senseless series of action scenes and grandiose explosions. It's all pretty ridiculous, but Stargate found a large and appreciative audience, spawned a cable-TV series, and continues to attract science fiction fans who are more than willing to forgive its considerable faults. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great Movie
Get the movie and then buy every season of Stargate SG-1. It's worth it!
Rating:  - Blu-ray version is defective and LionsGate won't replace it
Search the Internet and you'll find out this Blu-ray version has at least two defects; missing Egyptian and alien subtitles, and right half of main menu doesn't work (you can still change audio and commentary other ways, but I can't get to the THX demo or setup.
Don't buy any Blu-ray titles produced by LionsGate. They're not honest businessmen.
Rating: - Blu-ray - HD - Standard DVD
I bought HD as the in coming standard, it wasn't. Bought a Blu-ray player to keep up. I have a standard DVD copy of "Stargate", so I knew a Blu-ray copy would have something to equal.
Blu-ray quality is noticeably better, volume is some what lower (on my system) than the up-converted standard DVD. Now we need some high quality movies on blu-ray. (I don't care for old comic book hero movies, out grew them 40 years ago.) Special effect are great and ad a lot to a movie, but if all the movie has ... Read More
Rating: - Original story, still stands up today
I saw this film in theaters years ago, and just viewed it on BD. The story includes all of the elements that make an interesting sci-fi flick, and it includes a dash of romance. The storyline of the "passageway" between dimensions is not unique, but since the film was released several years ago, I would need to say that it still stands up today in terms of relevance.
It manages to be a sci-fi film, while still focusing on the core concept, which is not really laden with special effects, ... Read More
Rating: - Universe of Pyramid Power
Chevron 7 locked. Come with me through the Stargate, anywhere, any era, any genre ! This movie was the beginning, a new concept and story, fun and hidden taunts at social mores, which eventually extended into TV as SG-1, & Atlantis. The Ultimate Version seemed to make a little more sense than the original flick, but then hindsight is always 20-20 ! Daniel Jackson is a different type of Nerd, but 'makes good' in this star-breaking introduction. Sci-Fi concepts are often novel and mostly plausible ... Read More
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