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Stargate (Special Edition) |  | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Alexis Cruz, Viveca Lindfors, Mili Avital
Studio: Live / Artisan
Category: DVD
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Rating:  357 reviews
Sales Rank: 46643
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0784011354
UPC: 012236604921
EAN: 9786305594253
ASIN: 6305594252
Theatrical Release Date: October 28, 1994
Release Date: October 26, 1999
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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
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 One of the best DVDs in my collection August 16, 2010
K. Duncan (Ohio, USA)
What an excellent beginning to the Stargate: SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis series. The replacement of key characters is forgiveable because they work so well together in the series. This movie is as entertaining a story as storytelling can get. My wife made the comment that this movie gets better every time she watches it, and I have to agree. We've only ever watched the extended cut so I can't speak to the theatrical version except to say that I certainly wouldn't want to watch a chopped version of this movie. I've read some of the one star reviews of Stargate and all I can say is that naysayers need to just stay away from Science Fiction altogether. -kd5-
 Starts out SO well! Then gets incredibly stupid. August 12, 2010
R. MacTaggart (Right in the Middle, USA)
Fewer movies start out with more promise.
It is 1928 and gigantic and mysterious objects are found in the desert.
OK. I am fully engaged.
Fast forward to today. A total Egyptology nerd is shown presenting evidence supporting his (controversial) theories about the famous pyramids. The audience walks out.
The nerd, dejected, broke, and homeless, is offered a dream job by what seems an impossibility: a person who takes him seriously.
OK. I am now incredibly engaged.
Said nerd shows up at ultra-high-tech and secret facility, where in 14 days he uncovers what a phalanx of researchers missed during the previous 2 years. His discoveries lead to a revelation: an ancient stargate. A stargate!
OK. Wow. By now I am having heart palpitations. I LOVE THIS MOVIE.
Sadly, soon after the movie begins an inexorable slide into stupidity, and fully degenerates into a seen-it-a-million-times-before GO GO GO AMERICA battle. I feel sick. The scene where one of the alien kids proudly does a full military salute makes me almost puke. (As does the scene where the alien kid thinks it is cool to smoke! Did the tobacco lobby underwrite the film?)
WHEN will we as a species be able to accept the idea that meeting an incredibly advanced alien species MIGHT be a good thing? When, if ever, will we respond with fascination, curiosity, and awe rather than guns?
 I've seen stupid before.... August 5, 2010
Joseph Horton (Hoover, AL USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
...but this is an insult to stupid movies. Let's see...we have an advanced, ancient civilization that creates a stargate and we send morons with rifles to neutralize them if we think they're a threat. We have the chief of the advanced speaking like Linda Blair, a linguist who soaks up languages like a sponge, and a crew of guys who go where no man has ever gone before and who want to go home so badly they're about to cry after 30 minutes.
Is it possible to make a dumber movie? Really?
lacking in special features August 4, 2010
Dinky debie (california)
Description for this blu ray is lacking in letting you know what special features are available. Not much included. Seriously lacking in comparison to DVD release. If you're just interested in the movie this is a good buy. If you're looking for all the extras buy the 15th Anniversay Edition.
Ultimate July 28, 2010
Cremekat (Idaho)
I love this movie. I recently came across it as being used-very good condition. It was and I was able to enjoy this movie again.
I love the dichotomy between the characters played by Kurt Russell and James Spader. I think this is the first movie that I've seen with James Spader where he isn't a complete whacko. Spader plays a Scientist that no one believes until he goes to work for the government that believes him because they have something that's unbelievable.
Kurt Russell plays the part of a Col. that has suffered hard times in his family situation and is forced to come back to work on a project he thinks is dangerous. He is right, and wrong.
This is an enjoyable movie with extras that make it worth seeing again.
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