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Stargate
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Stargate is a 1994 American and French science fiction and action film directed by Roland Emmerich, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Dean Devlin. Devlin served as producer, while Mario Kassar was the executive producer. The cast includes Kurt Russell, Mili Avital, Viveca Lindfors, and James Spader. The film features characters named Ra, Jack O'Neill, and Daniel Jackson, and its narrative takes place in Colorado, Egypt, and Abydos.
Produced by Carolco Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Canal+, the movie was filmed in Long Beach, California, and Arizona. It has a runtime of 121 minutes and was distributed by Netflix. The film received a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation. It was followed by Stargate SG-1 and Children of the Gods.
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7.0An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Cast
- James Spader as Dr. Daniel Jackson
- Kurt Russell as Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neil
- Jaye Davidson as Ra
- Viveca Lindfors as Catherine
- Alexis Cruz as Skaara
- Mili Avital as Sha'uri
Themes
- egypt
- teleportation
- pyramid
- space travel
- uprising
- space
- androgyny
- space western
- timebomb
- death of son
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Children of the Gods
- Main subject
- extraterrestrial life
- Director
- Roland Emmerich
- Screenwriter
- Dean Devlin
- Cast member
- Cecil Hoffman
- Composer
- Q346285
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Narrative location
- Abydos
- Filming location
- Long Beach
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 687980
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Stargate - Japan Expo 2009.jpg
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- publication date
- 1995-03-09
- title
- Stargate
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Mario Kassar
- nominated for
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
- characters
- Daniel Jackson
- capital cost
- 55000000
- box office
- 71567262
- derivative work
- Stargate SG-1
- media franchise
- Stargate
- set in environment
- fictional planet
- review score
- 42/100
- Commons category
- Stargate
- set in period
- 1994
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Encyclopedic overview
Stargate is a 1994 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The film is the first entry in the eponymous media franchise and stars Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Alexis Cruz, Mili Avital, and Viveca Lindfors. The plot centers on the "Stargate", an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole, enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe. The central plot explores the theory of extraterrestrial beings having an influence upon human civilization.
Stargate was released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the United States, while it was released by AMLF in France. The film received mixed reviews, with its atmosphere, story, characters, and graphic content both praised and criticized. The film grossed $196.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $55 million.
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